Happy Seat 2.0 by colinkemp | Nov 23, 2012 | WhitewaterThe happy seat is hands down my favorite JK accessory. The amount of additional control it gives you in any boat is amazing. I have one in my Superstar as well as my Fun Runner. With the continual improvement of the JK boat armor outfitting the original way to attach...
WK Ambassador Brian Tupper Reviews the 2013 All Star by colinkemp | Oct 19, 2012 | WhitewaterReview of the 2013 All-Star (compared against a k1 Rockstar – Medium) 2013 All-Star lives up to it’s “star” name! Me: 170lbs, 5’9”, size 9.5 feet. Outfitting: I really like the 4th generation Armor outfitting. The new back band is both supportive and comfortable. No...
Fun Runnin’ the Gauley by colinkemp | Oct 5, 2012 | Whitewater Gauley festival has come and gone and I have finally had a chance to sort through the video footage. On the Saturday of the festival weekend I had the privilege to guide a bunch of first timers down the lower Gauley for their first time. For this job the Fun...
Midwest Freestyle Championships by colinkemp | Sep 5, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterIt is hard to believe that it was 5 years ago when I attended my first Midwest Freestyle Championships to coach the pre-event freestyle clinics. It has been fantastic to watch the community’s skill level as a whole rise up. The scores in the intermediate class this...
World Kayak “Am I Ready for the Gauley yet?” by colinkemp | Sep 2, 2012 | Whitewater Have you ever boated the Gauley river? If not this event is for you. Would you like to paddle this world class river for the first time with some of team JK’s best and brightest? Of course your answer is yes, so what you need to do is send a paddling resume to...
TRF “River Fun and Safety Fair” by colinkemp | Jul 29, 2012 | WhitewaterThis past Saturday JK team members Ruth Gordon, Jessica Yurtinus, and myself got to spend our Saturday teaching river safety to the youth of Reno. The river fun and safety fair is hosted by the Truckee River Foundation. Families can sign their kids up in the morning...
Japan Part 2: Three Days on the Nakatsugawa, “A Wet State” by colinkemp | Jul 22, 2012 | Whitewater[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/jgn-nHExCog?fs=1&hl=en_US[/youtube] After the two warm-up days in the Minakami area, we decided to drive to the Nakatsugawa for some runs on it and its main tributary, the Zakogawa. On our third day in country, as we left the...
Fun Runner and Fun Surf Session by colinkemp | Jul 16, 2012 | WhitewaterSteve Jacques and his buddys shwing us a great surf wave in New England. They are having a blast with their Fun Runner and 4 Funs. Enjoy the video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuu4yV3NRoU&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
Idaho State University, rocking the Fun Runner! by colinkemp | Jul 15, 2012 | Whitewater The students at Idaho State University are going to be super excited this fall when classes start up again. Their outdoor program got their hands on a new fleet of Fun Runners. As you can tell from the photos the instructors and students who were around this...
“A Wet State”, Is big in Japan! by colinkemp | Jul 1, 2012 | WhitewaterThis spring I had the pleasure of traveling to Japan with a group of friends including Jackson Paddlers Darin McQuoid and Diane Gaydos in addition to our other friends: David Maurier, Rok Sribar, Laura Farrell , Shannamar Dewey and Japanese paddler, Yoshi Takahashi,...
Reno River Festival 2012 by colinkemp | Jun 21, 2012 | Events, Rockstar, WhitewaterAnother Reno River Festival is in the books. A big thanks goes out to team JK’s own Ruth Gordon for organizing the event! Well done Ruth. It was great to have Jason Craig back in action at the festival again after his super speedy recovery from his accident 18 months...
The Other Side of Dinkey Creek- CO by colinkemp | Jun 2, 2012 | WhitewaterDaniel from “A Wet State” continues to get the goods. I can not wait to see what is next…… Dinkey Creek is certainly best known for the “Waterfalls” section which contains many steep bedrock slides and falls as Dinkey Creek plummets its final...
