Rangitata Gorge NZ by Courtney Kerin | Dec 20, 2012 | WhitewaterRangitata Gorge is a sweet class 4-4+ run located by Mt Peel, on the east coast of the south island. Last year some of my paddling mates (Aidan Haig, Paddy Brand) and I ventured out for the day to add this one to our books. After a long drive we finally made it to the...
New Jackson Kayak Outfitting Review by Joe Keck | Dec 17, 2012 | WhitewaterI just received my brand spankin’ slick new Karma Large. There are lots of great reviews discussing the amazing stability and speed, but I wanted to mention the new outfitting. For comparison, I have my old Villain. Of note, both the Karmas and new Villains come...
WWGP Chile- FINAL RESULTS- Dane Takes the GOLD in his 2013 Karma! by JK Team | Dec 16, 2012 | WhitewaterDane wins his second WWGP Title! Today was a 20 minute race down the Futatlafu River in Chile. Dane won today’s event as well as the boater cross two days ago securing his first place title in the 2013 Karma. Also a Huge congrats to Joel Kowalkski who was also...
The Karma meets Cali by colinkemp | Nov 28, 2012 | WhitewaterAnyone who knows me knows that I love my Villain and that I am hard to impress and change my habits when it comes to a creek boat. I tend to prefer displacement hull creek boat for their predictability, rock friendliness, and quickness edge to edge. I also feel that a...
Duo on Tallulah: The Boys Collective 1.5 by Hunt Jennings | Nov 25, 2012 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterHey Guys…. Here’s the next edit we put out…. Pat Keller and Isaac Levinson tearing up the Tallulah in a Dynamic Duo! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/54110669[/vimeo] See you on the water!!!!! -Hunt Jennings
First days in the Karma/Heading to Chile by Dane Jackson | Nov 18, 2012 | Creeking, Events, JK Team Posts, WhitewaterDay after tomorrow i head to Chile for my first time. I am so stoked, this is a place i have wanted to see for a long time. I have a month of traveling all around. I start off in Santiago and work my way to Pucon where i will be based out of. This is not only an...
Fine tune your “take-a-part” closest to the real thing. by Patrick Levesque | Nov 17, 2012 | Canada, Creeking, Instructional, Internationalisation, JK Team PostsMake a take-a-part paddle as stable as a real paddle (Comme toujours, la version française suit le texte…) When you’re committed in a class V run and you broke a paddle, there’s one thing you hope for while you assemble your spare. That your Break-down paddle...
Japan – The Hidden Whitewater Gem by JK Team | Nov 14, 2012 | WhitewaterThis spring, I went on an amazing paddling trip to Japan. Prior to leaving for the trip, I had countless people question why I was going to Japan to kayak. ‘Is there good whitewater in Japan? Why are you going all the way to Japan when there’s kayaking in California?’...
Zen, Vilain et Hero : le test de vitesse en eaux calmes by Patrick Levesque | Nov 12, 2012 | Whitewater(French version below) Ever wonder which boat is the fastest? I mean it is easy to say that a boat is fast, but when you say such a thing most of the time it is base on feeling or design expectation, rarely an objective measure. This spring, I had to choose a boat for...
Back from the Arctic- Rifles, Crampons and Kayaks by christopherkorbulic | Nov 6, 2012 | WhitewaterThere is something very strange about grabbing crampons and a rifle with your paddle as you prepare for paddling, then walk to the deck of a sailboat, but this was how our day began. Ben Stookesberry, Pedro Oliva, and I were ascending onto the Braswell Glacier in the...
Tacos, Waterfalls and Tequila: Rafa’s Guide for kayaking in Mexico by Rafael Ortiz | Oct 30, 2012 | JK University, Trip Reports, WhitewaterTacos, Waterfalls and Tequila: Rafa’s beta for kayaking in Mexico Part II, Veracruz- The Alseseca It was several years ago that we completed connecting the dots on this famed river. Ever since the old Twitch crew days, and even other earlier explorers’ times, this...
Hello Corsica Creeking and Goodbye to the Rizzanese River by Kat and David Levitt | Aug 22, 2012 | Whitewater An oasis of beauty and history, the island of Corsica thrusts upward into the sky its jagged ridges and soaring peaks that resemble the Sierra Nevada of California. But Corsica also enchants its visitors with quaint old villages precariously perched on mountain...
