southern california boaters

[Matt]

if anyone knows of anyone in southern california to boat some creeks with please let me know. I just relocated from laramie and would like to boat some of the creeks now that they are actually running from alll of this rain.

thanks,
Matt

[dvanhouten]

Check out boof.com, Cali's version of mountainbuzz.

[Matt]

i have, mountainbuzz is much better...

[wycoloboater]

Matt,

How's Cali treating you? You aren't missing anything in Laramie, cold, windy and shitty snow - but thats getting better. Are you coming back at all for the spring? Call me if you do and we will boat.

Later,

Zach.

[bill]

you cn always do a little surffing at the beach. i did at xmas. good times

[BrettV]

curious Matt, almost all the info you need is at
http://www.boof.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1169

SoCal has a ton of runs, but it's not exactly of the 'drive here, boof here, take out here' variety. Most people do 5-10 mile hikes (for put ins *and* take outs) and you might end up canyoneering more than boating (I know of some folks that had an 80-foot dam rappel).

You also have the small issue of runnable flows 1-2 times a decade, tis the trade-off for having 80-degree temps in January.

Brett

[Mike B]

I'm assuming BrettV is Brett Valle the webmaster of Boof.com. If so, pretty thoughtful of you to reply with the requested info Brett. I'm a transplanted Californian, so I keep up on both Boof and the Buzz.

Mike

[Matt]

just seeing if I could press any buttons on that comment about mountainbuzz being better just a little bitter about not having anyone to boat with yet

Thanks for the reply. I checkout out the north fork of matilija creek the other day and if there is still water am going to run it this weekend. Looks pretty cool.

brett-nice photos...thanks for the reply