Cheoah River Release: MixMaster vs Antix by nicktroutman | Mar 5, 2018 | MixMaster, Uncategorized, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe South East has lucked out with gorgeous weather as we end off the month of February. So it was no surprise to see the parking lots full at the first Cheoah River recreational release of the season. There must have been a minimum of 1000 paddlers out on the river...
Montreal Eau Vive- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Aug 24, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Nirvana, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines// August 24, 2017 Montreal Eau Vive- Wild & Free Tour The Montreal Eau Vive is always one of my favorite events of the year being its unique nature of using Jet Ski shuttles and Jet Boat Boater-X, as well as the fact that it is a combination event including both...
Milner Mile: ‘Wild & Free’ Tour by nicktroutman | Jun 22, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIdaho, both the potato state, as well as the whitewater state. This spring, like most of the west coast, Idaho got slammed with snow that turned into high water rivers. Our ‘Wild & Free’ tour has brought me to one of Idaho’s more elusive big...
CKS PaddleFest: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Jun 16, 2017 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesOur ‘Wild & Free Tour’ continues on to the Colorado Tour with our first stop being the CKS PaddleFest. It was another incredible weekend filled with freestyle, racing, podium finishes, and lots of fun and friends. Though for me the highlight was getting to race...
Cal-Salmon Race/ Sequoia National Park: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 26, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Media, Nirvana, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines// May 26, 2017 Cal-Salmon Race/ Sequoia National Park: Wild & Free Tour As the saying goes, “When in Rome”. So when driving through Sequoia National Park on our way north, what should we do? The obvious answer was to stop in and check out the biggest trees and...
Brush Creek Race: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 16, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo fired up to finally make it down to Kernville for the Kern River Festival and Brush Creek Race. It was a blast hanging out with everyone, enjoying perfect weather and high water, and awesome time setting new course records on Brush Creek. Thanks Evan Moore for...
Wild & Free Tour: Outlet Falls by nicktroutman | May 11, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, JK Media, Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHanging out in the Pacific North West, which has been getting slammed with one of the wettest springs in history, finding whitewater is not a problem. Outlet Falls has been on my radar for a while, a gorgeous waterfall that I have wanted to run since I first saw it in...
Antix down the Little White: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe finally made it to the snow filled west coast for some amazing paddling in White Salmon, WA. Rafa Ortiz and myself took our new Antix’s down the L’Dub for some fun times, a ton of squirts, splats and touch of shenanigans out on the river. Keep the good...
High Water North Fork Payette- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 15, 2017 | Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterOur first stop on our Wild & Free tour was Boise, ID. We had originally planned to just spend the night and keep moving west until we realized how epic the whitewater was. The next day I found myself driving up to the North Fork Payette with Alec Voorhees, and...
The Open Road- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 7, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe are back at it again, as we pack up 6 kayaks, 2 dogs, 2 kids, and hit the open road for the next 10 months on our ‘Wild & Free Tour’. Follow along and share the adventures, as we bring you all with us for some trip reports, events coverage, tips...
Paddling at the base of spewing Lava: video by nicktroutman | Feb 6, 2017 | Canada, Internationalisation, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterI’ve had an interest in lava and volcanoes since a young age. Although after experiencing it first-hand, a lava waterfall was truly a natural phenomenon beyond words. It started off as an idea we had talked about amongst friends, and then after a couple phone calls...
Antix meets Suck Creek by nicktroutman | Jan 25, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Reviews, River Running, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAs the South East is waiting for rain for the rivers to run, one thing is for sure, once the rain falls the paddlers will come. So, when word got out that Suck Creek was running it was no surprise that the parking lots were full with 40+ kayak rigs and even more eager...
