Carbon All Star Review! Boo Ya! by JK Team | Apr 22, 2011 | WhitewaterCarbon All Star Review! I got my carbon All Star for a Christmas gift this year and so far it has definitely stepped my boating up to the next level. When I got it, I was super stoked and decided to drive to Rock Island, 17 hours south of Ottawa, to give it a...
Team JK on the cover of the RGJ! by colinkemp | Apr 21, 2011 | Press Releases, WhitewaterA few weeks back, when it was warm, we had a good bit of high water and needless to say after the winter we have had all the boaters in Reno were excited to get out to some great levels in the park. It just so happens that the local paper was shooting photos for a...
Hero on Owyhee River- Photos and Video! by Devon Barker | Apr 21, 2011 | Hero, WhitewaterThe Owyhee River was 6000 cfs when we put on the river and 8000 when we ran Widow Maker. I had my new JK Hero. It was amazing in the big water. This is one of the best desert river trips. Here is a link for the video of our trip....
Watauga River Clean Up! Come Out and Help Us Keep Our Rivers Beautiful! by wildwildwes | Apr 20, 2011 | WhitewaterSupport the 23nd Annual Carter County Streams & River Cleanup & the Great American Cleanup Watauga & Doe River, Buffalo Creek and Laurel Fork and other streams Saturday, April 30 9:00 AM – Noon A picnic and drawing for prizes...
My little brother Hayden loves his Shooting Star and Sidekick by alecvoorhees | Apr 20, 2011 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterCheck out Hayden in his shooting star! Hayden is 11 but this footage is when he was 9 and 10 years old. [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/21331582[/vimeo]
Jesse Coombs Shares Running Abiqua Falls by Jesse Coombs | Apr 19, 2011 | WhitewaterHello Everyone, I recently ran the FIRST successful descent of Abiqua falls near Silverton Oregon. Check out this link on Lucas Gilman’s blog for the full story. http://lucasgilman.com/blog/?p=173 Lucas and I were looking for first descent waterfalls, and...
Happy Seat/Thruster Review by Ruth Gordon | Apr 19, 2011 | WhitewaterHappy Seat/Happy Thruster Combo EJ turns to me in the eddy and with a smile says, ‘Ruth, would you lend your happy seat/thruster combo to my friend here?’ I don’t realize it but he’s asking me because he certainly won’t part with his and he wants to know if I...
Rockstar L Review by Jud Keiser by JK Team | Apr 18, 2011 | Rockstar, WhitewaterRockStar L review. The Rockstar Large is more fun than a barrel of monkeys! The new design has pushed the boat up in performance and comfort. The performance improvements range from rocker to weight and everything in between. Weight was the first thing I noticed; you...
Currents – Episode 12 – Turrialba, Costa Rica by Mike McKay | Apr 17, 2011 | WhitewaterIn the mid 90s Turrialba was a global destination for the best kayakers in the world. After the damming of the Reventazon River this destination lost many of it’s major tourism. Over the past 10 years the Pacuare River has become the major river for whitewater...
NOC Shoot Out Day One Report! by Emily Jackson | Apr 17, 2011 | Events, Rockstar, WhitewaterHey Everyone! Today was the preliminary round for the NOC Shoot Out. It started off hot and sunny but as the day dwindled on the clouds came in and made it a bit cooler. Tons of people came out anyways and the spectator crowd was one of the biggest I have ever seen! I...
NOC Shoot Out: Update from Canada’s Worlds Hopeful: Kalob Grady by JK Team | Apr 17, 2011 | Rockstar, WhitewaterKalob is currently sitting in second place at the NOC Shoot Out and was kind enough to write this quick, radical update for us: Check it Out: This years annual NOC shootout started off with a great atmosphere on Friday night. Despite the rainy weather, all...
Stookesberry and Korbulic revel in final days in Venezuela by christopherkorbulic | Apr 16, 2011 | Creeking, WhitewaterRio Caroni, Bolivar, Venezuela We were sitting around a glowing fire that heated our dinner and lit the amphitheater of jungle around us as we leaned back on boulders or pieces of fallen trees. It was Pedro Oliva, Ben Stookesberry, and me waiting for what we were...
