JK Zen on Owyhee & Little Salmon Rivers by Devon Barker | May 7, 2012 | Whitewater, ZenSpring in the Idaho desert has been fantastic. I have paddle on the Owyhee and the Bruneau. Check out http://vimeo.com/user4939614/videos for video footage of the Zen as a self-support kayak on my Lower Owyhee trip. I was able to fit everything I needed to overnight...
Tallulah Festival 2012, with first video edit in 5 years, Enjoy! by JK Team | May 6, 2012 | WhitewaterTallulah Festival 2012 is a great festival in Georgia to celebrate the growth of the Tallulah River while raising money for American Whitewater. Without American Whitewater there would be no recreational releases on the great river. This video is of the Alabama crew...
Early Morning on Lookout Creek by Samantha Christen | May 6, 2012 | JourneyI generally equate introducing favorite boating haunts to folks looking for new experiences to the process of setting friends up on blind dates. Talk about what could be a wild “Journey!” Things will either work or they won’t; though hopefully, at the very least, we...
The Cuda goes deep into the Evergaldes by JK Team | May 6, 2012 | Cuda, Saltwater FishingI sought out to do some fishing in these tough weather condition down here in Miami. With the new Cuda rigged and ready to go I decided to put the kayak through the riggers deep in the back-country of the Everglades. Snook were the target species with a few nice...
Finding Peace in the Journey… by Samantha Christen | May 4, 2012 | Journey, Recreational/TouringDealing with health issues is hard. Dealing with health issues when you are a talented athlete at the top of her game is just downright irritating and frustrating. Been there; bought the ticket; took the ride; got thrown off of that ride. To heck with the horse; I...
Spring G2G and HOW Event by Team Palovik | May 4, 2012 | Coosa, Fishing, Freshwater FishingThis year the local north Texas Kayakers, had the annual Spring G2G (Get Together) at Lake Grapevine. This event is for everyone to get together & meet new kayakers in the area and get a chance to test paddle new kayaks from the local dealers. But one of the main...
Abby Holcombe- 7 yrs Old Shares why She loves Kayaking and her Fun 1- Reddy! by JK Team | May 2, 2012 | Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterFavorite Kayak and Why- My red Jackson-Fun 1 named “Reddy”, It is a kids size but just as good as my Dad’s Rockstar Favorite River and Why- Upper Deckers on the South Platte because it has easy parts and challenging parts with a perfect surf wave for Reddy and a great...
Fun Runner, Tahoe storm surfing by colinkemp | May 1, 2012 | Whitewater If you have ever been to Tahoe you know that we get some serious wind with our winter storms. Recently we had a storm that had sustained 45-50MPH wind at lake level. When that happens you get some great surf opportunities on Tahoe. Yeah I know what you are...
Galen Volckhausen Makes the News- Story and Link Attached- 80 ft Fall! by Galen Volckhausen | Apr 29, 2012 | WhitewaterWhen I heard that Galen Volckhausen was paddling kayaks over 80-foot waterfalls, it brought back a decade-old memory, and it made me smile. Galen was a classmate of my daughter at the Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School, and one day I navigated my Subaru through an...
DUO Runs the Green by Emily Jackson | Apr 28, 2012 | Dynamic Duo, Whitewater[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/40984477[/vimeo] Jordan Sherman and I run my Jackson Dynamic Duo tandem kayak down the Green River Narrows in North Carolina @~8.5″ Cleaning all of the Big Three (Go Left and Die, Gorilla, and Sunshine Left) for a Duo Triple Crown. Huge...
Kern River Festival and Gold Medal Camp. by sagedonnelly | Apr 26, 2012 | Fun, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBrush Creek, Kern River Festival. Photo by Hope Rinehimer It has been an awesome 2 weeks in Kernville, California, with sunny weather and rising water. I attended the Gold Medal Camp (http://goldmedalconnections.com) for a second year in a row to refresh my paddling...
NOC Shootout 2012 – My first Pro Rodeo by Courtney Kerin | Apr 26, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterMy (Courtney Kerin) first Rodeo event as a pro woman, the NOC shootout 2012. It’s a big step up from being a Junior but definitely gives me more drive to push myself harder. We arrived on Monday to work on rebuilding the feature in the freezing cold waters of the...
