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Brendan Wells

About Me:

I have many passions that all revolve the sport and community of whitewater kayaking - from teaching high school classes at World Class Kayak Academy, to creating state of the art whitewater documentary films, organizing community paddling events like the White Salmon Riverfest and creating environmental films that help to preserve our watersheds. 

Hometown:

Trout Lake, WA

Dagger Kayak of Choice:

Mamba 8.6 for traveling, competitions, and exploratory trips

Favorite Places to Paddle:

Ecuador is one of my favorite places to spend the winters- great people, cheap living, and absolutely amazing whitewater (with so much more to explore)!

Favorite Rapids:

My home rapids on the White Salmon and Little White Salmon will always be my favorites!

Why I Love Kayaking:

There are so many aspects to why I love kayaking, but if I had to pick my top reason it would be a tie between the amazing community and the wild places that paddling brings me to.

Kayaking Accomplishments:

My most recent accomplishments have been placing second in the Spirit Falls Freestyle Competition and creating my first full-length kayaking film, "For the Love" with my brother, Todd.

The last time I swam ...:

I was kayaking Outlet Falls at night (in an LED "lightsuit")!

Recent Posts

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Crossover Creekin' in the Katana 10.4

Crossover Creeking in the Dagger Katana

By: Brendan Wells Plus, it had all of the extra features to make it the perfect boat for long over-nighters on rivers and even to explore the San Juan Islands outside my back door in Bellingham, WA. With a drop-down skag and convenient back hatch, I feel confident...

New Mamba

By: Brendan Wells When I arrived home, there was a new Dagger Mamba 8.6 waiting for me, as well as a box from Bomber Gear. Eager to test out the new equipment, I headed to one of my favorite runs in the world-- the Little White Salmon River in Washington state. The...