Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 4 – C1 and Womens Prelims

by Claire OHara | Mar 24, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

The sun shone bright as we woke up ready for another big day of action. This time it’s both me and Jez competing as its C1 and Women’s prelims day. The Frenchies hid from the sun between heats Jez leaves early as he has an announcing meeting before his...

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 3 – Mens Prelims

by Claire OHara | Mar 22, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Everyone is here with their own personal goals Today was the men’s prelims. The biggest of all the classes with over 6 and half hours of non stop freestyle. Still exhausted from the Squirt boating event today was my enforced rest day as my freestyle would kick...

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 2 – Jnr W & M Prelims

by Claire OHara | Mar 20, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Waking up knowing I had just won another World Championships was an amazing feeling. As I opened the curtains and looked out over the lake the view was insane. The wind had settled and the lake shone bright blue and calm. I felt a mix of emotions excitement, relief...

Lyons Kids Club Pool Sessions

by Kevin Parker | Mar 19, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Clinics, Family Zone, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

With winter finally showing up in Colorado, the Lyons Kids club pool sessions are again proving to be a big hit. While it is billed as the “Kids Club” we try to target the whole family, and get as many adults at the pool as kids. Our goal is to get the parents...

Top tips to improve your front surf skills

by sethashworth | Mar 17, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Follow team paddler Seth Ashworth on his fun tutorial video to help you improve your front surf skills.  Don’t forget to subscribe to his youtube channel to see his new videos...

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – San Juan, Argentina- Opening Ceremony

by Claire OHara | Mar 16, 2018 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

2017 ICF World Championships The 2017 ICF World Championships opening ceremony kicked off the whole event in style. Straight after the last official team training finished the hole was closed to all competitors and the whole World Championships community headed into...

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Team Training Week

by Claire OHara | Mar 14, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

So as team training week begun my plan for four days rest quickly turned into two and a half days rest followed by one, 20 minute, team training slot which equaled about four runs in the feature and then another days rest. A change from what I originally had planned...

3 days to go – The Atmosphere builds – Inside the World Championships with Claire O

by Claire OHara | Mar 12, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

The Infrastructure is going up Things are beginning to take shape here in Argentina. After a few weeks of training in the middle of a desert on a feature surrounded by mostly dirt, gravel and dust it was hard to imagine that a major event was about to take place. But...

Southern California Kayak Surfing

by teamjk | Feb 12, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

There aren’t many rivers in Southern California, but there is the Pacific Ocean. I recently moved here to teach outdoor education in the San Bernadino National Forest. During the weekends I make trips to the Kern and farther to the rivers near Sacramento. This...

Taking a breath to write it all down.

by Jezz | Feb 11, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, C1 Outfitting, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Media, New Zealand, Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

So this year was once again packed full of fun and adventures. A worlds year, a bunch of new firsts and everything in between.    Worlds So this year since having recently been appointed on the ICF Freestyle Committee, I have seen the hard work and...

Jackson Kayak MixMaster Debuts on Ocoee!!!

by ericjackson | Feb 10, 2018 | Internationalisation, MixMaster, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

EJ Blasting Broken Nose in his new MixMaster 7.0…     OK, so I have been paddling slicey boats and designing slicey boats with David  Knight since the 90’s.    With the creation of the X, XXX, and Forplay designs we created a trend that...

Remembering warm weather!

by Jeremy Adkins | Feb 7, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Antix, Creeking, Internationalisation, Karma, Playboating, rivers, United States, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

So far in the southeast we had a dismal winter. Cold temperatures with very low rainfall. Fingers cross that will soon change. The past few months have been slow, cold, and not full of alot of adventure. That will soon to change. Here is a video that I put together of...