The Numbers is our bread and butter class 4 run in Buena Vista, and when it hits around 2,800-3,000 cfs, we like to head up and surf the 1.5 Wave. It’s a very fast, super-dynamic wave that’s fun to just surf and hang on. If you can set up and time it right, you can [...] Read more »
We are excited to announce the airing of a national segment on Outside Television about South Main. Sam Bricker of Outside TV Salida (Channel 63) filmed and produced the piece which is airing now through the summer season on a show called Outside Today. In his words “The local Salida crew recently filmed the segment [...] Read more »
We have had 400 cfs (cubic feet per second) of water in the river for a while now, and I’ve been excited to discover that even that little water is enough for some great practice, especially at the new LoDo Wave due east of Eddyline Brewpub. Many years I don’t even get in my boat [...] Read more »
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Check out this great review of Eddyline Brewpub‘s Crank Yanker IPA on Not Your Dads Beer. Congrats to Eddyline on the brewery expansion slated for completion by early summer. Can’t wait to crack open that first 16 oz tall boy can o’ microbrew! “Eddyline Restaurant and Brewery rests in the mountains of Buena Vista, [...] Read more »
This video of Vince Graham, the founder of I’on, an excellent TND in South Carolina, is a presentation he gave last December to the homeowners of the neighborhood. He beautifully articulates the fundamental and timeless qualities that traditional neighborhoods have. His project has been a model to emulate for us all. [...] Read more »
With home energy usage accounting for 17% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, South Main has always embraced green building as an important element of what makes the neighborhood sustainable. Particularly in our colder climate, a well-insulated, tight building envelope is crucial.
Here’s a little humor for you.
I’ve always heard rumors about an arch in Fourmile, the rugged swath of public BLM land just north of Buena Vista. The Fourmile map available at the route 375 turnoff into fourmile simply shows an “arch” near Davis Meadow. But it wasn’t until I watched this beautiful video by John and Allison Abdelnour, owners of [...] Read more »
We still have a whole slew of high quality problems set on our public climbing boulders after September’s ABS competition. Here’s some video of a few problems on just 1 of the 3 boulders. Lots of new holds have made the quality of the climbs much higher, so come check ‘em out! Also, if [...] Read more »
Here’s a message from Earl Richmond of Colorado Kayak Supply about another great public park amenity in our River Park. For those of you that do not know, Buena Vista and Northern Chaffee County are very close to getting our public Pump Track built. It will be located in front of the Buena Vista [...] Read more »
