Kanfest by davecrerar | Aug 30, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines Another year and another Kanfest down. Kanfest can be best described as the Canadian Gauley Fest. This year was as good as ever despite the pretty terrible weather we had. Hundreds of people showed up to take Albertan river. The committee and paddling...
River Run Park is finally flowing! by Greg Parker | Jun 26, 2019 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesRiver Run Park in Denver was completed last spring, but it didn’t run in 2018 because it was a low water year. After a snowy winter, the South Platte was running 800 cfs the other day, so I finally went test out the new spots. For beginner kayakers, this park...
CKS PaddleFest by nicktroutman | Jun 20, 2019 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOur weekend in Buena Vista Colorado for the CKS PaddleFest was filled with paddling and competing, and racing and tons of fun with family and friends. The freestyle event was held on the whitewater park in South Main as well as the annual Numbers race on the Numbers...
Underdogs of the 2019 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships by Jezz | Jun 16, 2019 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo with this years worlds coming up very fast I thought I would do my usual list of underdog athletes for this competition. Everyone loves an underdog, those who come up from nowhere and take the title, movies are made from this kind of thing. These are athletes who...
Road to Worlds With Team Jackson by Tomasz Czaplicki | May 25, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Uncategorized, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesRoad to Worlds Name: Tomasz Czaplicki What country are you competing for? Poland Favorite place to train? Plattling, Millau and Makinito spot and R.I.P. Nile Special How many World Championships have you competed in before? My first Worlds was in Thun in 2009 so Sort...
Reno River Festival: 2019 Recap by Courtney Kerin | May 24, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, New Zealand, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesNestled in the desert on the southwest outskirts of Nevada sits “the worlds biggest little city”, and every spring kayakers flock to the manmade whitewater park in downtown Reno to test their skills in front of huge crowds in the snow melt waters of the Truckee River...
Paddle South event update by nicktroutman | May 22, 2019 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis spring we kicked off our Wild and Free Tour with our trip down south to Columbus Georgia. Columbus is an amazing little town on the boarder of Georgia and Alabama which is divided by the Chattahoochee River. The Paddle South event was held on the Chattahoochee...
Prepare for Liftoff in the Rockstar 4.0! by Maddie Kimmel | Apr 24, 2019 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe Rockstar 4.0 is very different than Jackson’s past playboats. The Rockstar 4.0 features more volume, higher knee placement, more leg room, and a narrower haul, resulting in bigger tricks and infinite amounts of river play! When I first sat in the Small Rockstar...
Road to Worlds With Team Jackson by teamjk | Apr 20, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesName: -Katie Fankhouser What country are you competing for? -Unites States of America Favorite place to train? -Buena Vista, Colorado USA How many World Championships have you competed in before? -1 Argentina 2017 What are your previous placements at Worlds? -4th in...
Hurley Classic ’30 by teamjk | Apr 1, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Poland, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesProbably the oldest and one of the most amazing events out there is Hurley classic. It’s contribution towards kayaking community is amazing and each year they do their best to create an unique paddle festival at Thames river. It is a place like no other stepping up...
How I like to outfit my 4.0! by Dane Jackson | Mar 30, 2019 | Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIf you are lucky enough to be one of those people out there that has a sexy new Rockstar 4.0, hell yeah! I hope you are as stoked on the boat as I am! One thing about the 4.0 I have noticed is that due to the fact it’s such a drastic change from our previous...
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...