After Work Doe River Gorge Goods by wildwildwes | May 5, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWeekday after work runs are always a special treat for me. Catching the Doe River Gorge at a good 750 CFS level is an even sweeter treat, because the take-out is only 10 minutes from my house! Me and a group of 5 friends rallied earlier this week for delightful river...
Honeymooning in Style by dianegaydos | May 4, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhere do you honeymoon when both people in the relationship are whitewater kayakers? New Zealand! My husband and I have had New Zealand on our travel bucket list for quite some time, and our honeymoon seemed like the perfect time to take advantage of it A year and a...
Antix down the Little White: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe finally made it to the snow filled west coast for some amazing paddling in White Salmon, WA. Rafa Ortiz and myself took our new Antix’s down the L’Dub for some fun times, a ton of squirts, splats and touch of shenanigans out on the river. Keep the good...
Kelloggshow Takes on Columbus at US Freestyle Kayaking Nationals by kelloggfamily | Apr 27, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesColumbus, GA’s whitewater feature is one of my favorite features in the country. I was super excited to hear that they were gonna hold the US Freestyle Kayaking National Championships there! It had been 2 years since we’d been on the wave so we arrived in Columbus 2...
New Zealand freestyle nationals and team trials by Courtney Kerin | Apr 25, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe New Zealand Freestyle Nationals hit it off the other weekend with a variety of paddlers from throughout New Zealand. Nestled away down a country back road is one of New Zealand’s best features, the Hawea Whitewater Park, located on what used to be a flat section...
There is a new freestyle park in NZ thats epic by Claire OHara | Apr 23, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAfter the Hawea Academy finished we all jumped in cars and headed to Tekapo for 2 days of guaranteed water releases and non stop freestyle. Stopping on route for a quick hike up Mount Cooke. I had heard that a lot of work had been put into the course and that the...
Does Durango have the world’s coolest poo plant? by teamjk | Apr 21, 2017 | Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesYears ago, Moab held a contest to see who had America’s most scenic dump. Well, Durango’s whitewater park runs right along the city’s treatment facility. There is a playground to drop off the kids, a soccer field, basketball and beach volleyball...
Truck Life Tour Episode 4: Cheoah and Nantahala Outdoor Centre. by sethashworth | Apr 18, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Media, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesTime spent in the Columbus whitewater park in Georgia, was super enjoyable but the weekend brought a release of a so called “South East Classic” the Cheoah river. So Brooke and I loaded up her #TruckLifeTour truck and rolled out of the car park/Gpysy camp we had...
High Water North Fork Payette- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 15, 2017 | Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterOur first stop on our Wild & Free tour was Boise, ID. We had originally planned to just spend the night and keep moving west until we realized how epic the whitewater was. The next day I found myself driving up to the North Fork Payette with Alec Voorhees, and...
Truck Life Tour Episode 3: Columbus, Georgia by sethashworth | Apr 13, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Media, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAfter a tiring weekend on the Nolichucky I was excited for another change of scene, and Stephen Wright suggested we join him down in the ‘dirty south’ of Columbus, Georgia where the USA National Championships will be held in April. At first I wasn’t super...
2017 Freestyle Nationals Training with Kaelin and Tom by teamjk | Apr 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesTraining for Freestyle Nationals on the Columbus Waves So after a fun weekend of friends, slalom, and hole-play at NOC, I was lucky enough for Spring Break to go to Columbus, Georgia to train with Tom Dollé on Good Wave. I met Tom last summer on the Ottawa, and we...
Proper Blue water – Tekapo Freestyle competition NZ by Claire OHara | Apr 11, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesAfter the Academy finished we all jumped in cars and headed to Tekapo for 2 days of guaranteed water releases and non stop freestyle. Stopping on route for a quick hike up Mount Cooke. I had heard that alot of work had been put into the course and that the features...
