Pitsford Kayak Grand Slam

by teamjk | Aug 8, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, UK

Just got back from the Pitsford Kayak Grand slam, in Northamptonshire. The task was to have the longest combined length of 1 Pike, 2 Trout and 3 Perch. In recent years the fishing has been prolific and the arduous task of catch fish after fish until you find the...

Best hikes while kayaking the Grand Canyon

by chad | Apr 6, 2019 | Exploration Feature, Whitewater

One of the first things that you notice as you push off from Lee’s Ferry is the sheer walls that rise up on either side of the Colorado River. You feel like you are being granted a gift by navigating through this deep canyon, and it’s really too much to be...

Christchurch Kayak Grand Slam

by teamjk | Nov 10, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, UK, Video

Christchurch Kayak Grand slam, Fishing for Sea Bass and Mullet. – Graham...

The Grand Canyon of Switzerland

by Jessie Stone | Jul 8, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater

After a whirlwind trip to Colorado (with a really fun Paddlefest in BV which included seeing all kinds of old friends and the opening of the Surf Chateau restaurant and hotel) and the West Coast, I headed back to Switzerland. Juerg had promised that we would do a...

The JK Rockstar in the Grand Canyon

by teamjk | Jun 20, 2018 | rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

I was awake one of the last nights of my trip in the Grand Canyon watching the milky way stretch across the sky as I remembered the incredible place I was fortunate enough to explore. We went down into the river with a group of 16 people with 5 rafts, 7 kayaks,...

Into the Mystic

by Hilde Schweitzer | Jun 12, 2018 | rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

We were born before the wind   Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won  As we sail into the mystic   If ever there were a song written about a trip on the Grand Canyon, Van Morrison’s Into the Mystic represents that for me.   It’s...

Grand Canyon: Kayak Self Support Adventure

by nicktroutman | May 7, 2018 | Canada, Exploration Feature, Internationalisation, karma traverse, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This January Emily and myself were invited on a last minute winter Grand Canyon trip with the Holcomb family. It was a tough decision, but we chose to make it happen. We quickly dropped everything and tried our hardest to make this dream turn into fruition. Once...

Famagogo in the Grand Canyon: Family Adventure Self-Support

by Holcombe Family | Mar 31, 2018 | Family Zone, karma traverse, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Grand Canyon 2018-Famagogo self-support trip Winter in North America can be a challenging place for a kayaker, but if you like big adventures there is one place where the water is always flowing and the rapids are giant. This is a place surrounded by hundreds of miles...

Emily and Nick’s Epic Grand Canyon Adventure

by Emily Jackson | Feb 19, 2018 | JK Team Posts, karma traverse, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Whitewater

  You’ll never guess what?! We got another Grand Canyon Permit!!! Are you interested?”   Um of course I am interested!   “K because the launch date is in two weeks….”   This was the beginning of my recent adventure down the Grand Canyon. I wasn’t...

Grand Canyon Trip Report

by teamjk | Feb 4, 2018 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This past November I had an opportunity to check an item off of my “bucket-list” and it was, as hoped, SPECTACULAR! Accompanied by my boyfriend, Dodge and two other friends, I completed my first self-support kayak trip through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Due to...

2017 Summer Sight Fishing Sessions

by Scott Myers | Oct 13, 2017 | Fishing, Kilroy, Video

This video comes from two trips I made to a spot I don’t know very well on LA Highway 1, heading down SE towards Grand Isle from New Orleans. I had a relatively challenging summer of sight fishing, and I had been really looking for that one day where it all...

A Return to Rivers Part 2

by Jake Horne | Jun 17, 2017 | Cruise Angler 12, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Trip Reports, Trips

 Camp   After an awesome day one camp had come into view a small spit of cleared land. I could see my brother with his hammock strung between the 2 trees closest the river. As we pulled up and stepped out the smell of campfire and exhaustion set in. We...