How to Keep Your Paddling Skills Fresh in the Winter Months by katelyngreen | Nov 26, 2017 | Antix, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIn Connecticut where I live, the river temperature has already dropped to around 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and the air temperatures are hovering just above freezing. As a paddler, you can get a little depressed when the sun is going down so early, and the legitimate...
Why the Rockstar is Still the Best Playboat I’ve Ever Owned by katelyngreen | Nov 13, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt’s been about two years since the release of the latest Rockstar, and I’m just as in love with it as I was when I first paddled it. My first experience in a 2016 Rockstar was in Ausable Chasm in upstate New York in 2015. As I practiced on flatwater in between...
What would it take to go Sub 4 minutes in the Green Race? by isaaclevinson | Oct 14, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Karma Unlimited, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesEvery year for the past 22 years, at 12pm on the first Saturday in November, hundreds of kayakers and thousands of kayaking enthusiasts gather to be a part of what claims to be “The Greatest Show in Sports.” This statement is arguable but nonetheless, I would put my...
How to Set Goals to Improve Your Paddling by katelyngreen | Oct 3, 2017 | WhitewaterI’ve been learning how to kayak for 7 years now, and will continue to learn my whole life. I don’t think I will ever be content with my skills as they are, and I’ll always be finding new ones to work on. My paddling career thus far has been a long, arduous learning...
Using the Happy Thruster to Step Up Your Freestyle Game by katelyngreen | Sep 15, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesYou may, at one point or another, have seen a person paddling a playboat (a short stubby boat) with a big inflatable airbag underneath their sprayskirt. I’m sorry to say, they were not just happy to see you; they were using a Happy Thruster! If you haven’t...
Learning to Love Flatwater Practice by katelyngreen | Sep 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLearning to love flatwater practice Although I got into whitewater kayaking because I love whitewater, sometimes the whitewater isn’t always available. I’ve learned to love flatwater practice almost as much as running rapids. In fact, flatwater has been the place...
Women’s Green Takeover 2017 by dianegaydos | Sep 8, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThe 4th annual Women’s Green River Takeover event took place this past Saturday in Saluda, North Carolina. This amazing event, planned and coordinated by Laura Farrell is always awesome and I’m thankful to be a part of it. This event was started 4 years ago in loving...
2017 Green River Takeover- Event Recap by katiejackson | Sep 1, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesAmazing, spectacular, phenomenal, extraordinary, preeminent, astounding, … How could you pick just one adjective to describe this event? In the past, something has always come up the same weekend as the take over. This year, schedules aligned, and I had the honor of...
Thinking for Yourself- Green River Narrows- Unlimited Style by Hunt Jennings | Sep 10, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, WhitewaterOne of the most common mistakes that everyone makes is subconsciously following “the pack”. Naturally, if everyone is doing it, it feels like the safe thing to do. Because no one will say anything to you for following them. Therefore it is very easy to not...
Running The Green River Narrows by kelloggfamily | May 9, 2014 | Creeking, WhitewaterJust recently I accomplished a major goal of mine, to run the Green River Narrows, especially a rapid called Gorilla. Two good friends of mine helped with that. Jackson Kayak team members Hunt Jennings and Jeremy Adkins, rallied and ran it with me, my brother Brody,...
Waveosaurus by Courtney Kerin | Apr 30, 2014 | WhitewaterAfter being given some local beta and finding out about high water levels on the Connecticut River, we discovered a wave was in near the Dinosaur Footprints in Massachusetts. EJ and I quickly loaded into the mini and Jessie Stone followed us on our search. We pulled...
Dynamic Duo on the Green Narrows! EPIC! by JK Team | Nov 10, 2012 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterCheck out Pat Keller and Isaac Levenson’s Race run down the infamous Green River Narrows! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/53169603#[/vimeo]
