Spring….Battling Rain, Wind and Bass by joey monteleone | Feb 24, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingSpring…Battling Wind, Rain and Bass The 2017 calendar reads March 20th, the March equinox and spring officially begins. Prepare to push off the kayak into the wind, rain and more. Weather or Not – Rare are the days when the weather in the early months of 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...
Kayaking the Nile… more than just the whitewater by Brooke Hess | Feb 23, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines I emerge from the bathroom for my 12th-ish time that day (I have lost track of the exact number on account of having spent the majority of the past four days lingering within 20 yards of the toilet…) to find my friends heading to the boat rack. “Are you...
How To: Flat Water Backloop by David Silk | Feb 22, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Clinics, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesGetting bummed about colder weather? Not looking forward to moving into a pool for the winter? Well here’s something that can keep you trying for a bit at least, even if you think you’ve got every flatwater trick in the book down- the elusive flatwater back loop! The...
Northern California late winter Bassn’ by William Pfingst | Feb 22, 2017 | Fishing2017 started off slow like most January’s but this year it was painfull, with only being able to get several trips under my belt for striped bass and bass, in between the huge amounts of rain northern California has got to start the year off. I was...
Summer Dreams Penobscot River by Adam Swett | Feb 21, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe winter of 2017 has been a good one up here in Maine. It has been mild for the most part which means 30 degrees during the day and there has been some good ocean surf as well. Winters here can be severely cold and snowy but this one has allowed for some good...
Good Intentions by Drew Ross | Feb 20, 2017 | FishingMy intent was only to fish for a few hours one afternoon. There was really no way of knowing the impact that one afternoon would have on me. Two weeks later all I can say is, “I had good intentions.” It was a last-minute decision to go. One of those fishing trips...
Fool Me Once by Johnathan Alijets | Feb 19, 2017 | FishingIt’s rare you ever get to meet a fish twice but that’s exactly what happened this week. We’ll call her Olive, not because of her color but her beady eyes and slender build. We first met Olive on Sunday. It was a warm February day in Austin,...
Coldcodrie by Eli Braud | Feb 18, 2017 | FishingKarl and I loaded up the truck the morning of. Neither of us had been to the marsh yet in 2017, and it was January 28th. Our last trip (another forgotten post) had been about a month prior. We knew the weather wouldn’t be great this time, but we weren’t too concerned...
2016 Season Re-cap by teamjk | Feb 17, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOver the summer, I went to five competitions, The Golden games, CKS PaddleFest, Lyons Outdoor games, The GoPro games and I ended the season with FibArk. The first competition I went to this year was the Golden games. There I had a chance to really get back in my boat...
Mayfly (Gotta Love It!) by Chris Funk | Feb 17, 2017 | Fishing, MayflyI first met the Mayfly at the dealer summit in October of 2016. It was a rough prototype that was robin egg blue and there was a line to get to it to paddle. I was patient and waited till everyone else went to lunch before I jumped in it but it was worth the wait. I...
No Unhappy Babies Allowed by katiejackson | Feb 15, 2017 | WhitewaterThis is a lesson every kayaker should learn. The unhappy baby idea comes from one of Stephen Wright’s legendary speeches at Keeners. I thought every keener had heard it but recently learned it is a rarity. It’s pretty hilarious to look at pictures of unhappy babies,...
