Unlock Your Potential: Why Training Freestyle on Flatwater Is a Game-Changer by Emily Wade | Mar 9, 2025 | WhitewaterImagine this: no waves, no currents, just you and the stillness of the water. While some may overlook the benefits of training freestyle on flatwater, it’s time to embrace this hidden gem. 1. Strength: Flat water training requires more energy for each movement...
The Art of Work-Kayak Balance by JK Team | Mar 8, 2025 | WhitewaterAs a full-time bridge engineer and inspector in the transportation industry who travels extensively throughout the year, finding a balance between work and my passion for kayaking has been a challenging but rewarding endeavor. Over the past decade, I have honed in on...
Short and Sweet Flow Lg Review by JK Team | Mar 8, 2025 | WhitewaterShort and Sweet Large Flow Review Large Flow is an all time favorite Creek Boat. Here is the low down of what makes the Large Flow worth a paddle? Wide, floaty, glidey, maneuverable, playful, design. Way light with big, loose edges. Wide bow the stays on top of the...
Making the Dream a Reality: Whitewater Kayaking and Teleworking in Chile by JK Team | Mar 6, 2025 | Creeking, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesMaking the Dream a Reality: Whitewater Kayaking and Teleworking in Chile When you dream of exploring the world’s most epic rivers and waterfalls, it’s hard to imagine fitting such adventures into everyday life. But with a mix of remote work and whitewater kayaking,...
The Kayak Fishing Advantage by joey monteleone | Mar 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, FishingThe Kayak Fishing Advantage In a recent article in a major fishing magazine the author started by explaining the disadvantages of the kayaker because of limited range. The same person went to great lengths to explain if the fish weren’t biting in that area it was just...
My 2024 Year in Review by Emily Wade | Feb 28, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Whitewater2024 was the comeback year from being in the hospital for 4 months with 4 trauma surgeries with the last one being at beginning of November 2023 from my appendix bursting for days because I thought it was gas. lol I didn’t realize how hard it would be to come back...
A Quick Tip to Step Up Your Progression: Your Off-Sides Matter by Emily Wade | Feb 27, 2025 | Rock Star, Whitewater A Quick Tip to Step Up Your Progression: Your Off-Sides Matter Goal: No off-sides. Train until On-Sides and Off-Sides Feel Natural Something to keep in the back of your mind while training for freestyle kayaking and any other whitewater disciplines is to...
How to Stomp by Boyd Ruppelt | Feb 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHow to Stomp Whether you’re trying to use a landing angle transition to cushion the impact from a waterfall or you accidentally boofed a little more than you wanted, the boof to stomp is one of the more useful waterfall techniques to know. At the same time, it...
100 Paddling Days – Goal Set, Goal Achieved by kylethomas | Feb 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Whitewater100 Paddling Days – Goal Set, Goal Achieved 100 days of paddling on the water, I’d never done it in my 15+ years of paddling. Would I ever be able to accomplish such a feat? When I hop on social media it sometimes felt like everyone in my network was paddling...
Wesley’s 2024 Rain Gauge Report by wildwildwes | Feb 5, 2025 | WhitewaterWesley’s 2024 Rain Gauge Report The spread sheets below are data from my rain gauge I have installed at my home in Elizabethton, TN. It is a true nerdy rain gauge measuring precipitation to the nearest 1/100th of an inch daily. 2024 turned out to be another less than...
Home Water: Iowa by Hannah Ray | Feb 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHome Water: Iowa I spent the majority of 2024 around home. The water window this year was brief. Levels fluctuated drastically with large rain events. Charles City saw near record high water for 3 days, prompting sandbagging and moving to higher ground. Even though...
WV Surprise Run, Laurel Creek of the Elk by JK Team | Feb 5, 2025 | Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWV still has plenty of surprises West Virginia still has some great surprises if you are into searching out some class 3/4 after a big rain storm. The staple runs in WV never let you down. But there are those days when rain is too much or it just missed your...
