#Dreamweek by teamjk | Sep 30, 2017 | Coosa, Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, TournamentsShannon and I headed to Pennsylvania on Monday morning. We left Michigan at roughly 7am. Drove pretty much straight through to where we decided to camp. It was getting late so we through camp together and shot down to the take-out launch where we had found massive...
Positivity and How it Affects your Athletic Performance by Maddie Kimmel | Sep 25, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhen you focus on the positive sides to paddling, your performance improves because you focus on improving not your mistakes. You should still pay attention and learn from your mistakes. However, you shouldn’t focus on the fact that you missed your trick or that...
My competitions and what it is all about by JK Little Shredders | Sep 24, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHey There! So every one has a different perspective of freestyle competitions, some people take them seriously, some may take them as just some fun, some might just want to test their skill. All competitions are different, you have got your local club jam session, you...
My First time doing Stakeout by Tom Dolle | Sep 19, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesFor the first time of my life, I went all the way up to Canada for what we called “Stakeout” as a kayaker. Stakeout is the ice melt in Quebec and Ontario at the beggining of the spring so after a long and freezing winter. So when the ice melt in May, the...
Chasing Fall Water in Colorado by kelloggfamily | Sep 18, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe are on the search to find good features in Colorado that are good training grounds for the World Championships in November. It’s not an easy feat as most Colorado rivers rely on snow melt for flows and typically the season is rather short. Once August hits, there...
Why Corner Wave is my favorite wave on the Ottawa by Brooke Hess | Sep 16, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIf you have ever visited the Ottawa River, you have most likely seen, heard of, or been a part of what I refer to as the “Corner Wave Cult”. We are a specific breed of kayakers who have a potentially unhealthy obsession with Corner Wave. Situated smack-dab...
Using the Happy Thruster to Step Up Your Freestyle Game by katelyngreen | Sep 15, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesYou may, at one point or another, have seen a person paddling a playboat (a short stubby boat) with a big inflatable airbag underneath their sprayskirt. I’m sorry to say, they were not just happy to see you; they were using a Happy Thruster! If you haven’t...
OKC, Rafa video! by colinkemp | Sep 14, 2017 | Antix, Clinics, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesTake a look at this great video that Michael Zubach made of a great event this past weekend in OKC. As I worked with Rafa and Dave at OKC to organize this event I knew it was going to be good based on my own experience teaching with the community in OKC, but even more...
Gore Fest 2017 by Riley Frank | Sep 13, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThursday afternoon I was loading boats onto my dads truck, getting ready to head up to Gore Fest. As I started torqueing on a strap to ensure the boats did not fall off, the webbing snapped and sent me flying backwards onto the pavement, roughly 8 feet below my feet....
Learning to Love Flatwater Practice by katelyngreen | Sep 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLearning to love flatwater practice Although I got into whitewater kayaking because I love whitewater, sometimes the whitewater isn’t always available. I’ve learned to love flatwater practice almost as much as running rapids. In fact, flatwater has been the place...
Rolling through Adversity by Clay Wright | Sep 10, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Internationalisation, United States, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines ‘’Wow, I think pulled my head up hard on those roll attempts and pulled myself out of the boat.. I really need to work on that before the next rapid so I won’t swim again!” Said nobody. Ever. Instead most paddlers who just swam after...
Women’s Green Takeover 2017 by dianegaydos | Sep 8, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThe 4th annual Women’s Green River Takeover event took place this past Saturday in Saluda, North Carolina. This amazing event, planned and coordinated by Laura Farrell is always awesome and I’m thankful to be a part of it. This event was started 4 years ago in loving...
