How to tie down your kayak on a car

by Jezz | Oct 30, 2018 | Australia, Instructional, Internationalisation, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction

Here is a basic instructional video on how to tie down your kayak on a car. There are two ways in this video that show how to tie down a kayak on a car. I like to use cam straps as you can keep re tighten the straps quite easily. Firstly hold the buckle in one hand...

Fall fishing techniques

by Justin Hausner | Oct 30, 2018 | Coosa FD, Fishing

It is a sad day when you have to utter these words in the North East region of the US… “Seems Top Water Season is over”. UGH! I didn’t even like typing that. As much fun as top water fishing is, the end of it doesn’t have to be the end of your fishing season here in...

Rod Maintenance

by Scott Brands | Oct 29, 2018 | Fishing

Each winter when the lakes ice over, I like to get all my equipment cleaned up and ready to go for next year. Here’s my method of cleaning my fishing rods to make them look and feel like new again. To get started there’s a few things you are going to need: Pledge...

Younguns Freestyle series

by teamjk | Oct 29, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

The 2018 Younguns Freestyle has finished now and it has been amazing. This is a really great series of competitions for youth paddlers (18 and under) where the focus is on having fun more than the results (that doesn’t mean that it isn’t competitive). There is always...

Installing a Fishfinder on the Jackson Liska

by teamjk | Oct 28, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Liska

One thing that will greatly increase your productivity and confidence on the water is a good quality sonar. Fortunately for us, Jackson has teamed up with Raymarine Electronics to offer a transducer scupper specially designed to fit the Dragonfly family of sonars. For...

How to exit your kayak in current

by Clay Wright | Oct 28, 2018 | Instructional, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction

You round the corner and see water spraying up off something unexpected in the next drop… you stroke for shore, try to get out to scout but then .. oops! Your skirt is off, your paddle is on the bank, your bow catches current and suddenly you’ve got to decide...

Grab and Go to the Fishing Hole

by joshtidwell | Oct 27, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

We fishermen love tackle. I am as guilty as the next guy. On a tournament day, I have been known to paddle out with my kayak looking like a shrimp trawler carrying a tackle shop. But for day to day fishing it was simplicity that drew me to kayak fishing. With that in...

Freestyle Kayaking Destination: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

by Courtney Kerin | Oct 27, 2018 | Internationalisation, New Zealand, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

This year I had the privilege of going to Whitehorse, YT to teach freestyle and river running skills to the YCKC (Yukon Canoe Kayak Club). This was my first time here in Yukon Territory and I quickly fell in love with the place. Whitehorse is a beautiful outdoorsy...

Fall Fishing in NY

by Justin Hausner | Oct 26, 2018 | Fishing

Fishing in the fall can be a completely different experience than summer. Especially here in New York state. With water temps dropping quickly there are always a few important key things to remember when going out. One, BE SAFE, this is the most important thing to...

Revisiting an Old Friend

by Hannah Ray | Oct 26, 2018 | Creeking, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Every fall, my good friend, Carl, and I share a birthday only one day apart. His is October 11th and mine is October 12th. So over the past few years, we have declared our shared bday’s as Birthday Boating Weekend! This fall, our birthdays fell on Thursday and...

Gauley Season of the Century! (Season of the Dries)

by Clay Wright | Oct 25, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

30 +years of loving the Upper Gauley and I’ve never seen a season like this! So good – I’ve barely been there? There are very few kayaking days that can compare to a play-date with the Upper, but here’s what I’ve been up to instead: Mill...

Making the most of the end of paddling season!

by Vincent Family | Oct 24, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

The BC paddling season has been an interesting one this year. It started with amazing news that the snowpack was 150% of average, after an amazing winter of lots and lots of snow, which had everyone super stoked for a long and plentiful paddling season. Spring run off...