Haw River Longboat Extravaganza
For a while now, I have had the thought that it would be cool to complete the entire length of the Haw River by kayak. Even in low water, the Haw is always navigable, and since longboats need love and …
River: Haw
Middle & Lower Haw 03/18/2026
It was the coldest day of the week but the water level looked adequate so Alton Chewning & I hatched a plan to run Middle & Lower yesterday. The last and only time I’d done these sections was October 2024 …
Rusty, Crusty & Dusty – But Stylin’ (Middle-Lower Haw 2/28/26 trip)
Last Saturday we had a motley crew of Shane Brown, Gary Cousino, Brooks Burleson, Jim Clarke, Chris Mattox and some weirdo in a metal canoe with dogs. Water levels were low but this crew was mostly out for the sunshine …
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New Year’s Day Sax Lake Paddle Trip
On New Year’s day 2026 a small handful of club members (myself, Alton Chewning, Roy Siggins, Colin Harrington, and Jim Butler) joined forces with the “Polar Paddle” put on by the Haw River Canoe & Kayak Co. at the backwater …
Functional Freestyle Canoe Clinic
“Canoe Freestyle is the art and science of precision, quiet water paddling.” Thus began the required evening lecture on the night before North Carolina’s first canoe freestyle clinic, hosted May 3 in Saxapahaw. Our guest of honor was Marc Ornstein, …
Friday *AM* Middle & Lower Haw (intermediate)
On May 16 Larry Ausley, John McDonald, Christopher Mattocks, Diana Haywood, Alton Chewning, and Colin Harrington (and myself: Jason Jones) set out to link the Middle and Lower Haw sections near Pittsboro. Most paddlers were in whitewater kayaks, and Chris …
35th Haw River Clean Up A Thon (Robeson)
It was a great day cleaning up at Robseon Canoe Launch with The Haw River Assembly. We had 3 kayaks and 3 canoes launched with a total of 12 boaters on the water, along with another 7 folks (and a …
CCC Upper Haw River Trip Report
6 brave adventurers set out on a Jason Jones posted trip today on the Upper Haw River. The water levels were so ferocious (550 cfs on the Bynum gauge) that our fearless leader left his crew under the direction of …
Early AM Haw Run
— Testing Email Forwarders with a Trip Report — We ran the lower haw very early on the morning of 2022/02/15. This time of year it’s light enough to paddle at 0645. We were on the river by 0700 with …
These boots are made for walking? In the Haw?
By Bob Brueckner We interrupt this warm September day to bring you an important message: A pair of paddlers found a pair of hiking boots just downstream of Lunchstop Rapid on the Lower Haw. The boots appeared high and dry …