Top tips to improve your front surf skills by sethashworth | Mar 17, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesFollow team paddler Seth Ashworth on his fun tutorial video to help you improve your front surf skills. Don’t forget to subscribe to his youtube channel to see his new videos...
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Team Training Week by Claire OHara | Mar 14, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesSo as team training week begun my plan for four days rest quickly turned into two and a half days rest followed by one, 20 minute, team training slot which equaled about four runs in the feature and then another days rest. A change from what I originally had planned...
3 days to go – The Atmosphere builds – Inside the World Championships with Claire O by Claire OHara | Mar 12, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe Infrastructure is going up Things are beginning to take shape here in Argentina. After a few weeks of training in the middle of a desert on a feature surrounded by mostly dirt, gravel and dust it was hard to imagine that a major event was about to take place. But...
Eating it in Uganda by sethashworth | Mar 9, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap UpsSo I just got back after spending seven weeks kayaking in Uganda, on the White Nile River. It was Awesome and I wanted to showcase some of my paddling there. Then I thought to myself,”nobody cares about that, they just want to see you crash” So then I made a short...
Southern California Kayak Surfing by teamjk | Feb 12, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThere aren’t many rivers in Southern California, but there is the Pacific Ocean. I recently moved here to teach outdoor education in the San Bernadino National Forest. During the weekends I make trips to the Kern and farther to the rivers near Sacramento. This...
Taking a breath to write it all down. by Jezz | Feb 11, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, C1 Outfitting, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Media, New Zealand, Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesSo this year was once again packed full of fun and adventures. A worlds year, a bunch of new firsts and everything in between. Worlds So this year since having recently been appointed on the ICF Freestyle Committee, I have seen the hard work and...
Remembering warm weather! by Jeremy Adkins | Feb 7, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Antix, Creeking, Internationalisation, Karma, Playboating, rivers, United States, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo far in the southeast we had a dismal winter. Cold temperatures with very low rainfall. Fingers cross that will soon change. The past few months have been slow, cold, and not full of alot of adventure. That will soon to change. Here is a video that I put together of...
Year End 2017 by sagedonnelly | Feb 3, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Reviews, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, WhitewaterThis past year has been dizzily busy and hectic, but it has been one of the most fun years to date! I started off in New Zealand and Australia for slalom training and a couple races, where I took first in K1 Jr. Women’s at Oceana Championships. I then flew home after...
UNLEASHED Recap by kalobgrady | Jan 30, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesINTRO: A glorious way to live. In early January, 29 athletes from 12 diverse countries converged upon the longest river in the world for UNLEASHEDxUganda. The goal of UNLEASHED has always, and will always be the same: to create a competitive environment...
Epic Year-End Review, 2017 by teamjk | Jan 29, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesFirst, I want to begin this entry with a HUGE, THANK YOU to my family, Jackson Kayak, and my paddling family FOR AN OUTSTANDING 2017. What an epic first competition-year as a freestyle, whitewater kayaker. I’ve spent close to 250+ days paddling whitewater in 2017;...
2017 recap by JK Little Shredders | Jan 28, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW Disciplines2017 has personally been one of my best years yet. I have progressed in freestyle and white water kayaking a huge amount. The year started off for me in Wadi Adventure in Dubai. Great to have warm water in the winter. While I was there I progressed in my paddling a...
Zambezi Multiday by kalobgrady | Jan 25, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe mighty Zambezi river meanders through Central Africa, slowly moving south east, creating boarders and providing for all in its path. Just before this historic river reaches its half way mark, its calm waters turn turbulent as the expansive river tumbles more...
