Truck Life Tour 8: Getting UNLEASHED. by sethashworth | Jun 1, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis last week has been a rapid whirlwind of kayaking in the final build up toward stage one of the UNLEASHED competition. After the water level came down a little we were able to get back onto the Ruins wave in Ottawa. Last year I had a real love...
Cal-Salmon Race/ Sequoia National Park: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 26, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Media, Nirvana, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines// May 26, 2017 Cal-Salmon Race/ Sequoia National Park: Wild & Free Tour As the saying goes, “When in Rome”. So when driving through Sequoia National Park on our way north, what should we do? The obvious answer was to stop in and check out the biggest trees and...
Alive at Cheat Fest by shanegroves | May 25, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Karma Unlimited, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesI took off work Friday, May 5th to attend the Cheat Race and start off my favorite fest. This would be my first Cheat Race and it turned out to top off the Cheat Festival just right. There had been rain, so the river was a good level with the Upper Blackwater and NF...
Competing in Freestyle Nationals by JK Little Shredders | May 20, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesA week has passed, and I’m back on the Potomac in Washington, DC after competing in the U.S. Freestyle National Championships in Columbus Georgia. I had a blast paddling with all my friends during the week before and then competing with them on Friday and...
New Obsessions by Herschel Finch | May 18, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fishing Tournament, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Mayfly, Tournaments, United States, Wrap UpsSo what does a poor pro-staffer do while waiting for the last month and half (grrr) for the waters to become fishable on his home river? You can only rearrange tackle boxes and bags so many times, and clean, lube, and restring the main reels until the child-bride...
River Bassin Recap – Rock Hill, SC, April 29th by Drew Gregory | May 5, 2017 | Drew Gregory, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Fishing Subjects, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater Fishing, Internationalisation, River Bassin Tournament, Tournaments, United States, Wrap UpsRain pounded the Carolinas the week before this event and, yet, the River Bassin’ nation still showed up, with 71 anglers willing to brave the high, stained water to go River Bassin’! The folks at Visit York County, SC, welcomed us with open arms again...
From Fear To Triumph: Maddy Kellogg’s National’s Competition by kelloggfamily | May 1, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesGuess what? We are in Colombus, Georgia for the National Freestyle Kayak competition. Almost my whole family is going to compete including Rowdy! It is going to be so much fun. I’ve been looking forward to this competition all year because it’s the first one this...
Cuyahoga Fall Race by teamjk | Apr 29, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesA couple weeks ago, my friend and fellow Team JK member, Chad Christopher, asked me if I wanted to go to a whitewater race in Ohio. My initial response was, “There is whitewater in Ohio???”. As we found out, YES! There IS actually phenomenal whitewater and even better...
Kelloggshow Takes on Columbus at US Freestyle Kayaking Nationals by kelloggfamily | Apr 27, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesColumbus, GA’s whitewater feature is one of my favorite features in the country. I was super excited to hear that they were gonna hold the US Freestyle Kayaking National Championships there! It had been 2 years since we’d been on the wave so we arrived in Columbus 2...
Proper Blue water – Tekapo Freestyle competition NZ by Claire OHara | Apr 11, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesAfter the Academy finished we all jumped in cars and headed to Tekapo for 2 days of guaranteed water releases and non stop freestyle. Stopping on route for a quick hike up Mount Cooke. I had heard that alot of work had been put into the course and that the features...
One of my favorite places to paddle – Little Shredder Kaelin checks in by teamjk | Apr 3, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesOne of my favorite places to paddle is NOC, and it is even better when I can do my two favorite kinds of kayaking there. This weekend I completed in the US Open for slalom, and afterwards, I went playing in the hole in my Rock Star XS. While I was slaloming on the...
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...
