Patagonia. Puro placer

by Mikel Sarasola | Apr 17, 2020 | Creeking, Internationalisation, Nirvana, Spain

Normalmente viajamos no por necesidad, sino por puro placer. El placer de experimentar cosas nuevas o al menos, diferentes. Ese placer es adictivo y puede llegar a convertirse en una necesidad. Se podría decir que ese es mi caso. Empecé a viajar por el mero hecho de...

My kind of Hawaii vacation; Wailuku River

by Dane Jackson | Apr 8, 2020 | Creeking, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, Zen

Although Hawaii is already known for being one of the best places to travel to, I think we travel to it for a slightly different reason than most people. Located in Hilo, Hawaii, is one of my favorite sections in the world. Depending on the water level, the Wailuku...

A once in lifetime opportunity; The Detain Waterfall

by Dane Jackson | Mar 24, 2020 | Creeking, Nirvana, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

In October Nick was approached by someone we knew from China about a potential project. Although this guy normally would approach us about doing a competition on 200ft+ waterfalls, Nick was stoked to find out that this time he had a different drop in mind; The Detain...

Galway Fest 2020

by Bartoz Czauderna | Mar 19, 2020 | Creeking, Internationalisation, Nirvana, Playboating, Poland, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

Galway Fest! One of the most flourishing events around the Europe in the last years. If you love kayaking in any sense, great community to hang out with, taste of freestyle, whitewater and boatercross and all of it spiced up with few drops of buckfest – well, Galway...

PNW Collegiate Whitewater Fest

by kylethomas | Mar 18, 2020 | Creeking, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

The Collegiate Whitewater Fest is a FREE race held every Autumn in Index, Washington. It is a staple of the PNW community. If you don’t know, now you know (you can always go next year). Students travel from around the PNW and British Columbia to race or offer support...

“A season of records, but I know I can still go faster”; Green Race and Russel Fork

by Dane Jackson | Mar 16, 2020 | Creeking, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

There is hardly a time that creates more buzz than when Halloween rolls around in the kayaking world. Not because people get to dress up and have a few beers as the Joker, but because that means the Southeast races have arrived. The Lord of the Fork race on the Russel...

Pigeon Dries – A New/Old Favorite

by dianegaydos | Mar 11, 2020 | Creeking, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Every region in the US is known for different kinds of whitewater. I’m originally from California, which is known for pristine high sierra multi-day adventures. However, the majority of the day to day runs consist of boulder gardens with endless water boofs and big...

The greatest run you’ve never heard of; Upper Middle Kaweah

by Dane Jackson | Mar 10, 2020 | Creeking, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Though you have probably heard of Upper Cherry, Middle Kings, West Cherry, there is one run you have probably not heard of. Just upstream of the short Hospital Rock section of the Kaweah, is a section that despite being one of my favorite runs in the world, is fairly...

Living the Dream

by nicktroutman | Mar 9, 2020 | Creeking, Dynamic Duo, Nirvana, Playboating, River Running, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

I have been super fortunate over the years to turn my passion into my lifestyle. I started kayaking at a young age and was totally addicted to the sport, and at the time I could have never imagined that I would eventually turn this passion into my lifestyle. Since...

Wait for it: the Art of Timing you Boof

by JT Hartman | Mar 4, 2020 | Creeking, Nirvana, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Boofing is one of the most important skills to develop as you step into the realm of class IV and V. It allows you to punch through and get over larger, more powerful features that would otherwise swallow you whole. While everyone claims to have discovered the one...

Riding the Lighting of Rocky Fork

by wildwildwes | Mar 3, 2020 | Creeking, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

Photo by Ryan Horn Riding the Lighting of Rocky Fork It’s no secret that we are blessed with an abundance of amazing whitewater runs here in East Tennessee. The Appalachian Mountains of our region sculpt the gorges and valleys to form our local streams and rivers....

When Dreams come true | The Detian Waterfall Project: China

by nicktroutman | Feb 20, 2020 | Creeking, Exploration Feature, Nick Troutman, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

Our recent China trip came together almost like a dreamed reality. So, let me first take you back a couple years to when I saw a photo of the Detain waterfalls and immediately knew I wanted to run them, and would love to get the first decent. I started putting in some...