Whitewater Rafting

Secrets Of The Gauley River: Pillow Rock Rapid

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in Whitewater Rafting, Upper Gauley, The Lowdown, rapids, Pillow Rock, Inside Information, Descriptions, Class V, Big 6 on Sep 1, 2010

The One. The Only. Pillow Rock Rapid on the Gauley River In West Virginia pretty much defies description.

We’re going to try anyway.

ACE_rafting_pillow_rock_rapid_on_the_Upper_Gauley_River But just know this. There’s nothing —nothing— in the world like running Pillow Rock. You just kinda gotta do it.

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Secrets Of The Gauley River: Insignificant Rapid

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in Whitewater Rafting, Upper Gauley, The Lowdown, rapids, Inside Information, Descriptions, Class V, Big 6 on Aug 31, 2010

When you go whitewater rafting on West Virginia’s Gauley River, you’re going to come up against some pretty big rapids. Class V rapids. hard_charging_the_upper_gauley_by_ACE_Adventre_Resort

The first one is called Insignificant.

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Secrets Of The Gauley River: How To Raft Over A Waterfall

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in Whitewater Rafting, Waterfalls, The Coliseum, Sweet's Falls, Postage Due, Gauley Season, Gauley River, Class V, Big 6 on Aug 31, 2010

SweetsFalls

If you go rafting on West Virginia’s Upper Gauley River this fall, there’s one thing that you’ll definitely remember about your trip: Sweet’s Falls.

Sweet’s Falls rapid is the coliseum of whitewater rafting. It has everything. A waterfall, big rocks, plenty of obstacles, and sometimes a very, very large crowd.

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The Best Time Of My Life: Whitewater Rafting Thoughts

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in Whitewater Rafting, Team Edward, River Guides, prizes, poems, New River Gorge, Famous People, contests on Aug 23, 2010

Editor's Note: This post is a submission in ACE's Great Gauley Blog-Off by Kyra Guggenheim. Terms and rules are listed at the end of this post. We're accepting submissions until September 7, 2010. So what are you waiting for?

FAMOUS PERSON:

If I could go rafting with any famous person in the world, it would be Taylor Lautner. He is my favorite famous person in the whole world.

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An Ode To Fluffy Box Of Kittens

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in Whitewater Rafting, West Virginia, Nathan Tennison, Great Gauley Blog-Off, Gauley Season, Fluffy Box Of Kittens, ACE Adventure Resort on Aug 17, 2010

Editor's Note: This is a Great Gauley Blog-Off contest submission by Nathan Tennison (who must be related to Lord Alfred?). Terms and rules are listed at the end of this post and your essay and poem submissions are being accepted through Sept. 7, 2010.

Once upon a time

Near a river so sweet

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Three Generations Come To ACE For A Fun Weekend

Posted by: ScottP in Whitewater Rafting, New River, Mountain Biking, family on Jul 22, 2010

I can tell you how good we are until I am blue in the face. However, it is important to hear from actual guests who have had amazing experiences with us too.

Three generations of the Weinstocks visited us in May for a “boys' weekend.” They rendezvoused in Charleston from all over the East Coast and then made the rest of the trek to ACE. After planning a botched snorkeling trip in Belize, Michael Weinstock arranged a trip to ACE with high hopes.

Here is the story that Dr. Weinstock wrote for a local paper in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Weinstock was also adamant that I give Julia a special mention for being such a great guide.

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Video Your Next Whitewater Rafting Trip At ACE

Posted by: Alyson Smith in Whitewater Rafting, West Virginia, videographer, video, reservation, boating, ACE Adventure Resort, ACE Adventure Gear on Jul 21, 2010

ACE Video Boaters

At any water level, on any section of river, whitewater rafting is cool. And for the people who choose to go boating, they get a few hours of feeling cool. And how can you savor those moments over and over? With a cool video of your cool day.

I often tell my rafting crews that, “It’s all about the video.” This means that they can ask silly questions, eat too much at lunch, spill sunscreen all over the boat and generally be a disaster, but as long as they look good in the video rapids, they will be able to hold their head up high at the end of the day.

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Secrets Of The Gauley River: Pillow Rock Rapid

Secrets Of The Gauley River: Insignificant Rapid

Secrets Of The Gauley River: How To Raft Over A Waterfall