Ugandan Freestyle Championships 2017 and Team Selections by Jessie Stone | Mar 8, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThough most people associate kayaking events in Uganda with the Nile River Festival which happens every January, this year, friday the 24th of February was the Ugandan Freestyle Championships. It was also the team selection for the Ugandan Freestyle Team which is...
Macho Move- Whitewater Kayaking GoPro Instructional Series with EJ and Jackson Kayak by teamjk | Mar 7, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines
Durango Whitewater Park is like a box of chocolates by teamjk | Mar 5, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAs Forrest Gump would say. We never know what we’re going to get until the spring runoff. We first started dredging out old cars and shopping carts from Smelter Rapid about 30 years ago. Smelter was so shallow if you did an ender (remember those?) you could...
Jackson Kayak- XS Rockstar Promo by teamjk | Mar 4, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Reviews, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesJackson Kayak after 9 years finally comes out with another kids/small adult size playboat. For kids or small adults that just were too small to throw around the Small sized Rockstar or too big for the Shooting star. This boat fills that gap perfectly. Order yours...
I _____ in my Antix. by katiejackson | Mar 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Reviews, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI _______ in my Antix. I found a couple words to fill in that blank during my PFD of the Suicide and Upper Two sections of the Little River Canyon in Alabama. I brought the Antix for the weekend expecting to make low flows more fun. Then Mother Nature blessed us with...
Little Shredder Team Video by Jezz | Mar 2, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAlex, one of the little shredders have created a little shredders team video. These kids come from all over the world, they are super fun, excited and just packed full of energy. We can’t wait to see what they get up to this year! A big thank you to Alex for...
Jackson Antix by teamjk | Mar 1, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Playboating, Reviews, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe new Jackson Antix has been getting a bunch of attention since it was released a couple of months ago. My local kayak shop, The Kayak Shed in Hood River, OR has been nice and let me take it out a few times. This new creek boating river play machine is an excellent...
Double Drop Race _ Galway by teamjk | Feb 26, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Uncategorized, WhitewaterDouble drop is located in the centre of Galway city, on one of the canals joining the upper to the lower Corrib. Until last year, no one really thought about running it. Last summer, Danny O’Brien and Dave McClure posted a video a video on facebook of them...
Two Weeks of Falling by David Silk | Feb 24, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt started as just yet another trip suggestion from one of my best friends, one of hundreds that Andrew Oxley and I concoct. We were in Washington state at the time, talking about how much fun falling off cliffs in kayaks is. Pretty soon he came up with the idea- we...
Kayaking the Nile… more than just the whitewater by Brooke Hess | Feb 23, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines I emerge from the bathroom for my 12th-ish time that day (I have lost track of the exact number on account of having spent the majority of the past four days lingering within 20 yards of the toilet…) to find my friends heading to the boat rack. “Are you...
How To: Flat Water Backloop by David Silk | Feb 22, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Clinics, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesGetting bummed about colder weather? Not looking forward to moving into a pool for the winter? Well here’s something that can keep you trying for a bit at least, even if you think you’ve got every flatwater trick in the book down- the elusive flatwater back loop! The...
Summer Dreams Penobscot River by Adam Swett | Feb 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe winter of 2017 has been a good one up here in Maine. It has been mild for the most part which means 30 degrees during the day and there has been some good ocean surf as well. Winters here can be severely cold and snowy but this one has allowed for some good...
