ColoRADo Dominates US Team Trials by kelloggfamily | Mar 23, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIn March, kayakers from around the country converged on the river at the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) to compete for a coveted spot on the US Freestyle Kayaking Team. This team will represent the USA at the World Championships in Sort, Spain this summer, July 3-6th....
Nile Special: A Walk Down Memory Lane by kalobgrady | Mar 15, 2019 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Trip Reports, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt has taken a few months to organize my thoughts, to transcribe my feelings in a way that make sense, but this is a story I feel I must tell. This community, this river played a major role in my development as a kayaker and as a person, and I owe it to the legends...
How to Wave Wheel by sethashworth | Mar 6, 2019 | Instructional, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesThe Wave Wheel is one of the most fun down river freestyle tricks you can do. It is basically a downriver cartwheel. Pre-req skills are the flatwater double pump and ideally a flat cartwheel. Check out the video then go give it a...
Well be Back – News from the Nile by Jessie Stone | Mar 3, 2019 | Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Rockstar 4.0, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines“Well be back!” That is how most Ugandans greet you when you come back to Uganda after being away. It means welcome back! And in January 2019, that’s what I heard many times on arriving in Uganda! I was a bit nervous to see what the river level would be and what...
VECTOR WERO WHITEWATER COURSE: PLAYBOATING ON NEW ZEALAND’S NORTH ISLAND by Anna Bruno | Feb 15, 2019 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesFreestyle sometimes seems a dying sport on the North Island of New Zealand, and while I had asked around to see if there were any fun freestyle spots at the recently built Vector Wero Whitewater Park, no one could give me a good answer. This January I decided to take...
Year 2018 in review by Valerie Betrand | Feb 5, 2019 | Family Zone, Internationalisation, Kid's Kayaks, Norway, Playboating, Reviews, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines2018 has been yet another successful year filled with adventures, travels, new achievements, and lots and lots of time spent on the water! It has been a very active year, with kayaking as our main sport, and kiting, skiing and surfing as other complementary excuses to...
Montros Madness by teamjk | Jan 26, 2019 | Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe first annual M-Wave Fest was like no other event I have ever been to before. M-wave is a wave near Montrose Colorado that is formed in a concrete irrigation ditch in the middle of absolute nowhere. It is an incredibly fast moving, slightly shallow feature just...
Rockstar 4.0 Review. Is it a wave or a hole boat!? Watch the video to find out! by teamjk | Jan 15, 2019 | Playboating, Reviews, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAfter seeing Rockstar 4.0 release I was wondering that it might be a bit too big for smaller features.. Nothing more wrong! Interesting thing was that the volume for Rockstar 2016 was quite bigger being 61.4 gallons! I was wondering if being perfect size for RS16 (55...
2018 – A Year of Surprises!! by Jessie Stone | Jan 11, 2019 | Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines2018 has been full of surprises. Most have been good and some have been life changing. Though I have known and been waiting for the Nile to be dammed for a long time, it did finally happen in November this year. Despite many people’s effort to stop this effort and to...
4.0 Small Quick Impressions by crystalgustin | Jan 8, 2019 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Reviews, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesUsually, I demo a boat before buying, however, this time I went ahead and made the purchase without ever being in one largely due to the fact that I waited on the previous generation and I was kicking myself. Being a small paddler, I had fears this boat would be too...
EJ’s Thoughts about life: New Year’s Eve- 2018… by ericjackson | Jan 1, 2019 | EJ, EJ Thoughts, Internationalisation, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater Like most people New Year’s Eve is a milestone for me. I write New Year’s Resolutions every year that focus on my biggest priorities of my life: Kristine, my Kids, my Athletics (kayaking and fishing) and my business, Jackson Kayak. ...
Creeking in a Play Boat by Riley Frank | Dec 11, 2018 | Creeking, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesBy now every one knows how well the Antix does at creek boating. What isn’t as well known is how comfortable the new RockStar 4.0 is in a creeking environment. During this year’s installment of Bailey fest, I took my 4.0 down to try to add a bit more spice to the...
