A Chilly New Year Day Paddle with a 9 Year Old Kayaker! by kelloggfamily | Jan 3, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesEvery year since I was really little, my family has paddled the Shoshone section of the Colorado River on New Years Day. Last year was my sister,Maddy’s, first trip down when she was 10 and this year I got to do it at 9. Everyone said I was the youngest paddler...
How much can you pack into one year with a broken wing? by Jezz | Jan 1, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Creeking, Family Zone, Internationalisation, JK Little Shredders, Reviews, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesHow much can you pack into one year with a broken wing? So this year saw me have a whole lot of firsts, the biggest of which was getting married to my best friend Claire. We decided that a normal wedding was never going to do, so with a spur of the moment decision we...
Sickline- World Extreme Kayak Championships- 2014 by ericjackson | Oct 7, 2014 | Whitewater, Wrap UpsThe Alps are an impressive range of mountains. The Tirol section of Austria is a rugged, beautiful Alpine mountain area, with quaint villages, glacier fed rivers, like the Oetz, where the Sickline World Extreme Championships are held each year in early October. It...
NOC’s ‘GAF’: a sale, a party, a paddle fest by Clay Wright | Oct 3, 2014 | Dealer, Whitewater, Wrap UpsPerfect weather and huge crowds made NOC’s GAF 2014 better than ever. Not only were the Nantahala Cascades and Upper Nantahala running (thanks American Whitewater!) but also there were good deals, bands, food and beer on both shores at the take-out. What more...
Wrap Up: 2014 CBKA Tournament by Matthew Trucks | Sep 22, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Tournaments, Wrap UpsIt begun on September 12th 2014 with a 4 hour drive from my home to the destination of Camp Wright on Kent Island Maryland. Once past the beaten paths of NJ and onto Delaware after Route 299 (I will never go that way again) and onto Rt 301. Rt 301 was a desolate...
EJ’s Canadian Team Trials/World’s Update for Freestyle Kayaking… by ericjackson | Aug 31, 2014 | the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap UpsThe World Championships on Garberator next year is becoming something that is a reality now… The Canadians have hosted their Team Trials on the wave, and the teams are almost completely selected for next year’s event! It is also the Canada Cup, so...
Wrap Up: The 7th Annual Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament Kayak Division by Matthew Trucks | Aug 1, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Coosa, Cruise 10 Angler, Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, JK Team Posts, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Tournaments, Wrap UpsAnother tournament in the books but an incredible experience for myself as this was my first tournament that i had run mostly alone besides help from Gary Ward with Facebook posting promotions and making phone calls during the day. The Jersey Paddler and Pat Wooley...
13th Annual APE’s Nolichucky River Cleanup = Success! by wildwildwes | Jul 16, 2014 | Featured Post, Press Releases, rivers, Video, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups13th Annual APE’s Nolichucky River Cleanup = Success! We had 45 volunteers register on Saturday morning (6/21/2014) on the porch of the Crockett Cabin at U.S.A. Raft Outpost! Over 50 bags of trash were collected from in and around the banks of the river. Several...
Payette River Games- Day 2- Cut to Finals! by ericjackson | Jun 22, 2014 | JK Team Posts, Rockstar, the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap Ups Lots of tough cuts to pair down for the finals on Sunday. Downriver SUP: Starting with 60 men in SUP, we are down to the top 20 in downriver and 15 in SUP Cross. Kai Lenny from Hawaii won the downriver sprint for his second day in a row and Fernando...
Payette River Games Day 1: by ericjackson | Jun 21, 2014 | the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap UpsSUP/Surf World Meets Whitewater Kayak World (Kai and EJ) BIG Days of competition if you are doing SUP and Kayak. Downriver race, Boatercross, SUP Cross, Freestyle, 8 Ball all in one day… THEN you do it all again today, and assuming you make finals, again...
North Fork Championships- by ericjackson | Jun 18, 2014 | Whitewater, Wrap UpsGreat Race to Watch- looked like an even better race to race! This year’s North Fork Championships was my first one, and a first for most of Team JK. The race is typically scheduled on top of other big events, like the GoPro Games, or this year FIBARK and we...
2014 GoPro Mountain Games Wrap Up… photos, video too! by ericjackson | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Karma Unlimited, the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap Ups2014 GoPro Mountain Games will go down on the record books for many factors. Most attendance- 75,000 people on Saturday. Best Water levels- Gore Creek hovered around 1,000 CFS all week without spiking and flooding, or dropping too low. Homestake creek was the...
