Sinking in West Virginia

by Adam Swett | Sep 6, 2019 | Video, Whitewater

I missed out on sinking in a squirt boat last year when I moved to Virginia from Maine but didn’t miss out on kayaking. The James River was pumping last summer so I was OK but really missed going underwater until this summer I found a happy place in West...

A week of Mini-Bus. Ottawa’s best wave?

by sethashworth | Jul 24, 2019 | Playboating, rivers, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Join Seth Ashworth and friends as they surf at Min-Bus, one of the biggest and arguably best waves in the world, in unusually late season, warm water, warm weather conditions.  Looks rad!  ...

Cold and Frustrated: Stories from Stakeout: Season 2: Episode 3

by sethashworth | May 29, 2019 | Video, Whitewater

Andi runs through his visualisation strategy to try and catch his freestyle paddling up with the competition.  Then he trys it out in the real world....

How to Progress Your Kayaking

by teamjk | Jan 16, 2019 | Antix, Instructional, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction

I think one of the most common questions my friends and I get from other people is how to progress their kayaking. Everyone wants to get better at boating and progress their skills to be able to boat bigger and different rivers. There are at least a hundred different...

Stakeout 2018

by teamjk | Jan 2, 2019 | Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

STAKEOUT!!! The most wonderful time of the year for big wave paddlers when the giants in the Ottawa Valley and Northern Quebec come out for us to enjoy for the month. It always starts on the Ottawa River and Gatineau river with the amazing classics coming in when the...

5 Tips to Stay Ultramodern on Waves

by David Silk | Dec 8, 2018 | Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Lots of people love surfing. Some of them love throwing tricks. But it’s a small and refined group which devotes their time and energy into looking constantly posh and stylish in all aspects of being on a wave. Here I will give five definitive steps to help transition...

Kayaking and Concussions Part 1: What is a concussion?

by Jessica Yurtinus | Aug 16, 2018 | Fitness, Whitewater

In the past couple years, the word concussion has become an increasingly prevalent term.   Mainstream awareness of the true long-term impacts of concussions may have started in April 2011 when several NFL players sued the National Football League for knowing...

Paddling Mom’s ROCK

by Vincent Family | May 9, 2018 | Family Zone, Whitewater

With mothers day right around the corner, I wanted to take a moment and celebrate kayak moms, and most specifically the paddling kayak mom. Paddling kayak mom’s are lucky as they have a choice…similar to sports like hockey, soccer or swimming, a kayak mom can choose...

World Championships with Claire O – Day 1 – Squirt Boating

by Claire OHara | Mar 18, 2018 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, UK, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

  Squirt Boating was a massive day and the perfect start for the competition. For many it was a day off, a day to enjoy the surrounding area and support friends and team mates as they took their turn to compete. For everyone involved the squirt boating class it...

Kayaker’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions

by Valerie Betrand | Jan 16, 2018 | Internationalisation, Norway, Whitewater

1. Kayak asap after January 1st to set the bar for the rest of the year and make a proper statement on social media. 2. Quit your ‘winter months’ by a month this year and make yourself believe that you are a lucky bastard to touch water this early regardless of the...

UNLEASHEDxUganda

by kalobgrady | Jan 7, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

UNLEASHEDxUganda Presented by: SEND  Stage 1: Cuban Freestyle Sponsored by Jackson Kayak  A glorious way to live.  29 athletes from 12 diverse countries have converged upon the longest river in the world to progress the sport of whitewater...

France Trip

by JK Little Shredders | Oct 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This summer was my 6th trip to France with Llandysul Paddlers, with a record number of around 100 paddlers going, including my mum. Getting there involved a 24 hour coach journey, including a ferry crossing from Dover to Calais. When everyone finally saw the sign to...