Biggest Loops on Earth? Kelly’s Nationals today! by Clay Wright | Jul 7, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, WhitewaterIn the middle of an Idaho meadow lies possibly the biggest loop spot on Earth. The Kelly’s Whitewater Center features several man-made rapids but the top one is the biggest and baddest and is where we are having the US Freestyle National Championships today....
USFKA Freestyle Point Series Final Event This Week in Missoula! by ericjackson | Jun 25, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterIt has been a crazy tour so far in the USA.  Starting off in April at the NOC Shootout, the series kicked off at the new hole that was not playable a couple of days before the event  With some effort it became fully playable and offered up all of the hole moves and...
FIBARK- Wrap-Up With Big Fun by ericjackson | Jun 18, 2012 | Rockstar, Whitewater FIBARK (First in Boating on the Arkansas) Festival is in the 65 years old or so and is a staple for paddlers and spectators alike each Father’s Day Weekend. Â Â The events are Held in downtown Salida, CO, staging off of the “Boat Ramp” adjacent...
How to Backflip Seal Launch a Kayak by Clay Wright | Apr 18, 2012 | JK University, WhitewaterHow to Backflip your Kayak: I’ve seal launched the 20′ point at Rock Island for 20 years, I’ve also watched paddlers try backflips off ramps and waterfalls and also over-rotated off high dives and cliffs of all sorts. Â I knew it was possible....
Clay Wright Guest Coach at NRA by Eric Bartl | Feb 19, 2012 | WhitewaterOver the last two weeks I have had the privilege of boating with Clay Wright at Pucon kayak Hostel. Clay has the Unique skill of speaking his mind. He doesn’t try to sugar coat it. When you are doing something wrong, he will be the first to tell you. This sounds...
Stepping up to Stout at Chile’s 70′ Middle Palguin by Clay Wright | Feb 15, 2012 | WhitewaterMy first time on Chile’s 70′ Middle Palguin Rock is full of plastic, nylon, nerves and energy.  Water turns from deep green to white  during the lead-in 10’er and just 40′ downstream it turns to mostly to spray on it’s 70′ journey...
But Seriously by Clay Wright | Apr 23, 2011 | WhitewaterI’ve been on the US Team before, my first time being in 1995, and I’ve always trained up on the spot and just paddled my brains out like normal leading up to the comp. But after 10 years of not making the Freestyle Kayak Team (besides in squirt) I now...
NOC Demo Days…EJ’s iPhone photos and writeup by ericjackson | Apr 20, 2011 | Creeking, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Rogue, Whitewater, Wrap UpsNOC is one of the longest running whitewater kayak shops and outdoor centers in the world and have always been a leader in everything from kayak instruction, accomodations, retail, and running events.   I have been going to NOC since 1984, at least once per year.   ...
Bridge Creek and back by Clay Wright | Apr 7, 2011 | Creeking, JK Team Posts, Team JK, WhitewaterIt’s hard to find new creeks in the Southeast, but with some local knowledge and a little poking around you can find something new to do most anywhere. Case in point is Bridge Creek – first attempted in the late 90s the result was a long night of hiking...
Black Lantern living, Super-hole days and the ”TIA” moments in between by Clay Wright | Mar 6, 2011 | Playboating, Rockstar, Trip Reports, WhitewaterWe are staying at the Black Lantern – the high-brow resort behind NRE that features an amazing view of the river as well as the pool we shot our 2005 playboating videos in. Â It’s quite ‘posh’ by African standards, and we are certainly...
Quick Hairy Lemon Report and Photos by Clay Wright | Mar 3, 2011 | Whitewater Hairy Lemon: The Hairy Lemon is the place to be if surfing big waves is your thing… before breakfast sunrise sessions, club wave peaks right after breakfast, there’s a nice ‘siesta’ in the mid-day to stretch, read, or edit video via solar...
the Nile is Special- By Clay Wright by Clay Wright | Feb 21, 2011 | WhitewaterThe Nile is Special – a whitewater oasis in a burning land. We are camping at the Hairy Lemon – an island below 2 amazing play waves, Club wave in the morning and Nile Special in the evening. The banks above and below are baking red-clay and smoke rises up...
