UNLEASHED Recap by kalobgrady | Jan 30, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesINTRO: A glorious way to live. In early January, 29 athletes from 12 diverse countries converged upon the longest river in the world for UNLEASHEDxUganda. The goal of UNLEASHED has always, and will always be the same: to create a competitive environment...
Epic Year-End Review, 2017 by teamjk | Jan 29, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesFirst, I want to begin this entry with a HUGE, THANK YOU to my family, Jackson Kayak, and my paddling family FOR AN OUTSTANDING 2017. What an epic first competition-year as a freestyle, whitewater kayaker. I’ve spent close to 250+ days paddling whitewater in 2017;...
World Championships Hangover – In the eyes of an athlete by Courtney Kerin | Jan 8, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesIf any of you know an athlete from the world championships well, you have probably heard this term before and if not it is something to realise. At the world championships for any sport the athletes don’t just get that good overnight. It has taken years of hard...
Hawg Trough Hack by Sean White | Jan 2, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, Reviews, United StatesThe Hawg Trough has become the tool of choice for CPR kayak fishing events. The Hawg Trough has a lot of appeal for a lot of reasons. But it does have one significant flaw for kayak fishing…it sinks. Fortunately fixing this shortcoming is cheap and easy! Simply get...
Why Argentina Worlds Were the Best Ever! by Jessie Stone | Dec 17, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThese Freestyle Kayaking World Championships in San Juan, Argentina were particularly special for me. First, after Garburator Worlds, I honestly said to myself that I was not going to Argentina – it seemed far away and impossible to imagine going!! Second, I was not...
Adventures in Argentina 4 of 4 by sethashworth | Dec 13, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHere is the last installment from Team JK paddler Seth Ashworth. This episode takes us through the finals day with some KILLER interviews and commentary on the action from a wide variety of JK team members. Don’t forget to check out Seth’s other videos and...
Ladies on the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium by heatherherbeck | Dec 3, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Recreational/TouringThis past August, I was invited to be the “guest instructor” at the Ladies on the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium on Lake Superior in Munising, MI. I don’t have much background in sea kayaking (not sure I can even say I have ANY), but I was invited to share...
New Video. Adventures in Argentina. Part 1 of 4. by sethashworth | Nov 28, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines Team paddler Seth Ashworth is in Argentina right now competing at Freestyle Kayak World Championships. He is sharing a four part (or possibly more) video series with us about the San Juan area, traveling, life-styling and everything else...
Underdogs of the 2017 World Freestyle Championships by Jezz | Nov 22, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesEveryone loves an underdog, the story of someone coming from nowhere and becoming the next big thing in the sport, or someone who has worked so hard in the sport but just never quite got their moment in the spotlight, an underdog is always a great story in sporting...
Facing Fears: Hole Boating by Anna Bruno | Nov 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis year I was forced to confront a longtime weakness in my kayaking skill set: Hole boating. For years, it has been easier to say that I just didn’t like it, that I preferred wave boating, or to make the excuse that there just weren’t any good holes near me. To be...
2nd Annual Tallulah Race by chad | Nov 18, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesOh the Tallulah Gorge, this is one of the most amazing places in the Southeastern United States to kayak in the fall. If you haven’t had the chance to paddle here you are missing out, every November there are scheduled releases both Saturday and Sunday with...
Bronzefest Recap by Chris Ritchie | Nov 13, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Kilroy, River Bassin Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap UpsThe Ozarks are lined with small, beautiful streams. Like blood vessels on a breakdown of the human body, a Google Earth view of southwest Missouri will reveal little blue squiggly lines that run all over the terrain! Swimming through the rocks and currents of the...
