This Saturday (May 30, 2009) @ 2:00 P.M. is the kick off for the 2009 Tri-Cities Nolichucky Hometown Thowdown and we want to make sure that everyone knows that there will be a fleet of Bliss-Stick Kayaks available to demo at the event site.

There will be Smoothy's, RAD's, SCUD's and Specialist. One of them will be to your liking!

They have had to make a high water contingency plan, due to all the Thunderstorms we have been receiving in our region and the surging level of the Noli. Due to safety concerns they will not have the Hometown Throwdown at Jaws if the River level is greater than 3,000 cfs on Saturday morning (8 A.M. gauge reading or after).

Instead they will move the Throwdown back to Big Rock and have Event #1 on the feature known as Oatmeal (river right ledge adjacent to Big Rock). This is what Oatmeal looks like.

So depending on the level they will still have registration between 1:00-2:00 P.M. @ the feature determined by the river level gauge reading after 8 A.M. on Saturday morning. They will kick off the event at 2:00 P.M. with the competitors meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

The second container of Bliss-Stick Designs has been unloaded in Asheville, NC.

Mystic's, Mini Mystic's, Huka's, Flip Stick's, Smoothy's. Specialist, RAD series, and SCUD's.

Make sure to check out the website to see what models and colors are available.

Special thanks to Jason Corpening, Greyson Briere, Bliss-Stick HQ, the Driver and my daughter for being patient.

Song is 'Down the Road' by Kora.

 

 

These pictures were sent in from Jake Gosnell. He is one our newest agents in NY state. He got a few people out this weekend to demo the boats and to show them off. Could not think of a better way to spend Memorial Day weekend, than on the river.

Here are some pictures of his sister Emma Gosnell at the T-Ville wave in CT and Chris on the Bulls Bridge section of the Housitonic.

If you are in the area, and want to demo a boat from Jake's fleet, make sure to contact him immediately.

 

Emma @ T-Ville in the Specialist.... fits women perfectly!

 

 

Chris @ Bulls Bridge in the RAD 195, showing us that the RAD series is still hard to beat!

 

 

 

Bliss-Stick Team paddler, Seth Stoenner, checks in after he seals 3rd place in the juniors in his Bliss-Stick Specialist!

Seth is now in Glenwood Springs, Colorado gearing up for the US Team Trials, May 30-31st 2009!

Good Luck Seth and thanks for the update...

Hey Michael,

This year the Reno River festival was great! The previous year I took 2nd place in the open division, which got me invited to the invitational comp! I got there 2 days before the competition and got some good practice in.

We had very good flows this year making the whole somewhat deep. Alot of people were hitting bottom when pluging loops, but the Specialist's volume in the knee area kept me from ever hitting bottom.. I ended up taking 3rd place, behind Jason Craig, and then Dane Jackson. It was good time and I will most likely be going back there next year!

Meanwhile, in Boise, the Payette river is going off, bringing us an epic surf wave called the Bladder. The past couple days have been so sick. Good training for team trials next weekend. Me and my brother will be heading to Colorado tommarow!It should be sick.

Here are a few photos from the Reno River fest and a surf spot called Climax on the Payette.

-Seth

 

Reno River Festival...

 

 

 

Climax, Payette River

 

 

 

Bliss-Stick representing on Wilson Creek, NC!

 

 

 

 

We have been getting quite a bit of rain here in the Southeast and the rivers have been flowing quite nicely. Our Virginia agent has been getting it done with friends on the White Top Laurel, which is a classic Virginia run, that follows along the Virginia Creeper Trail. Plenty of good drops and a nice trail that can be used for shuttle or walking back up for the second or third run.

If you are in the area and want to experience paddling a Bliss-Stick make sure to contact Jason!

Here they are in action...

 

 

 

 

Yesterday we got a visit from long time friend and paddling buddy, Pete Pickering. He traveled from West Jefferson, NC to pick up his brand new Yellow/Black Mystic. As soon as he pulled it from the bubble wrap, he was adjusting the seat and bulkhead making it ready for the river immediately.

If you see Pete on the Linville, Watauga or other High Country, NC runs, make sure to stop and ask him how he likes the Mystic. Then you should watch him paddle it.

Thanks Pete.

 

 

 

We have been full on since the first container arrived, shipping boats all over the United States!

After examining all the boats in the first container, one of the first things that we noticed is the change in the Smoothy's artwork.

All of the Smoothy's use to look like the picture below:

 

 

But it seems that the creativity at the plant has been tapped into to produce this fine looking new piece of art...

 

 

This new art will come standard on all Smoothy's, starting in 2009. We still have a couple Smoothy's left in this first container, with 20 more on the next container, that is on the water now. The contents of the second container can be seen on the homepage of WakaWai.

 

After a long journey, we finally got the first container of Bliss-Stick kayaks in Asheville. The new colors look pretty sweet and we started shipping them out yesterday.

A huge thanks to all that have been patient during this process and to Jason Bordwine and Grant Dasantos for helping us unload the container. If you are wanting a Bliss-Stick out of this container, please contact us immediately!

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