Ultralight Kayak Overnighter Sleep Systems – My Choices for Ecuador by Damon Bungard | Feb 7, 2014 | Creeking, Fishing, Freshwater, Instructional, Internationalisation, JK University, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Team JK, Uncategorized, United States, Whitewater Camping from a kayak. No matter what types of kayak it is, whitewater, fishing or touring, camping out of a kayak and spending days on the water is one of my favorite things to do. For many people though, it can be a daunting task, and somewhat intimidating...
Counting Birds in the Karma RG by Jeff Laxier | Jan 3, 2014 | Karma RG, Recreational/Touring, Uncategorized, United StatesSteam from coffee fogs the windshield and rain pelts down, we are making our way to the put in. On this day, we are searching for the Holy Grail. Wait, wait, wait, not really the Holy Grail. We are on a search for birds, yep that’s right birds. Today is the 115th...
Structure Is Key by Brady Sullivan | Mar 6, 2013 | Fishing, United StatesEvery year at Christmas, hardware store parking lots are being fenced off and Christmas trees are offered for sale. Not all trees are bought before they die so naturally they are culled. This past Christmas, I picked up a dozen dead trees from my local hardware store...
Mistakes on Marimon- Chile by Eric Bartl | Jan 17, 2013 | United States, Whitewater Over the past few months I have been traveling Chile in search of amazing whitewater. Throughout my trip I found myself pushing the limits of what I know and can understand about the incredible forces of water. The first challenge I came across was a rapid...
Learning New Tricks in a Hard Feature by Emily Jackson | Nov 30, 2012 | Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterYou may find yourself at a feature where doing just about anything can be tricky. Sometimes you get stuck trying to do that same darn trick you know you can land over and over and over again. I know that sometimes I get somewhere and I know I can do a move, such as a...
Going Rogue on the Rogue! by Jenifer Jakub | Nov 30, 2012 | United States, WhitewaterBack in October, just after the close of permit season, two friends and I headed to the southwest corner of Oregon to hit up the classic Wild & Scenic Rogue river. We were self-supporting the classic 35 mile stretch from Grave Creek to Foster Bar. It’s a...
Back to Where it All Started- Revisiting my “first rivers.” by Billy Bob Malesky | Nov 19, 2012 | United States, WhitewaterIt’s been about fifthteen years since I was loading up my truck to go on a river trips to run class three, but that’s exactley what I have been doing since the middle of July. Luckily my girlfriend,Danielle wanted to learn how to kayak so I could teach and...
What the doctor ordered by Rich McDade | Nov 2, 2012 | Cuda, Fishing, Freshwater, United StatesA little over a month ago my wife popped her Achilles tendon and brought our worlds to a screeching halt. Her climbing and training, done. I was acting nurse (no, that is nothing like playing doctor), homemaker, shopper, and everything in between. I was able to sneak...
A Baker’s Dozen Highlights from my Third Grand Canyon Trip by Joe Pulliam | Oct 25, 2012 | United States, Whitewater(in no particular order!) 1. Seeing five California Condors….four at once! 2. Paddling the new Jackson SUPerCharger…..my first SUP whitewater experience that included surviving some bigger rapids than I ever thought I’d attempt, and catching a fun surf wave on just my...
10-11-12 Luck by Isaac Miller | Oct 24, 2012 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, United States10/11/12. Thursday. Consecutive numbers on the date. It had to be a sign of luck. I had been eyeballing the surf forecast for a few days. It was looking good. 2-4′ swell at 14 seconds, light winds at 5kts, sunny skies with patchy fog. We had a huge storm moving in for...
The Rogue Hits the Grand Canyon: Part 3 of 3 by Jenifer Jakub | Oct 21, 2012 | United States, WhitewaterThe last days on the river were fantastic, even though there weren’t rapids like day 4. We were just living our nomadic life, moving downstream, taking in the beauty of the canyon. Discussing our plans to return to this awesomeness next year. It felt like I went...
Camping on Lake George by Gregg Crisp | Sep 26, 2012 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Freshwater Fishing, Internationalisation, United States“Lake George is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw; formed by a contour of mountains into a basin thirty-five miles long and from two to four miles broad, finely interspersed with islands, its water limpid as crystal and the mountainsides...
