Unleashed 2019

by teamjk | May 30, 2019 | Austria, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

It was 6:00 am, my phone rang. Super sleepy I tried to grab it and checked what’s up. “SEND tagged you in a post”. What post did they tag me in? That’s worth a look! I opened it. “Congrats to all the people who are on the list above, you...

Reno River Festival: 2019 Recap

by Courtney Kerin | May 24, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, New Zealand, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Nestled in the desert on the southwest outskirts of Nevada sits “the worlds biggest little city”, and every spring kayakers flock to the manmade whitewater park in downtown Reno to test their skills in front of huge crowds in the snow melt waters of the Truckee River...

NoliFest 2019: The Year of the Great Flood

by wildwildwes | May 20, 2019 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater

The 5th annual NoliFest will be a high water event to remember for the ages! The festival was scheduled during Easter weekend this year and it was more reminiscent of Noah’s flood. Heavy rain totaling 2-3” fell regionally most of Good Friday and the Nolichucky River...

Reno River Festival 2019

by Jessie Stone | May 17, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

This year the Truckee River was a terrific high flow with an enormous snow pack in the Sierras and warm weather arriving just in time for the 2019 Reno River Festival. With high water in the whitewater park, there were a number of great play features to choose from...

Erwin Great Outdoors Festival Recap

by wildwildwes | May 15, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

The Jackson Action Wagon teamed up with USA Raft and the Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute to host a very BUSY and successful pool demo on “May The Fourth Be With You” in downtown Erwin, TN. We opened the pool about 10:00 AM and a line formed shortly after that...

Post Tourney Recap from GLKFS (Banner Marsh) 4/13/19

by Jay Randall | May 12, 2019 | Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

First let me just say how great it was to see everyone out there since I had taken the 2018 season off from tournaments. The bite was extremely tough and there were some victors that would claim some sizable paydays. As for me though it would be a top ten finish among...

KBF National Championship: The Tournament

by teamjk | May 8, 2019 | Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

On Saturday, March 23, 2019, I left Cleveland, Ohio on an adventure that would take me to Shreveport, Louisiana. I had never participated in the KBF National Championship, and honestly, it had never been a goal of mine. I qualified through my participation in River...

Importance of Female Kayaking Events

by crystalgustin | Apr 15, 2019 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Imagine walking into a room full of people and not knowing a soul. You look around and see everyone staring at you and realize everyone knows everyone, but you know no one. You feel… “fill in the blank”. My “fill in the blank” is “out of place”. When I first...

CCK Opening Day

by Hilde Schweitzer | Apr 12, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater

It’s been a long winter.  The rain and cold weather were relentless, and actually still are relentless.  Last weekend California Canoe and Kayak and AW kick started Spring with their annual fundraiser, Opening Day on the South Fork and the sun actually made...

WIN a JK Antix at NoliFest!

by wildwildwes | Apr 11, 2019 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater

The Jackson Action Wagon is giving away brand new 2019 Jackson Kayak Antix Large (Red color) at NoliFest this year! Where: USA Raft – 2 Jones Branch Rd, Erwin, Tennessee 37650 The J.A.W. is proud to partner with USA Raft on Saturday (April 20th) at this event to give...

2019 Kayak Fishing in Alabama

by Eric Atkins | Apr 9, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament

Thanks to its freshwater fisheries and the gulf coast, Alabama has more biodiversity than any other state. In fact, the state of Alabama has more navigable stream miles than any other state in the United States. It should be no surprise that with great fishing and...

AUS Freestyle 2019

by sagedonnelly | Mar 27, 2019 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Little life update- I’m happy to say that this year has already started with a ton of freestyle! I spent all of January in Nottingham perfecting some new tricks and then flew down to Australia for my two usual slalom races, but this year there was a bonus. Claire and...