My 3 Favorite Competitions by Maddie Kimmel | Jan 13, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Video, Whitewater, Wrap UpsI love competing because it gives me a chance apply my skills I have learned and I get to go paddle with my closest friends and have a good time. I have selected my top 3 favorite competitions from 3 different geographical locations. I enjoyed each competition for...
Just Like Pops by Joshua Evans | Dec 31, 2018 | Big Tuna, Family Zone, FishingAlmost 40 years ago, my dad Big Mike Evans aka “Pops”, would usually tell me in the evening that we would be going fishing early the next morning so I had better get to bed. With images of sand and spotted bay bass running through my head, I would battle through the...
A Summer On Wheels by teamjk | Dec 6, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, Reviews, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesEver since I started kayaking it has been my dream to take off to chase whitewater. This summer that dream came true. I got my license on June 5th, and with my kayak mobile all loaded and ready, I set out the morning of June 6th. First stop was Vail for the GoPro...
GoPro Mountain Games 2018 by teamjk | Dec 1, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis year at the GoPro Mountain Games I got to compete against some of the worlds best freestyle kayakers. I like this competition because it is not divided into classes, all the women compete against each other regardless of their age. This gave me a chance to see...
Younguns Freestyle series by teamjk | Oct 29, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThe 2018 Younguns Freestyle has finished now and it has been amazing. This is a really great series of competitions for youth paddlers (18 and under) where the focus is on having fun more than the results (that doesn’t mean that it isn’t competitive). There is always...
Making the most of the end of paddling season! by Vincent Family | Oct 24, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe BC paddling season has been an interesting one this year. It started with amazing news that the snowpack was 150% of average, after an amazing winter of lots and lots of snow, which had everyone super stoked for a long and plentiful paddling season. Spring run off...
A very different summer by Claire OHara | Oct 17, 2018 | Family Zone, Internationalisation, Trip Reports, Trips, UK, WhitewaterIn April we got the very exciting news that we have a little one on the way. Due in December me and Jez couldn’t be more excited about the new addition to our life. We knew things were going to change but not as quickly or as majorly as they did. I had a big...
HOW TO: Dynamic Duo With Your Young Child by Micah Kneidl | Oct 12, 2018 | Dynamic Duo, Family Zone, Instructional, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesHOW TO: Dynamic Duo With Your Young Child For years I have been passionate about tandem kayaking and have made many memories from the back (and front) of my Dynamic Duo tandem kayak. Today I continue to love the Dynamic Duo for so many reasons but especially for the...
Spontaneous Stakeout! by teamjk | Oct 5, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesA few months ago when stakeout was winding to a close, there were still a few humongous waves in that people were surfing. I had been seeing floods of posts (haha get it, “floods”) from different paddlers about them traveling around Canada to find the best big water...
The Best Day Ever! by teamjk | Oct 4, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesToday was the best day ever. Today was big water beatdown Thursday, and it was epic! For those of you who don’t know what this is, it’s basically where all the keener’s do something that scares them. For many of us that was getting owned by the...
Log Limbo by Maddie Kimmel | Sep 25, 2018 | Family Zone, WhitewaterToday we took the afternoon to do some safety drills with logs. When creeking logs can be a major safety hazard and it’s important to be able to be able to dodge them. Branches, leaves can create strainers and you could get caught on. Here’s what they look like:...
Take a kid fishing/Thank you by teamjk | Sep 23, 2018 | Family Zone, FishingI love to talk fishing but more specifically, I like to share the knowledge that I’ve learned over the years in hopes that it will help someone else. While I think it’s important to help others in order to help the sport grow, there’s nothing more important than...
