It took me longer than most, but I finally figured out kayaking is cooler than rafting after guiding since high school in Coloma and running a lot of class V in a raft. I spend lots of time during the winter in the surf in san diego, although I refuse to get a surf kayak. I spend most of my summers either in norcal or oregon on rivers. I am a hydrology PhD student at San Diego State University, where my specific interest is stream snowmelt. My study area is the McKenzie River in Oregon, and I'm going to be there August of this summer so look for me at Redsides. Rivers so far in 2004: Kern: Limestone, Chamise, Thunder, Ant Canyon, Cable, Powerhouse, Brush Creek, Lower Kern Merced, SF American, MF American, 67 in Montreal, Buseater, Kings, NF Kings, Tuolumne, Cottonwood Creek (San Diego) Rivers in 2005: Santa Margarita, Santa Ynez, Brush Creek, Kern (forks, limestone, fairview, chamise, ant canyon, cable, powerhouse, Miracle-Democrat), Merced (140-Railroad), Mokelumne, SF American (Gorge), MF American 2006: Currently on injured reserve, recovering from a shoulder separation/bursitis. Look to be boating soon. Got in a few good runs, including SF American, Tuolumne, Lower Kern at the end of the season. 2007: So far rafting in Spain (Noguera Pallaresa). Kayaking: Forks, Chamise, Brush, Limestone, Ant Canyon, Powerhouse, lower Kern, Lower Tuolumne, Merced (Chevron), NF Mokelumne (Tiger Creek), White Salmon (BZ-lake), Lower Wind, McKenzie, Lower Metolius. Will be in Oregon all of August...find me at redsides on the McKenzie nightly or up for anywhere for a roadtrip.