Kanfest by davecrerar | Aug 30, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines Another year and another Kanfest down. Kanfest can be best described as the Canadian Gauley Fest. This year was as good as ever despite the pretty terrible weather we had. Hundreds of people showed up to take Albertan river. The committee and paddling...
Toby Creek Race 2019 by davecrerar | Aug 26, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, WhitewaterAnother year gone by and another group of champions are handed their oversized cheques. Toby creek race just keeps getting better and better. Aquabatics Calgary with the help of the Alberta Whitewater put on an incredible event again this year. It is pretty common to...
Whistler 10 years later. by davecrerar | Aug 17, 2019 | Canada, Creeking, Internationalisation, Nirvana, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhen I first moved to Canada a group of buddies from the Ottawa river put me in their station wagon and carted me across the country to see what it had to offer. This is one of the main reasons I decided to call this country home. We made this trek across the country...
Why is the kicking horse awesome??? by davecrerar | Aug 10, 2019 | Canada, Internationalisation, Video, WhitewaterLike most Canadian towns established in the late 1800’s, Golden is the product of the famed fur trade. David Thompson, “renowned fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (was) tasked by the North West Company to open up a trading route to the lucrative trading territories...
6 month BIGRIGHDFD Review by teamjk | Jul 13, 2019 | Family Zone, Fishing, Reviews, UncategorizedWhat a last 6 months it’s been in this boat! Unbelievable. I hardly have words to describe it, honestly. I was so stoked when this kayak was announced and then we had to wait another 6 months to get our hands on one and now, NOW I have spent the last 6 months in it...
Paddling Maps by davecrerar | Jun 23, 2019 | WhitewaterOver the last couple of years, a small army of us, led by Aquabatics, have been developing a new river guide system. Originally just in North America Simon’s brainchild has exploded on the international scene. It is a GPS based product that allows...
Lowrance 3/1 transducer mount on the BigRigHDFD by teamjk | May 1, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, InstructionalWell let me start by saying thank you to Jackson Kayak for making the transducer scupper plug area big enough for the Lowrance 3/1 active imaging transducer. The Lowrance active imaging transducer is 11” long so it’s massive and takes up a lot of real estate. I am...
Getting back into the swing of fishing by teamjk | Apr 5, 2019 | Big Rig, FishingWho else takes a little time off during the winter? I can’t be the only one, right? Well I always find myself itching to get back out there and go fishing. I was anticipating the delivery of my new BigRigHDFD and I couldn’t wait to get it on the water. This was a...
What a platform! by teamjk | Mar 21, 2019 | FishingLet me start by saying, WOW!! I am beyond impressed by the Bluesky Boatworks Angler 360. This boy has everything a angler could ever want and need for a great day on the water. I got to take the Angler 360 out on multiple occasions and actually fished a tournament out...
Toby Creek Race Video by davecrerar | Sep 24, 2018 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups
Kanfest by davecrerar | Sep 21, 2018 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, WhitewaterKanfest took place this past weekend on the Kananaskis River. A concrete part of the Alberta kayaking summer festival line up makes this event a must. With over six events as part of the registration we were kept busy all day Saturday and Sunday. Despite rain the...
A letter on growing up and staying in the game. by davecrerar | Sep 18, 2018 | Canada, Events, Internationalisation, WhitewaterAs we move from our carefree twenties into our thirties the looming call to conform to the “norm” becomes more and more insistent. There are responsibilities that crop up as we continue along life’s path that inevitably take time that we would otherwise spend...
