After Work Doe River Gorge Goods by wildwildwes | May 5, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWeekday after work runs are always a special treat for me. Catching the Doe River Gorge at a good 750 CFS level is an even sweeter treat, because the take-out is only 10 minutes from my house! Me and a group of 5 friends rallied earlier this week for delightful river...
Honeymooning in Style by dianegaydos | May 4, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhere do you honeymoon when both people in the relationship are whitewater kayakers? New Zealand! My husband and I have had New Zealand on our travel bucket list for quite some time, and our honeymoon seemed like the perfect time to take advantage of it A year and a...
Tips and Tricks for Your Karma UL by teamjk | Mar 30, 2017 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Instructional, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHey guys! Over the past couple months, I have been playing around with my Karma Unlimited. I picked up the boat in November with the intent of creeking with it this winter to try and be comfortable racing one by this upcoming fall. Needless to say, it has been a...
Why Bigger ISN’T Always Better by Anna Bruno | Mar 11, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLast year, my small Karma felt too small for me, especially on bigger volume rivers multidays and while racing. Often, it felt like my stern would catch and sub-out, or that my boat was slower than my competitors. Before heading to California last spring, I made the...
Two Weeks of Falling by David Silk | Feb 24, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt started as just yet another trip suggestion from one of my best friends, one of hundreds that Andrew Oxley and I concoct. We were in Washington state at the time, talking about how much fun falling off cliffs in kayaks is. Pretty soon he came up with the idea- we...
How to Pack for a Whitewater Overnight Trip by Ben Stookesberry | Feb 14, 2017 | Creeking, Instructional, River Running, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesBen Stookesberry shows us how to pack your kayak for an overnight kayak...
Paddling at the base of spewing Lava: video by nicktroutman | Feb 6, 2017 | Canada, Internationalisation, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterI’ve had an interest in lava and volcanoes since a young age. Although after experiencing it first-hand, a lava waterfall was truly a natural phenomenon beyond words. It started off as an idea we had talked about amongst friends, and then after a couple phone calls...
Mexican Whitewater – Top Destination for whitewater enthusiasts by heatherherbeck | Jan 31, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesIf you paddle any level of whitewater, you have already heard about the epic rivers in Mexico. In the last 10 years, I have returned ‘south of the border’ for the incredible river adventures, but also for a lot more than that. Here are my top #5 reasons to...
Daddy’s Creek Go Fast Day by teamjk | Jan 30, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesI’m sure Daddy’s Creek Go Fast Day started the same way most Creek races started. A couple of friends paddling fast through a section of river without catching eddies and trying to stay in flow for multiple laps. It’s great that we have people out...
Top Ten Tricks on Ocoee River! by Jeremy Adkins | Jan 29, 2017 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Instructional, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAnother great summer on the Ocoee. With almost 30 years kayaking on the Ocoee here are some of the moves i truly look forward to doing each year. This year I started writing them down and filming them. Here are some for you to work on next summer. The Ocoee will...
Face Melting Clas III on the Cranberry by shanegroves | Jan 28, 2017 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhen West Virgina gets good flows cycling in, it doesn’t get much better. We can hit up a high water play run on the New or catch a classic class V creek. It is hard to venture from the epic, action packed goods, but we have so many easy wilderness runs that get...
4 First Descents in 2016 Part 4: Norte de Santander, Colombia; Rio Margua by Ben Stookesberry | Jan 24, 2017 | Creeking, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesNovember – Return to Colombia: Rio Margua In 3 different missions from 2003 – 2007Â with Shannon Linnane, Jessie Coombs, and Lizzy English; IÂ completed all but two miles of a river that had defined my view of an embattled country still emerging from the...