A Year in Review: 2018 by Maddie Kimmel | Jan 17, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap UpsHard to believe it will soon be 2019! This year I competed in more competitions, ran new rivers, and learned some new tricks! This year I learned to blunt, flatwater loop, flatwater cartwheel, and am starting to get my Mcnasty. I have a total of 10 personal first...
First Descents by teamjk | Aug 12, 2018 | WhitewaterAt the beginning of the week we are each given a new name that only the people who were involved with that First Descents camp will remember us by. I said my First Descents name, Malbec, with a half-smile as I tried to cover up the missing dental crown I had...
#TBT 4 First Descents in 2016 Part 1: Hotel Arrest by Ben Stookesberry | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized, WhitewaterI have dedicated the last 18.5 years of my life to the pursuit of exploratory kayaking. I say the pursuit of exploratory kayaking because the act of exploratory kayaking represents only a small fraction of that time. But it’s that small fraction that seems...
Cancer, Kayaking and First Descents by heatherherbeck | Sep 6, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Antix, Featured Post, Internationalisation, rivers, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI have shared my experiences working with First Descents each year and this year is no different. I choose to share my experience with this organization to each of you because it is a “life changing” week for everyone who’s involved. First Descents (FD) is a...
4 First Descents in 2016 Part 4: Norte de Santander, Colombia; Rio Margua by Ben Stookesberry | Jan 24, 2017 | Creeking, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesNovember – Return to Colombia: Rio Margua In 3 different missions from 2003 – 2007 with Shannon Linnane, Jessie Coombs, and Lizzy English; I completed all but two miles of a river that had defined my view of an embattled country still emerging from the...
First Descents 2014 by heatherherbeck | Sep 11, 2014 | WhitewaterThis is my 8th year being part of First Descents (www.firstdescent.org). It has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. This season was no exception. Late July/Early August, I spent a week in Montana on the Clarks Fork River, shortly followed by two...
April 5, 2014 . . . “Opening Day on the SFA” and AW Benefit by Jessica Yurtinus | Mar 20, 2014 | WhitewaterWe did it last year, and we are doing it again this year. Join Jackson Kayak team members and ambassadors from World Kayak on April 5, 2014 for our 2nd annual “Opening day on the South Fork American”. There will whitewater clinics anywhere from...
