5 Steps to Finding the Perfect Van Camp

by christopherkorbulic | Oct 5, 2017 | Instructional, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

1: Prioritize your activities. Being on the road in a van, or any other vehicle for that matter, is because you want to prioritize spending time doing things you love, right?  Obviously you want to be kayaking, or at least be close to water, but that might not...

5 ways Gauleyfest CAN be a family friendly event

by teamjk | Oct 4, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Gauleyfest is the largest paddling festival in North America. It is held in mid-September in the town of Summersville, West Virginia and is THE main fundraiser for American Whitewater Association (AWA) each year. Picture you and 4000 of your closest friends converging...

The Traverse is a very capable Kayak.

by teamjk | Sep 30, 2017 | Creeking, karma traverse, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

I took my Traverse 10 around the Southeast to see just what it was capable of. Checkout this video of my travels. – Brandon Beaty   ...

My First time doing Stakeout

by Tom Dolle | Sep 19, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

For the first time of my life, I went all the way up to Canada for what we called “Stakeout” as a kayaker. Stakeout is the ice melt in Quebec and Ontario at the beggining of the spring so after a long and freezing winter. So when the ice melt in May, the...

OKC, Rafa video!

by colinkemp | Sep 14, 2017 | Antix, Clinics, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Take a look at this great video that Michael Zubach made of a great event this past weekend in OKC. As I worked with Rafa and Dave at OKC to organize this event I knew it was going to be good based on my own experience teaching with the community in OKC, but even more...

Lotte the Little Shredder checks in about her summer

by JK Little Shredders | Sep 7, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This year I was lucky enough to leave the cold NZ winter and travel to Canada for the summer to attend the 2017 Keener program for session 1. This was my second year as a keener. I got to link up with a few of my keener mates from last year’s session and make new...

Another summer comes to an end.

by Jezz | Sep 5, 2017 | Australia, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

So this year has been one amazing summer for sure. I was fortunate enough to head to North Carolina and be a part of some great trips around the south-east. Heading up to West Virginia is always a favourite of mine. The new river has just about everything you could...

Total Totality Report:

by tylerbradt | Sep 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

In the United States of America, on August 21st, 2017 the moon went in front of the sun. For so many this indescribable cosmic experience put into perspective our small place in the universe as night time fell, in the middle of the day, and the perfect sphere of the...

2017 Green River Takeover- Event Recap

by katiejackson | Sep 1, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Amazing, spectacular, phenomenal, extraordinary, preeminent, astounding, … How could you pick just one adjective to describe this event? In the past, something has always come up the same weekend as the take over. This year, schedules aligned, and I had the honor of...

Montreal Eau Vive- Wild & Free Tour

by nicktroutman | Aug 24, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Nirvana, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

// August 24, 2017 Montreal Eau Vive- Wild & Free Tour The Montreal Eau Vive is always one of my favorite events of the year being its unique nature of using Jet Ski shuttles and Jet Boat Boater-X, as well as the fact that it is a combination event including both...

Chucktown Custom Big Rig

by teamjk | Aug 22, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Trip Reports

My new custom Big Rig build’s maiden voyage!…more to follow. 45 lbs thrust saltwater Bassyaks kit and all the options! – Alan Feeser

Sparkleberry Swamp in the Karma RG

by kylethomas | Aug 21, 2017 | Karma RG, Recreational/Touring, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips

Since my early days of learning to kayak, I can often recall a mentor in the sport recommending that I visit Sparkleberry Swamp. Honestly, I had never heard of the place nor even knew which state it was in. But at every sea kayaking event I attended, someone would...