Little Shedder Holden: First Day Back Out Onto The River by teamjk | Apr 10, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines April 22 is the first day this year that I have had the privilege to get back out onto the river. I would have much rather been on the river this winter but I injured my ACL playing lacrosse. So I was not mobile for a few weeks.I was more eager than ever to get...
NoliFest Was Gnarly! by wildwildwes | Apr 9, 2017 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Video, WhitewaterThe third annual 2017 NoliFest was so much fun on and off the river! We were blessed with rain in the week leading up to the event and had some high river levels to enjoy the might Nolichucky River. River trips were enjoyed by many paddling groups both in the gorge...
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...
Truck Life Tour Episode 2: Nolichucky River Clean up by sethashworth | Apr 6, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesShortly after arriving in Rock Island Brooke was offered the opportunity for us to go help Dane Jackson do a river clean up on the Nolichucky river. Jackson kayak had a few demo boats that needed driving out there so we said sure, sounds like fun. Friday...
#TruckLifeTour Episode 1: Follow the adventures of Team paddlers Seth Ashworth and Brooke Hess by sethashworth | Apr 4, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIf you are a regular follower of my blog you will know that I was recently in Colombia, Ecuador before that. But Whilst I had a great time in both of those locations, my Jackson Kayak team mate Brooke Hess called me up and offered me a spot in her truck to...
Tips and Tricks for Your Karma UL by teamjk | Mar 30, 2017 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Instructional, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHey guys! Over the past couple months, I have been playing around with my Karma Unlimited. I picked up the boat in November with the intent of creeking with it this winter to try and be comfortable racing one by this upcoming fall. Needless to say, it has been a...
California Dreaming – This is the year to boat Cali! by Hilde Schweitzer | Mar 26, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWith snowpack at close to 200%, and water content at an all time historic high, California is definitely the place to boat this summer. The problem won’t be IF there will be water like it has been the past 5 years, it will be what run has a low enough level...
Spring in the Wenatchee Valley by Tom Potter | Mar 22, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI have been doing good bit of writing lately as this winter has been particularly cold. A couple weeks ago, I was notified by The Good Life magazine that they were going to publish one of my articles in their March issue. Little did I know that I was getting the cover...
The Perfect Spring (Almost) Day by Jessie Stone | Mar 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhat’s the best Spring-soon-to-be day you can have in the Northern Hemisphere?? It goes something like this: You wake up to beautiful sunshine and cloudless skies on the mountains of the Berner Oberland in Switzerland where it was cold enough to freeze the previous...
Grand Canyon in the Antix by teamjk | Mar 14, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Uncategorized, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI recently had to joy of taking the JK Antix down the Grand Canyon on a 13 day raft support trip. Our launch date was Dec. 21 (the shortest day of the year). My first time paddling the Antix was the day we launched. I was a little worried about how the Antix...
The Clock is Ticking on the Nile!!! by Jessie Stone | Mar 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLeaving the Nile and Uganda gets harder every time I come and go these days because I know the clock is now officially ticking on the life span of the free flowing Nile that we know and love. Water levels remain unpredictable at best, but that means good things- tow...
Why Bigger ISN’T Always Better by Anna Bruno | Mar 11, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLast year, my small Karma felt too small for me, especially on bigger volume rivers multidays and while racing. Often, it felt like my stern would catch and sub-out, or that my boat was slower than my competitors. Before heading to California last spring, I made the...
