Letting go of Perfection: A Summer Lesson

by JK Little Shredders | Aug 9, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

 Over the summer, when I went to the Ottawa River for the OKS Keener program, I was introduced to big wave surfing, which I found new and quite appealing! There was only one problem, I was missing so many passes!  When I first started kayaking, I learned in...

Truck Life Tour 10: More kayaking, more competitions, more FUN.

by sethashworth | Jun 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

The Stakeout continued in full swing last week as we brushed off our hangovers from the UNLEASHED after party with some Mistassibi laps on Sunday.  We sent it with a big crew many of whom were running the river for their first time.  Mistassibi is a crucial...

Truck Life Tour 9: UNLEASHED stage 3 and 4.

by sethashworth | Jun 15, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Truck Life Tour continues in Canada, and so does the UNLEASHED tour.  We ended up having two full downtime days between stage 2 Boater-X and Stage 3.  The extra layover day was due mainly to super high water across eastern Canada.  Everywhere was too...

Truck Life Tour 8.5: UNLEASHED Boater-X

by sethashworth | Jun 5, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

So last update dropped on Tuesday but I finished writing it on Monday evening right after we completed UNLEASHED Stage 2, a Boater-X run on the Rouge river.  I really wanted to add it in to Tuesday’s update but the day was exhausting and I really couldn’t...

Truck Life Tour 8: Getting UNLEASHED.

by sethashworth | Jun 1, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

This last week has been a rapid whirlwind of kayaking in the final build up toward stage one of the UNLEASHED competition.  After the water level came down a little we were able to get back onto the Ruins wave in Ottawa.  Last year I had a real love...

Truck Life Tour 7: Facing giants and searching for new ones

by sethashworth | May 29, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This week of truck Life Tour has been the most static of any week so far.  But when I say static I mean we have slept in the same place all week, we have probably still clocked up another 500km of driving.  Brooke and I have been based in the Ottawa valley...

Truck Life Tour 6: Back In Canada EH!

by sethashworth | May 27, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Ok, here we are back on #TruckLifeTour proper, and now the focus of our tour shifts from hope boat training to big waves as we venture into one of my favorite zones, eastern Canada.  My new home the Ottawa river is going rickter high and this is just the...

Invasion of kayakers fishermen in the Boucherville Islands 2014

by JK Fans | Sep 21, 2014 | Freshwater

The 2014 Invasion, was the largest gathering of kayakers fishermen in Quebec. Any Invasion this year. Thanks to all the brave men that stormed the SÉPAQ of the Boucherville Islands. Same MétéoMédia have not managed to repel the passion of true kayakers fishermen. More...

My Canadian Adventure: Kayaking the Ottawa River from a 9 YR Old’s Perspective

by kelloggfamily | Aug 29, 2014 | Whitewater

While I was nine my family went up to Canada on an adventure. While we were in Ottawa I ran and surfed the Ottawa River. My favorite surf spots are Push Button which is a little wave and Black’s which is a really meaty hole. The Ottawa River water is so warm and it...

Pike Fishing

by Roberto Briones | Jun 6, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts

Spring fishing is not my most favourite time of the year to fish. The reason? Because I love fishing for bass. Here in the Great White North bass doesn’t open ’till the end of June. BUT my passion is fishing and enjoying the outdoors. So, I decided to take...

Big Rig – What a boat!

by Roberto Briones | May 24, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts

May 10, 2014 was an epic day for most kayakers around this area of Canada after a long, long winter. A get-together of people with one common interest: kayak fishing in the waters of the St-Lawrence River in Boucherville, QC. It was the afternoon of May 9, I was hard...

Skookumchuck

by Claire OHara | May 14, 2014 | Whitewater

  In March, Steve O invited me to join him on a trip to Canada to paddle Skook! 3 weeks later i’m sat in his van in BC, Canada waiting for the wave to come in so we can head out for our second session on this incredible tidal wave. Years ago, Pete Astles...