Cal-Salmon Race/ Sequoia National Park: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 26, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Media, Nirvana, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines// May 26, 2017 Cal-Salmon Race/ Sequoia National Park: Wild & Free Tour As the saying goes, “When in Rome”. So when driving through Sequoia National Park on our way north, what should we do? The obvious answer was to stop in and check out the biggest trees and...
Brush Creek Race: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 16, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo fired up to finally make it down to Kernville for the Kern River Festival and Brush Creek Race. It was a blast hanging out with everyone, enjoying perfect weather and high water, and awesome time setting new course records on Brush Creek. Thanks Evan Moore for...
The Open Road- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 7, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe are back at it again, as we pack up 6 kayaks, 2 dogs, 2 kids, and hit the open road for the next 10 months on our ‘Wild & Free Tour’. Follow along and share the adventures, as we bring you all with us for some trip reports, events coverage, tips...
A (mom) pro-paddler’s perspective by Valerie Betrand | Mar 27, 2017 | Canada, Internationalisation, NorwayAbout three years ago, I decided to quit paddling. I thought I had become selfish and irresponsible. People that did not know me questioned my lifestyle; colleagues tried to lecture me, and my near ones could not believe why I still ‘bothered’. You see, most people...
Paddling at the base of spewing Lava: video by nicktroutman | Feb 6, 2017 | Canada, Internationalisation, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterI’ve had an interest in lava and volcanoes since a young age. Although after experiencing it first-hand, a lava waterfall was truly a natural phenomenon beyond words. It started off as an idea we had talked about amongst friends, and then after a couple phone calls...
Indi’s Golden Rules for Teaching Kids Whitewater by jacksonkayak | Sep 3, 2014 | Canada, Instructional, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterIndiana James here…. For the last few years, from when my son Sam was 5 or 6, I’ve been casually asking him if the “mighty Yosimmity Sambo wants to run some whitewater?” His answer has always been “meh”. He likes it, just has that...
Fine tune your “take-a-part” closest to the real thing. by Patrick Levesque | Nov 17, 2012 | Canada, Creeking, Instructional, Internationalisation, JK Team PostsMake a take-a-part paddle as stable as a real paddle (Comme toujours, la version française suit le texte…) When you’re committed in a class V run and you broke a paddle, there’s one thing you hope for while you assemble your spare. That your Break-down paddle...
Mission: No KAYAKERS NO RAFT GUIDES!!!!!! by Billy Harris | Aug 24, 2012 | Canada, WhitewaterIll just say it once, “don’t come knocking at my door in 16 years and expect a friendly reception.” Mommy tells me I can’t tell her she can’t date a raft guide or a kayaker. BUT DADDY DON”T CARE!!! My biggest fear is some dirty...
Mission: War With Billy a long road back. by Billy Harris | Jan 8, 2012 | Canada, Whitewater Its the false fears I have that have taken me from paddling. I have stepped back because of them, scared. I fear loosing, I fear that it will take all my resources away, even hurt my family etc etc. I have built up many false walls around me to stop me from...
Malabar River Festival: India by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 2001 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Nirvana, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups
