A quick surf with the All-star 2013 and I was hooked! by Patrick Levesque | Dec 24, 2012 | Allstars, JK Team Posts, Rockstar, Team JK, Whitewater(Version francaise disponible à : www.patricklevesque.info) If you have paddle the old All-Star and the Rockstar, one think you probably realize is they get the work done. No reason why they have been winning rodeo since their inception. After paddling the two for a...
Fine tune your “take-a-part” closest to the real thing. by Patrick Levesque | Nov 17, 2012 | Canada, Creeking, Instructional, Internationalisation, JK Team PostsMake a take-a-part paddle as stable as a real paddle (Comme toujours, la version française suit le texte…) When you’re committed in a class V run and you broke a paddle, there’s one thing you hope for while you assemble your spare. That your Break-down paddle...
A journey with the whales by Patrick Levesque | Nov 15, 2012 | WhitewaterThis weekend I had the chance to bring my 13.5 Journey out on the St-Lawrence river in Les escoumins near Tadoussac in Québec. The area between Tadoussac and Les Escoumins is world renowned for whale watching. You can easily see the whale from the shore, but sitting...
Zen, Vilain et Hero : le test de vitesse en eaux calmes by Patrick Levesque | Nov 12, 2012 | Whitewater(French version below) Ever wonder which boat is the fastest? I mean it is easy to say that a boat is fast, but when you say such a thing most of the time it is base on feeling or design expectation, rarely an objective measure. This spring, I had to choose a boat for...
Zen, Vilain and Hero: the flatwater speed test by Patrick Levesque | Nov 12, 2012 | Zen(French version below) Ever wonder which boat is the fastest? I mean it is easy to say that a boat is fast, but when you say such a thing most of the time it is base on feeling or design expectation, rarely an objective measure. This spring, I had to choose a boat for...
Training freestyle game: K.A.Y.A.K. by Patrick Levesque | Oct 12, 2012 | Rockstar, Whitewater(la version française à la fin du texte) This summer I had the opportunity to coach the Quebec freestyle. During workouts, Jonathan Boily (member of the Canadian junior team) and I started to introduce simple games that allow us to measure one another without the...
On QUebec CBC morning show, Team Jackson Patrick Levesque said WW Kayaking Isn’t Always an Extreme Sport! by Patrick Levesque | Jun 8, 2012 | Whitewater On May 12, I attended the radio show La fin de semaine est à 7h00 on CBC Several people describe me as extreme kayaker. I totally disagree. Same as I do not agree with those who say that river kayaking is an extreme sport. This is a sport with several levels of...
