Fun Runnin’ Slalom Gates at Canoe Club Challenge! by wildwildwes | Aug 2, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Reviews, River Running, Trip Reports, Whitewater, ZenThe past 3 years my wife, Jen, and I have participated in a fun event series at the NOC called the Canoe Club Challenge with Team APE’s. The events are novice slalom gate races down class I-II whitewater adjacent to the NOC Outfitter Store. The slalom events are...
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...
A Summer Out West [Video+Photos] by Zach Fraysier | Jul 18, 2012 | Whitewater, Zen[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua4aoXdhUZ0[/youtube] Low Water Does Not Mean No Water To make a long story short, basically what the entirety of my summer equates to is either kayaking, hiking, fourteenering, mountain biking, or road biking every single day...
First Monday of the Month! JKTV- Episode 7 is here! by ericjackson | Jul 2, 2012 | Rockstar, Whitewater, ZenI love it when this time of the month rolls around!! Here it is! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPCnaHFLS8o[/youtube]
Point Series Wrap Up, Lyons, Fibark and Montana! by sagedonnelly | Jul 1, 2012 | Fun, Uncategorized, Whitewater, ZenAfter The Teva Mountain Games it was off to Lyons, CO for the Lyons Outdoor Games! Luckily, the water came up a lot so we had a awesome hole! Unfortunately, I came down with a sinus infection the day before the competition, but luckily after lots of rest, I was able...
Big Timber with the Zens, Villain, and Family…. by ericjackson | Jun 24, 2012 | JK Team Posts, Trips, Whitewater, ZenMontana- “I would have liked to have seen Montana” Last Words of First Mate on the Submarine “Red October” On the Canadian border, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, lies a state of wonder that doesn’t get a lot of attention in media and you just don’t hear...
2012 Summer Steep Creek Race Season by Zach Fraysier | Jun 19, 2012 | Whitewater, ZenWhitewater Kayak Racin’! It has been a while since I have done an update. A lot of new stories to be told but not in chronological order. Of most recent, I have just returned to my new temporary home-base of Buena Vista, Colorado from an epic set of steep creek...
The Lyons Outdoor Games 2012 by nicktroutman | Jun 14, 2012 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Team JK, Whitewater, ZenWell it is that time of year again, travelling around Colorado, connecting the dots from all the competitions across the state leading me to Lyons. I have been going to the Lyons outdoor games pretty much since the beginning around 6 years ago. It is another...
Lyons Steep Creek Race (South St. Vrain Narrows) a Jackson Sweep in Zens! by ericjackson | Jun 11, 2012 | Whitewater, ZenResults at bottom of post: Yesterday the South St. Vrain Creek Race went off in good form with only a few crashes but no serious injury. Low water was the name of the game here, making the manky stuff mankier and the lines tighter and harder than normal. This is...
Zen testing in the Pacific Northwest by JK Team | Jun 11, 2012 | Whitewater, ZenI was stoked to test out my new Jackson Zen in the Pacific Northwest this April. Some Portland-area paddlers who had been kayaking in Ecuador with us last winter wanted to show us the goods in their own backyards, so we got quite the tour. We hit the East Fork Lewis,...
The Busiest Week of my Year! by nicktroutman | Jun 10, 2012 | Creeking, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Whitewater, ZenThe tour has been fully underway for almost 2 months now, and it have been packed with paddling, competing, and lots of driving. Though this past week is always the busiest of the year. It started off with last weekend the CKS PaddleFest. This event has been...
Lyons Outdoor Games Begins Tomorrow! by ericjackson | Jun 7, 2012 | Rockstar, Whitewater, ZenLyons, Colorado, a vibrant, beautiful little town north of Denver, close to Longmont and Boulder, has been growing their local event each year into something bigger and bigger. The core events for the Lyons Outdoor Games is the Freestyle Event at the downtown...
