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 – San Juan, Argentina- Opening Ceremony by Claire OHara | Mar 16, 2018 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines2017 ICF World Championships The 2017 ICF World Championships opening ceremony kicked off the whole event in style. Straight after the last official team training finished the hole was closed to all competitors and the whole World Championships community headed into...
Cuyahoga Falls Kayak Race 2018 by teamjk | Mar 15, 2018 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThe Cuyahoga Falls Kayak Race is only a few years old but it has already gained very much attention from paddlers and the general public and for good reason. This event is unlike most kayak events or festivals because the class V section we kayak runs directly through...
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...
2017 Colorado Kayak Fishing Club Bass Series (Part 2 of 3) by Scott Brands | Mar 8, 2018 | Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap UpsWith the first kayak tournament under my belt, it was time to see if Boyd Lake was a fluke or if I could keep the momentum going at a lake I’ve never been to before: Chatfield Reservoir. Chatfield, unlike Boyd, was more of a drive for me. Whereas Boyd was about 3...
No Gold Medal by joey monteleone | Feb 13, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesI recently read a great story by a longtime friend of Tony Dolle. The story was centered on a lady he met who had won a gold medal in the Olympic shooting sports. He described her hard work, training and the support of many around her, her accomplishments and a...
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...
Deception Pass Dash by kylethomas | Feb 7, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, Journey, Recreational/Touring, rivers, Wrap UpsThe Deception Pass Dash, an incredible competition hosted annually at Deception Pass State Park in Oak Harbor, Washington. Paddlers from all disciplines travel to the Pacific Northwest to compete in this 6+ mile tidal race in December. Kayaks, tandem kayaks, canoes,...
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...
