The Golden Games: Voted Elevation Outdoors Best Paddling Event by kelloggfamily | Jun 2, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap UpsEvery year I look forward to The Golden Games! And this year didn’t disappoint! The Golden Games are always held the weekend before Memorial Day. The weekend is filled with every type of event from Slack Line to Whitewater Kayaking to Fishing and everything in...
Lyons Winter Pool Time by Kevin Parker | May 21, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Clinics, Family Zone, Instructional, Whitewater, Whitewater InstructionWith winter finally showing up in Colorado, the Lyons Kids club pool sessions are again proving to be a big hit. While it is billed as the “Kids Club” we try to target the whole family, and get as many adults at the pool as kids. Our goal is to get the parents...
Grand Canyon: Kayak Self Support Adventure by nicktroutman | May 7, 2018 | Canada, Exploration Feature, Internationalisation, karma traverse, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis January Emily and myself were invited on a last minute winter Grand Canyon trip with the Holcomb family. It was a tough decision, but we chose to make it happen. We quickly dropped everything and tried our hardest to make this dream turn into fruition. Once...
How to BEAT the weekend warrior! by Mathieu Dumoulin | Apr 30, 2018 | Antix, Fitness, France, Instructional, Internationalisation, rivers, Whitewater, Whitewater InstructionLast year I had big changes happening in my personal life. I went from full time kayaker based in France and traveling 8-10 months out of the year to getting married, and settle down in Colorado with my wife. Domesticated, stuck and assigned to a job, there was a lot...
Famagogo in the Grand Canyon: Family Adventure Self-Support by Holcombe Family | Mar 31, 2018 | Family Zone, karma traverse, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesGrand Canyon 2018-Famagogo self-support trip Winter in North America can be a challenging place for a kayaker, but if you like big adventures there is one place where the water is always flowing and the rapids are giant. This is a place surrounded by hundreds of miles...
2017 Colorado Kayak Fishing Club Bass Series (Part 3 of 3) by Scott Brands | Mar 18, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, River Bassin Tournament, Wrap UpsAfter Chatfield, the next tournament was to take place on Pueblo Reservoir. I was not able to attend this tournament which meant that this was going to be my lowest scoring and therefore dropped event for the year. This tournament was won by great stick, Michael...
2017 Colorado Kayak Fishing Club Bass Series (Part 2 of 3) by Scott Brands | Mar 8, 2018 | Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap UpsWith the first kayak tournament under my belt, it was time to see if Boyd Lake was a fluke or if I could keep the momentum going at a lake I’ve never been to before: Chatfield Reservoir. Chatfield, unlike Boyd, was more of a drive for me. Whereas Boyd was about 3...
2017 Colorado Kayak Fishing Club Bass Series (Part 1 of 3) by teamjk | Feb 17, 2018 | Fishing, UncategorizedThe Colorado Kayak Fishing Club (CKFC) was established in 2012 with the purpose of promoting fishing education and conservation while enjoying the sport of kayak fishing. Since its establishment the club has put on tournaments for human powered vessels including float...
Grand Canyon Trip Report by teamjk | Feb 4, 2018 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis past November I had an opportunity to check an item off of my “bucket-list” and it was, as hoped, SPECTACULAR! Accompanied by my boyfriend, Dodge and two other friends, I completed my first self-support kayak trip through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Due to...
Shoshone New Years Day-The first day of the next paddling season by Holcombe Family | Jan 4, 2018 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Family Zone, Internationalisation, River Running, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesAfter a lovely Christmas spent with family in Oklahoma, it was time to decide where to spend the winter. That is the best and worst part of life on the road: choosing where to go when absolutely anywhere is a possibility. The sensible thing would be to head back to...
2017 in Review- Bryce Aaron by bryceaaron | Dec 24, 2017 | Reviews, rivers, Trip Reports, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines2017 was one for the books! I competed in the most events I have ever participated in and one was even in Canada. I went to Nationals and made it out to Colorado for Team Trials, which was awesome. I participated in 6 weeks of the Keener Program and then started...
Having a Blast on M-Wave With the KelloggShow by kelloggfamily | Dec 11, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe finally went to the wild and crazy M-Wave in Montrose, Colorado. I say finally because we live in Colorado and M-Wave is a BIG deal in Colorado. A big deal, mostly because there are so many rumors floating around about it, but I’ll get into those later. So,...