Returning to the Bow River,Alberta by Stephen Laurie | Aug 24, 2012 | Coosa, Fishing, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, riversReturning to the Bow River A Video showing some highlights and clips from my return to the Bow River after an unusually long spring run-off. I spent a few hours prospecting from Mckinnon Flats to the Carsland Weir with some great results. The trout were hungry and it...
2012 World Cup for Freestyle Kayaking begins in 5 days- 6 Continents Represented! by ericjackson | Aug 20, 2012 | WhitewaterClose to 20 countries will be competing in the 2012 World Cup, this year held in the Southeast USA. It might be another 20 years before we see another World Cup here in my backyard, hard to say! It has been 20 years since there was a World Championships in the...
Life and Sturgis all wrapped together… into Life- an essay and Kick off to an epic week! by ericjackson | Aug 2, 2012 | WhitewaterIt is important to me to live well for myself, so I can give myself away to others. One of the most important things anyone every told me, that I hold to be true, is “You can’t give anyone anything you don’t have yourself.” This is true for material and...
Fishing for Memories Fishing Rodeo by Tray Collins | Jul 8, 2012 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, Saltwater Fishing, Tournaments, United StatesEarlier in the year Drew Gregory and I had a conversation about Google alerts and how he uses them to inform him of specific things that he’s interested in. Last month I remembered that conversation and decided to set up a few alerts of my own. I’ve been trying to...
Biggest Loops on Earth? Kelly’s Nationals today! by Clay Wright | Jul 7, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, WhitewaterIn the middle of an Idaho meadow lies possibly the biggest loop spot on Earth. The Kelly’s Whitewater Center features several man-made rapids but the top one is the biggest and baddest and is where we are having the US Freestyle National Championships today....
Big Timber with the Zens, Villain, and Family…. by ericjackson | Jun 24, 2012 | JK Team Posts, Trips, Whitewater, ZenMontana- “I would have liked to have seen Montana” Last Words of First Mate on the Submarine “Red October” On the Canadian border, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, lies a state of wonder that doesn’t get a lot of attention in media and you just don’t hear...
Why I love to paddle JK… by Devon Barker | Jun 13, 2012 | WhitewaterThere is a long story to follow each of the reasons I love to paddle JKs. I know I cannot list them all but I will try to hit a few! EJ taught me to do enders in the ocean in Costa Rica in 1997. I knew I could learn a lot from him. I began my freestyle career at 40-...
Green River, WY Buena Vista, Co and the Teva Mountain Games by sagedonnelly | Jun 5, 2012 | Fun, Kid's Kayaks, Shooting Star, Team JK, the athlete, ZenMy year started off with a bang! I did a personal first decent on the West Branch of the Feather River (class 5 -) followed shortly by my 2nd descent of Deer Creek (class 4+ kayak self support overnighter) in California before I started the freestyle kayak tour. My...
Jamaica Bay Classic Fishing Tournament May 17th – 22nd 2012 by Matthew Trucks | May 29, 2012 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, JK Team Posts, Wrap UpsAs one of the largest kayak based tournaments in the North Eastern area of the United States anglers look forward to this tournament every year. The tournament headquarters is located at Floyd Benett Field in Brooklyn New York an old world war 2 era airport. This...
Australian Boatercross Championships by Jezz | May 29, 2012 | Hero, Uncategorized, Video, Video, Whitewater After heading up to the far north of Australia I participated in the Australian Boatercross Championships. With a stack of slalom competitors making the trip up North and a couple using it as training for the Olympics I was quite happy with my top ten...
Kern River Festival and Gold Medal Camp. by sagedonnelly | Apr 26, 2012 | Fun, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBrush Creek, Kern River Festival. Photo by Hope Rinehimer It has been an awesome 2 weeks in Kernville, California, with sunny weather and rising water. I attended the Gold Medal Camp (http://goldmedalconnections.com) for a second year in a row to refresh my paddling...
NOC- 2013 World Freestyle Championships, Warm-up Event #1… by ericjackson | Apr 23, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterThe competition is over… I didn’t get to take any photos myself, but Dane and Nick did (but not of Mens’ kayak as you can imagine… they were competing!) Look for photos in an article by them soon…. I still can’t express just how fired...
