Good Friday Floating by Matthew Lofton | Apr 26, 2011 | Coosa, Fishing, Fly FishingEaster is one of my favorite holidays. It’s an incredible time to mix together reflection from the past and vision for the future. A holiday that leaves you in awe. My wife and I chose Birmingham, Alabama as our Easter destination this year, allowing a chance...
2011 Super Hero Review (vs Hero) by Clay Wright | Apr 25, 2011 | Whitewater Take a 2011 Hero and ‘Super-size-it’ and you get a boat just as lively, quick, stable, and nimble ast he2011 Hero – only bigger! But what about when a 170 lb guy compares one to the other? Â That’s the idea here – to compare how...
I LOVE my 2011 Hero by JK Team | Apr 23, 2011 | HeroI could be a grandmother if my adult kids would cooperate, yet I learned to kayak just a little over a year ago. My 2011 Hero is so stable, I feel like I would have to really try to make it tip me over. It is very forgiving and since I don’t always know what...
Worlds Log #2, Grand Prix/ Reno Debate/ Results So Far and Moves in the Flatwater! by Emily Jackson | Apr 22, 2011 | UncategorizedWorlds Training Log #2 So far this year I have competed in three Rodeos: Alabama Mountain Games T’Ville Triple Crown NOC Shootout I have so far won all three, and moving on to my next event in a couple weeks. Everyday has been a blast and so far the only days I...
2nd Spanish Cup Trials by JK Team | Apr 22, 2011 | UncategorizedLast weekend we had our second event of the Spanish Freestyle Cup. It was held in Sort, a great village in the middle of the Pyrenees, site for the 2001 Freestyle Worlds. Due the great weather we had a good wave/hole spot and every river and creek in the Pyrenees is...
Rockstar L in Boise by alecvoorhees | Apr 21, 2011 | RockstarWhile I am waiting for my new Rockstar L, I have been using the demo from Alpenglo Mountainsports in Boise, Idaho. I have paddled it 3 times since it came out. Once at Climax Wave on the Payette River and twice at Barber Park wave on The Boise River. At Climax I was...
Cold Canada by Zack Boles | Apr 17, 2011 | UncategorizedAfter 19 years of paddling very hard including 5 years of slalom training and competing, 10 summers of instructing-guiding-video boating, 13 countries visited, one fractured vertebrae scare including a neck brace for 2 months, too many pulled muscles and sore backs to...
Jessica Shares her Road to the World Championships, One Place at a Time! by JK Team | Apr 14, 2011 | UncategorizedFinally made it down to Nantahala Outdoors Centre. This is my favorite time of the quarter. My name is Jessica Droujko and I am on the Canadian National team. I’ve enrolled into New River Academy kayak school this semester to train for the World Championships....
Addiction! – Jeff Berner by JK Team | Apr 14, 2011 | UncategorizedMy story??? Hmm… OK. I have naively blundered through trying all sorts of kayaks. I cluelessly bought a kevlar squirt boat off of Ebay to start things off. Why? Pure ignorance! I never even saw a kayak before that but thought it might be fun. For a paddle I duct...
Reno in the Rockstar by Brazil’s Own David Stefan by David Stefan | Apr 13, 2011 | Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, WhitewaterMy first time in my brand new Rock Star: Boat is awesome!! Super fast , took me a bit to get use to but once I did it was awesome. I was in Reno with my friend Bill for a day of kayaking when I saw few locals coming, I was impressed with local guy Scott. He was very...
Cross Training… by Lauren Burress | Apr 10, 2011 | UncategorizedThis winter has been crazy for me, starting public high school and enduring all the responsibilities that come with it. Although my family and I are residing in Stanley, North Dakota I’ve still been cross training for Worlds. Track is the seasonal sport right...
Villains, Heros, Rockstars and Good water in Missoula, Montana by Kevin Brown | Apr 8, 2011 | WhitewaterMissoula’s whitewater season is starting to go off! Strongwater Paddle Sports Missoula’s whitewater source has the new Villains, Rockstars and Hero’s to demo. Brennan’s wave Downtown Missoula is at a crazy good level, the Alberton Gorge and the...
