How to Set Goals to Improve Your Paddling by katelyngreen | Oct 3, 2017 | WhitewaterI’ve been learning how to kayak for 7 years now, and will continue to learn my whole life. I don’t think I will ever be content with my skills as they are, and I’ll always be finding new ones to work on. My paddling career thus far has been a long, arduous learning...
All At One Time by Chris Funk | Aug 3, 2017 | Fishing, Recreational/TouringI stood there with the club in my hand grimacing at the shot I had just made. I tried my best to knock the dimples off that golf ball and it went nowhere near where I wanted it to go. My buddy Robert said “it is almost 500 yards and a par 5, you don’t have to get it...
Boating Injury and Rehab by Greg Parker | Jul 27, 2017 | Fitness, Internationalisation, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, WhitewaterI was really excited to kayak last week. My dad took a week off of work and was in Colorado to kayak. A few other Wisconsin friends were on vacation as well. Salida was at 1,400 cfs and slowing dropping. Perfect. A group of us paddled hard on Sunday morning and then...
Lessons Learned from the Jackson Journey by teamjk | Jul 18, 2017 | Journey, Recreational/Touring, ReviewsLooking back as a kid growing up on the coast of Maine it seems like a natural progression becoming a sea kayaker during my teenage years. Whether it is racing, rolling, surfing, or touring, we have such a diverse coastline you can really get it all. After a few years...
The Perfect Spring (Almost) Day by Jessie Stone | Mar 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhat’s the best Spring-soon-to-be day you can have in the Northern Hemisphere?? It goes something like this: You wake up to beautiful sunshine and cloudless skies on the mountains of the Berner Oberland in Switzerland where it was cold enough to freeze the previous...
Squirtboating Maine by Adam Swett | Mar 17, 2017 | Video, WhitewaterThe New Wave Vulcan and Shred are repaired and drying in the cellar as paddling season approaches here in Maine. Chuck just sold me the Shred and the Vulcan, my favorite, isn’t even mine. Maybe soon Mike will sell it. These are two of the three squirt boats I...
Flippin’ From A Kayak by Josh Duke | Jan 3, 2017 | Coosa HD, Fishing, InstructionalBased on what part of the country you fish in, flippin’ might be something you do all the time or not at all. Living in Florida there are certain times of the year I only bring flipping sticks with me on the kayak. Flipping can be a somewhat of a difficult technique...
Team JK goes squirt boating! by stephenwright | Jan 27, 2013 | Whitewaterenjoy this video of Dane, Stephen, Clay, and Claire squirt boating! Â Fun stuff!!!! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNpD9-hwGc[/youtube] Live from Golden, CO, Stephen
My First Year Competing in Freestyle Kayaking by kelloggfamily | Dec 3, 2012 | Kid's Kayaks, Team JK, WhitewaterI am Kady Kellogg, I’m 13 and this was my first year freestyle kayaking and my first year competing. I was really scared at the beginning of the year. The first competition I did was in Glenwood Springs, CO. I didn’t really want to compete because there...
Going Rogue on the Rogue! by Jenifer Jakub | Nov 30, 2012 | United States, WhitewaterBack in October, just after the close of permit season, two friends and I headed to the southwest corner of Oregon to hit up the classic Wild & Scenic Rogue river. We were self-supporting the classic 35 mile stretch from Grave Creek to Foster Bar. It’s a...
