The wait is finally over. Husum Falls season is back.

Water levels have decided to cooperate for your recreational needs, dropping low enough to add the Husum waterfall to our daily raft trips down the White Salmon River...continue reading.

The boats were longer than the cars, the PFDs had minimal flotation and the helmets were sparkling with glitter. Ahh, those were the days. Oh wait, that was the scene last weekend at the Bit Air Bonanza on the White Salmon River.

Local kayaker and rafter Dave Hammond is known for his fascination with old-school, long boats. Every year he celebrates the long boat by hosting a different kind of whitewater rodeo.

Gathering in BZ Corner, the launch site for our White Salmon rafting trips, local kayakers find the longest boat they can and head down to Top Drop rapid....continue reading.

We are a community here in Husum, Washington.

Come summer, our guides and staff return to be a part of another season here on the White Salmon River. Yet, its not just the incredible rivers that draw us back every year, its the community.

Wet Planet staff comes together every Saturday night for a gathering unlike that at any other company...continue reading.

It just keeps getting better.

D-Mack, leader of the 21 person Adventure Trek crew this year, expressed this sentiment to the Wet Planet instructors after the group's 3-day whitewater kayak instruction. He also noted that after working with this organization for 3 years, we have dialed in our relationship.

As an instruction team, we were pretty proud to hear this. We felt the weekend was a complete success, instilling confidence in the students and appreciation for the outdoors. It just felt that much better to hear it from them....continue reading.

Any weekend can be the weekend you become a kayaker.

Just last week the Wet Planet kayak school was joined by river enthusiasts from Portland, Oregon and Olympia, Washington for our 2-day Rapid Progression instruction. Hailing from outside Portland, Loree and Gordon came to us with significant water experience in their recreation kayaks. With just a few raft trips to give them a taste of what whitewater kayaking might be like, they signed up to make the transition .... continue reading.

Back with Wet Planet, for an annual tradition! I met this year's first group of First Descents participants in the Columbia Gorge as they darted around the hostel collecting river gear for the first day on the water. First Descents is a very cool non-profit organization which makes it possible for young adults with Cancer to have fun and learn to kayak for a week, creating a very unique and bonding experience for all involved.

I began to learn names; Chica, Blanche, Alley Cat and Stryka were some of the first. I became known as Swish and climbed into the van with over 20 kayaks from Wet Planet's fleet in tow .... continue reading.

Wet Planet guide and instructor Jonathan Blum continues to enlighten another group of river professionals and enthusiasts with this past weekend's Whitewater Rescue Technician course. This certification, through Rescue 3 International, helps build confidence and experience in maintaining safe river trips, as the 6 participants discovered. .... continue reading.

For the past 32 days Wet Planet Whitewater Center has been the epicenter for kayaking in the United States with Raft Guide and Kayak Instructon staff members taking on Eddyflower's Total Vertical Challenge.

This competition is unlike any you've heard of before.

For an entire month, participants log every vertical foot of whitewater dropped in their kayaks while also raising money for First Descents, a non-profit organization that sponsors young adults with cancer in week-long kayak instruction camps. However, each river can only be run a maximum of 5 times, making strategy and endurance essential for success. ......continue reading

Building a solid kayak instruction program begins with an educated, knowledgeable and passionate teaching staff. Last week Wet Planet brought together veteran and new staff members to discuss and practice new teaching methods for the annual Kayak Instructor Spring Training. ... continue reading.

This past weekend marked the 5th annual White Salmon Riverfest and Symposium. The event - hosted each year by Wet Planet - was a huge success again, bringing 50 people to the symposium on Friday, and another 80 to a community rafting event on Saturday afternoon!  Friday's Symposium was a great way for raft guides, local paddlers and other members to learn more about the White Salmon River. Due to high water, some of kayaking races were cancelled but the 8-ball in Husum was a success. New this year was the Community Raft Float - with 80 rafters hugely appreciated .... continue reading.

Team Wet Planet was represented at Clackamas RiverFest last weekend! Heather Herbeck, Lori "Turbo" Turbes, and some other Wet Planeteers made it out and had a great time. (thanks for organizing a great event!). New in the area from Minnesota, Lori loved learning about the wide variety of inflated river crafts we apparently float on in the PNW!  Good times, kayak races, raft races, good people, great new connections and more friends.  And the winner of our awesome raffle (beginner kayaking course or 4 spots on a White Salmon River trip) is .......  continue reading! 

Each weekend during the month of April 13 of us from a mix of backgrounds and skill levels got together at Wet Planet to learn the fundamentals to become a whitewater rafting guide. Wet Planet's Guide school 2010 was an awesome action packed 8 days of getting on (and in) the river everyday with a great group of people. We had a phenomenal team of instructors which include: Andy Round, Hootie Boucher, Giani Benevento, Lance Reif, with help from many others.  Read more...

As the 2010 season at Wet Planet starts to gear up, the staff got a front row seat to experience one of the multi-day trips we offer on the Owyhee River in southeastern Oregon. With 4 very full rafts and 4 kayaks, 14 of us began our long journey and kicked off our official staff trip. With sunny skies and warm weather, our put-in location near Rome, OR was amazing and we set off in search of stunning scenery, raw wilderness, and great whitewater. As we wound through stunningly deep canyons and 360 degree views, we had a wide array of weather through our 4-day, 57 mile trip including snow, hail, rain, and gale force winds. The wind was so strong at times rafts were blowing up stream and kayaks were flipping!.  Continue reading ...

We just ran our first White Salmon trip of 2010! No joke! We started our season on Aprils fools day. As our staff has been returning to start the new season at Wet Planet, and yesterday we ran our first White Salmon trip of the season - whoohoooo! Thank you Heather, Lance, Aleson and Lauren for making it happen. The Espresso Machine provide some good energizing warmth to start the day, rafts were pumped up, and rafters got outfitted for a day on the river. Everyone scored with a beautiful sunny day, with barely any one else on the river. Click here to read more

Check out our awesome footage from the Rescue clinic this weekend!