New Video. Adventures in Argentina. Part 1 of 4.

by sethashworth | Nov 28, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

      Team paddler Seth Ashworth is in Argentina right now competing at Freestyle Kayak World Championships.  He is sharing a four part (or possibly more) video series with us about the San Juan area, traveling, life-styling and everything else...

Underdogs of the 2017 World Freestyle Championships

by Jezz | Nov 22, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Everyone loves an underdog, the story of someone coming from nowhere and becoming the next big thing in the sport, or someone who has worked so hard in the sport but just never quite got their moment in the spotlight, an underdog is always a great story in sporting...

Facing Fears: Hole Boating

by Anna Bruno | Nov 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This year I was forced to confront a longtime weakness in my kayaking skill set: Hole boating. For years, it has been easier to say that I just didn’t like it, that I preferred wave boating, or to make the excuse that there just weren’t any good holes near me. To be...

Why do You compete?

by Jessica Yurtinus | Nov 20, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Earlier this year I was put in a situation to make a serious decision about competition and what drives me to compete. It was April, the Truckee River was running high, the Reno River Festival was right around the corner, and all my paddling friends were...

2nd Annual Tallulah Race

by chad | Nov 18, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Oh the Tallulah Gorge, this is one of the most amazing places in the Southeastern United States to kayak in the fall. If you haven’t had the chance to paddle here you are missing out, every November there are scheduled releases both Saturday and Sunday with...

BoddenBash Kayakfishing Festival 2017 Ruegen, Germany

by Zoltan Kalauz | Nov 14, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Germany, Internationalisation, Tournaments, Video

It was an amazing event with a lot of pikes! Can’t wait for the next in 2018. Video...

Bronzefest Recap

by Chris Ritchie | Nov 13, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Kilroy, River Bassin Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

The Ozarks are lined with small, beautiful streams. Like blood vessels on a breakdown of the human body, a Google Earth view of southwest Missouri will reveal little blue squiggly lines that run all over the terrain! Swimming through the rocks and currents of the...

Pike on the Fly – October 2017

by simonmuller | Nov 6, 2017 | Austria, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Internationalisation, Tournaments, Uncategorized

Pike Flyfishing in Karlskrona Sweden in October 2017 – Simon Mueller  ...

Loss and Victory at Sickline

by Dane Jackson | Nov 3, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Nirvana, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

// November 03, 2017 Loss and Victory at Sickline From the moment I had the Nirvana in my hands I could only think about one race, and that was SIckline. I just knew that the Nirvana was gonna be the boat to really give me the best chance at taking that title. Right...

JK Dealer Summit from an Exploration Team Point of View

by Samantha Christen | Oct 30, 2017 | Events, Recreational/Touring, rivers

A few behind-the-scenes shots from the 2017 JK Dealer Summit (JKDS)…  Dealers, Customer Service reps, factory staff, Marketing staff, members from all JK Teams, you name it: every facet of the JK family was represented at the annual event this past weekend....

Cuyahoga Falls Race 2017 – 3rd in Slalom

by sethchapelle | Oct 29, 2017 | C1 Outfitting, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Karma, Karma Unlimited, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

2017 marked the second year of the Cuyahoga Falls race in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. That’s right, I said Ohio. I was very pleasantly surprised last year when I went to this race for its first year. I did not know that there was whitewater in Ohio until a couple...

My first Non-Gauley Fest weekend

by teamjk | Oct 18, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, River Running, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

My first Non-Gauley Fest weekend I’ve been making the pilgrimage up north for 5 years now. We normally take a huge group with a few first timers and hit the New River, Upper Yough and finish our trip at Gauley Fest. This year the timing just didn’t work out to make it...