GoPro Buseater Sessions by nicktroutman | Jul 27, 2012 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, VideoCheck out some Buseater action with the Rockstar and GoPro HD Hero 2. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZudN92BAZI[/youtube]
That Dam Loop Hole by Jessie Stone | Jul 26, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterThat Dam Loop Hole… The past week at T’ville gorge in Connecticut some pretty radical changes happened on the Farmington River! The broken dam that has been there for over 100 years is being removed as I write this. It’s wild to think that this “immoveable” part of...
Why Jackson Kayak? by Scott Blase | Jul 25, 2012 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterPeople ask me, “Why do you love Jackson Kayak’s so much?” Such an interesting question if you think about it. There are a lot of brand options out there when it comes to whitewater boats, not to mention the styles of these boats. I think my “obsession” as some people...
R3 Rescue for River Runners: Episode 2 – Group Dynamics by Mike McKay | Jul 25, 2012 | Beginner Moves, JK University, WhitewaterEpisode 2 focuses on group dynamics while on the river. Communication skills within you your group on and off the river are an important first step to safety while on the river. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/44426483[/vimeo]
Selway River- ID- Unplugged by Jessica Yurtinus | Jul 24, 2012 | WhitewaterI don’t know if I did something right in a past life, but I sure was lucky to get a last minute invite from Jon Fairchild to join an amazing Reno contingency, including fellow JK teammate Ruth Ebens, on a 5 five day adventure down the Selway River in Idaho....
National Championships at Kelly’s Whitewater Park and NF of the Payette by sagedonnelly | Jul 23, 2012 | Fun, Hero, Kid's Kayaks, Shooting Star, Uncategorized, Whitewater, ZenThe final competition for this years tour was at one of my favorite play parks. Kelly’s Whitewater Park in Cascade, Idaho, and for a second year in a row, it was the National Championships. The town of Cascade used to have a lumber mill which shut down several years...
Kelly’s Whitewater Park: USA Nationals by nicktroutman | Jul 23, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, Playboating, RockstarThe 2012 USA Nationals were held in Idaho at Kelly’s Whitewater Park. It is a new park built just over a year ago. I had never been there before, but wow, incredible. The whitewater is outstanding, while the actually park is amazing with grand stand style seating and...
Japan Part 2: Three Days on the Nakatsugawa, “A Wet State” by colinkemp | Jul 22, 2012 | Whitewater[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/jgn-nHExCog?fs=1&hl=en_US[/youtube] After the two warm-up days in the Minakami area, we decided to drive to the Nakatsugawa for some runs on it and its main tributary, the Zakogawa. On our third day in country, as we left the...
Sweet Spot – Slave River by saskiavanmourik | Jul 22, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterWhen the Slave River peaked this summer at roughly 6100 cms and started dropping we all assumed that was it. However, spring flooding in BC meant the Williston Reservoir at the Bennett Dam was flowing at over capacity. The taps went on and we found our river flows...
Women’s Week at MKC 2012 by Jessie Stone | Jul 21, 2012 | WhitewaterWomen’s Week at MKC For the second year in a row, I was lucky enough to spend the week of July 4th at the Madawaska Kanue Center teaching a women’s kayak course. It was such a great week! We had a number of returning ladies as well as a whole bunch of new faces. What...
Middle Kings: Trip of a Lifetime by Hunt Jennings | Jul 20, 2012 | WhitewaterIt is hard for me to describe the Middle Kings in words. Even after researching, and asking numerous people about the run in the weeks leading up to this trip, nothing prepared me for the journey that three friends and I began at the trailhead to Bishop’s Pass. The...
Mattawamkeag River by Adam Swett | Jul 19, 2012 | WhitewaterThe last time I ran this river I was in a Crossfire and was paddling with a couple of open-boaters whom i latched onto after leaving my friends upstream surfing. Back then we put- in at the bridge in the town of Mattawamkeag and paddled a few rapids, a big wave, then...
