The Clock is Ticking on the Nile!!!

by Jessie Stone | Mar 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Leaving the Nile and Uganda gets harder every time I come and go these days because I know the clock is now officially ticking on the life span of the free flowing Nile that we know and love. Water levels remain unpredictable at best, but that means good things- tow...

Ugandan Freestyle Championships 2017 and Team Selections

by Jessie Stone | Mar 8, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Though most people associate kayaking events in Uganda with the Nile River Festival which happens every January, this year, friday the 24th of February was the Ugandan Freestyle Championships. It was also the team selection for the Ugandan Freestyle Team which is...

Durango Whitewater Park is like a box of chocolates

by teamjk | Mar 5, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

As Forrest Gump would say. We never know what we’re going to get until the spring runoff. We first started dredging out old cars and shopping carts from Smelter Rapid about 30 years ago. Smelter was so shallow if you did an ender (remember those?) you could...

Jackson Kayak- XS Rockstar Promo

by teamjk | Mar 4, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Reviews, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Jackson Kayak after 9 years finally comes out with another kids/small adult size playboat. For kids or small adults that just were too small to throw around the Small sized Rockstar or too big for the Shooting star. This boat fills that gap perfectly. Order yours...

Kayaking the Nile… more than just the whitewater

by Brooke Hess | Feb 23, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

 I emerge from the bathroom for my 12th-ish time that day (I have lost track of the exact number on account of having spent the majority of the past four days lingering within 20 yards of the toilet…) to find my friends heading to the boat rack.  “Are you...

How To: Flat Water Backloop

by David Silk | Feb 22, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Clinics, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Getting bummed about colder weather? Not looking forward to moving into a pool for the winter? Well here’s something that can keep you trying for a bit at least, even if you think you’ve got every flatwater trick in the book down- the elusive flatwater back loop! The...

Summer Dreams Penobscot River

by Adam Swett | Feb 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

The winter of 2017 has been a good one up here in Maine. It has been mild for the most part which means 30 degrees during the day and there has been some good ocean surf as well. Winters here can be severely cold and snowy but this one has allowed for some good...

2016 Season Re-cap

by teamjk | Feb 17, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Over the summer, I went to five competitions, The Golden games, CKS PaddleFest, Lyons Outdoor games, The GoPro games and I ended the season with FibArk. The first competition I went to this year was the Golden games. There I had a chance to really get back in my boat...

There’s something about freestyle

by Claire OHara | Oct 10, 2014 | Whitewater

This weekend the ‘Young Guns’ Youth Freestyle and Club Championship events took place at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham (UK). Paddlers of all ages and abilities came from clubs all across the UK to test their skills and show of their...

Ottawa Valley Summer: video

by nicktroutman | Sep 18, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Video, Whitewater

The Ottawa Valley is where I was born and raised. It is where I learned to kayak, and still one of my favorite places on Earth to kayak. Summertime on the Ottawa is hard to beat; warm water, perfect levels, good fishing, fun waves. To me this is the definition of...

Habitat 67 Wave: video

by nicktroutman | Sep 13, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Whitewater

This summer while I was coaching with the Keener Program I had the opportunity to paddle some of the best waves in Eastern Canada, though one of my most favorites of the summer was Habitat 67 in Montreal. It was a long drive, 4 hours there and 4 hours back, for only a...

The Midwest Freestyle Championships

by colinkemp | Aug 30, 2014 | Whitewater

This past weekend I got to head to one of my top three paddling events each season. The Midwest Freestyle Championships is everything that is amazing about whitewater kayaking and the people that make up the sport. The event starts out with two days of clinics. This...