Demo Days in Corpus Christi!! by teamjk | May 7, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, FishingSpring time in Corpus Christi means Roy’s Bait & Tackle will host their annual on the water kayak demo. Roy’s has one of the largest kayak show rooms on the Texas coast, and stocks all models of Jackson boats. Bringing over 50 kayaks for everyone from...
Grand Canyon: Kayak Self Support Adventure by nicktroutman | May 7, 2018 | Canada, Exploration Feature, Internationalisation, karma traverse, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis January Emily and myself were invited on a last minute winter Grand Canyon trip with the Holcomb family. It was a tough decision, but we chose to make it happen. We quickly dropped everything and tried our hardest to make this dream turn into fruition. Once...
Cuyahoga Falls Race ’18 Overview by teamjk | May 6, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap UpsThe 3rd annual Cuyahoga Falls Kayak Race took place on Saturday April 28th but the excitement was all weekend long! Thanks to the hard work and dedication from the local paddling community and of course the main race coordinator, Don Howdyshell we had more sponsors...
The Perfect Day by joey monteleone | May 6, 2018 | Big Rig, Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesOnce you get a dose of fishing fever for some it can become an all-consuming passion. For the casual caster sometimes they are limited by time, financial resources, work restraints or family responsibilities. Often I hear people describe the prefect situation that...
Ski and Surf in Surprising Switzerland by Jessie Stone | May 5, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterAs I spend more time in Switzerland, I discover more and more surprising things about the country and its people. One thing I have discovered is that many people have donkeys as pets. Another thing I have learned from master cheese makers is that hard cheese has much...
Why should I care?…funny you should ask by Herschel Finch | May 5, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, rivers, United StatesNot sure if you’ve noticed but I’m kind of a clean water and tree-hug’n/Dirt-worshiper type. And as such, I’ve been kind of busy since last fall and right thru to now. Which kind helps explain my absence from the boards here lately. I was tapped by folks at the...
The Middle Fork… of the Payette? by Micah Kneidl | May 4, 2018 | Creeking, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesEverybody has heard of the Payette River, and many of you are probably familiar with various sections of the Payette, but not so many people are familiar specifically with the Middle Fork of the Payette River. To get to the Middle Fork, drive towards beautiful Garden...
How to build a kayak bait tank by Jim Sammons | May 4, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Internationalisation, Kraken, United States, VideoHow to build a bait tank for your Kraken or any other kayak with Nocqua...
CKFC Boyd Lake Bass Tournament Recap by Scott Brands | May 3, 2018 | Coosa FD, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, TournamentsThe Colorado Kayak Fishing Club (CKFC) started the club tournament season with a Bass only event at Boyd Lake in Loveland, CO. This was the same location as the first tournament which I won in 2017, but this year the conditions were much different. In 2017, Boyd Lake...
Event Recap: Beaters’ Boating Banger by katiejackson | May 3, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, rivers, WhitewaterI’ve heard rumors of times long, long ago when there were competitions between the southeastern collegiate kayaking clubs… Times when college clubs would travel around on a “tour” between schools’ home runs for races and freestyle competitions. Today, the southeastern...
The little things. by teamjk | May 2, 2018 | FishingThe weather in Texas can be very unpredictable this time of year. March and April are usually our windy months. Calm days on the water are few and far between. Most of the time when the wind dies down and the water looks like glass I’m at work. However, I recently had...
Cold and Frustrated: Stories from Stakeout. Episode 1: The Eyebrow Bet by sethashworth | May 1, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Media, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo this week, and for the next month David Silk and I are coming out with a weekly Video blog following our adventures through Stakeout. We want to show more than just the epic kayaking of this time of year but also the off river shenanigans, travel around Canada...
