2/1/2010
Bliss-Stick Photo Shoot for Mens Journal

More to come soon about the Mystic being featured in the May edition of Mens Journal.
Stay tuned!


9:45 am est
1/28/2010
Bliss-Stick Specialist- Eternity Hole, NC
11:23 am est
1/21/2010
Dustin Stoenner's Ugandan Wrap-Up

Hey Michael, I just got back home from Uganda a few days ago and
have spent the last few days shredding the snow. It was sad leaving the warm weather and water, the chill people, and the
big waves. The Nile was an amazing place to spend the holidays. On Christmas eve, the locals from the village above the
Nile Special provided us with food and drinks for our night surf session on the Special. New Years was a wild party at NRE
then to be continued at the casino in Jinja where good times were had by all.
This
was possibly the last year to paddle the day 1 stretch wich has many channels of big rapids due to the dam in progress. The
day 2 stretch will still be able to be run which includes the Nile Special, Hair of the Dog and Club wave. No one really
knows thouh what flows will be like, but lets cross our fingers that we dont lose these waves as well.
Now 21 hours of flying later, Im back to the real world. Today I have a meeting with my school
where I will be studying surgical technology.
Here are a few photos, and
Im in the process of making a short film so more to come soon.
Thanks,
Dustin Stoenner
Team Bliss-Stick


12:32 pm est
1/20/2010
Will Rudisill- Loving the Bliss-Stick Specialist @ Eternity Hole
Hi Michael-
We went to Eternity Hole on the Tuck on Sunday. It was his fist time with the boat in whitewater.
Here are a couple of pics. He was hitting big loops and was excited about how it handles.
Jere Rudisill
New Star Marketing Support Services


9:52 am est
1/12/2010
Stephen Forster- The Stouts in Chile

The Stouts in Chile
Hey this is Stephen Forster here come from
Chile. The rivers here are amazing. I have been paddling with Jake Greenbaum who is on Team Dagger and we have been running
famous Pucon runs such as the Nevados, llancahue, and Palguin. Last week I fired up the 4th descent of Salto Palguin which
is a ninety footer with a very difficult entrance. After that I ran the third descent of the ten footer above the seventy
footer on the Palguin. I am currently at the Rio Maipo now looking for first descents with Tino Specht and Jake Greenbaum.
In the next few days we will be traveling down south to run more big drops. Here are some pictures of demshitz drop and the
Salto Palguin.


11:34 am est
1/7/2010
Sam Fulbright- Raven Fork Update

I’ve been waiting quite sometime to make it over to the Raven
Fork, so the long drive over to the river was filled with much anticipation. The weather was perfect for a December run.
The fun begins on the shuttle ride up. The road is a pretty full on; it’s
a 4x4 road filled with precarious rocks and deep ruts. It ends deep up in the Raven Fork Gorge blanketed by rhododendron with
the river waiting below. The hike in isn’t too grueling but it does end in a short scramble upstream to reach the put
in at Lord of the Rings section.
We sat, taking a short break at The
Lord of the Rings section. The section offers a nice warm up, and is filled with a few great boofs before you get to the Anaconda.
The gradient picks up at Anaconda to some of the steepest in the Southeast.
From here, the action keeps up with great boofs, big slides, and a few portages. The gradient stays consistently high until
portaging Mangler and after this, its time to relax as the river just turns to easy boogie down to the take out. We had a
great crew composed of Fergus Coffey, Adam Seacrest, Chris Gragtmans, and myself. Unfortunately, Adam cracked his boat shortly
after we put on and had to hike out. Besides this, we all had great lines and a whole lot of fun.
The run dishes out some of the biggest and best rapids in the Southeast. It is certain to have
you eagerly awaiting your next trip. A big thanks to Chris Gragtmans and Fergus Coffey for showing me down my first time!
Sam Fulbright
Team Bliss-Stick

1:29 pm est
1/4/2010
Tino Specht- Happy New Year from Chile!
11:06 am est
12/29/2009
Trent Thibodeaux- First Impressions of the Bliss-Stick Mystic
I didn't get one...yet. I
borrowed Sam's boat b/c I cracked mine and just got the new hull. I have to build it today so I can boat tomorrow.
I will say I was impressed with the Mystic today, though. we did a super fast, high water Wilson
run on this great Christmas morning. The level was 2 feet and it handled great. Not quite as fast/zippy as my other boat,
but it it responds really well and is quite comfortable. We had a blast out there today.
Anyway, thought you might enjoy that.
Hope you are having a wonderful
Christmas and have a great New Years!!
Later man.
--
– Trent Thibodeaux
- United in Nature

8:51 am est
12/28/2009
Sam FulBright, Pilot Collective Media, Team Bliss-Stick- Tallulah Update

After a long hiatus due to lack of water in the Southeast the Tallulah
finally ran in the fall! Eager to take advantage of the release, a weekend trip down to the famed river was in store. Most
know this classic run for the mega slide, Oceana.
Oceana is a huge slide
with a big rock sticking up about ¾ of the way down the slide, creatively named “The Thing.” Sketchy would
be the initial reaction of most, but A LOT of people huck themselves fearlessly over the daunting horizon line. A great entertainment
to watch, and also quite fun to run. The beast offers two great lines. The most common being the left line, which allows for
a crazy amount of speed and just barely avoids a collision with “The Thing” or for those wishing for a little
something extra from the rapid they choose the middle line and do the ferry above “The Thing.” Certainly a rapid
to remember.
The rest of the run boasts some awesome ledges and slides
perfect for a good rail grab or skirt check as well as some amazing scenery. The run is short but sweet and ends in a long
lake paddle out, but it’s certainly worth it.
Trent Thibodeaux,
Kira Tenney, Casey Sande and myself joined up with Chan Jones and Taylor Fearrington for two runs of Saturday at 500 CFS.
Trent, Kira, Casey, and I only had the leg strength to fire up one run on the 700 CFS Sunday because of the 500+ stairs to
reach the put in. It was great to finally get in that coveted fall run on the Tallulah.
Sam Fulbright
Team Bliss-Stick
Pilot Collective Media

9:27 am est
12/26/2009
Maine's Madison Wave- Adam Swett
In order as follows from Nov.
15th at the Madison Wave.
Norton, Giebs, Zack, Chuck, Todd, Then Geibs again
charging another random drop from this summer.... and a Blunt in a SCUD.
Happy
Holidays and take care,
Adam Swett


2:15 pm est