Firsts and Lasts by Hilde Schweitzer | Jun 13, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Antix, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesYou cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.” -John Wesley Powell- To say I have spent a good portion of my...
An intro to self support kayaking on the the Wild and Scenic Jarbidge Bruneau by janekoopman | Jun 7, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis spring I padded my first self support kayak trip! I am just a little embarrassed to admit that it took so long, but better late than never. I have only been inspired now to do more. Nestled in the seemingly flat BLM lands of south western Idaho are two incisions...
Perspective – An angler, who happens to be a female. by teamjk | May 16, 2017 | Fishing“Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, ‘I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I am going to snow anyway.’ ” Maya Angelou “Whoa that dude just caught a musky over there in the kayak!! …… wait…. I think that’s a chick…” One of the...
Wild & Free Tour: Outlet Falls by nicktroutman | May 11, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, JK Media, Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHanging out in the Pacific North West, which has been getting slammed with one of the wettest springs in history, finding whitewater is not a problem. Outlet Falls has been on my radar for a while, a gorgeous waterfall that I have wanted to run since I first saw it in...
Video – The Devils River – Worth the Wait by Drew Ross | May 9, 2017 | Fishing, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, VideoAfter 2 years of searching for anyone to float the Devils River with me and getting shut down. I asked an acquaintance from Facebook who was having the same issue. Last week, I met him and two other guys for the first time outside Del Rio, TX. While I...
Helicopter Kayaking by dianegaydos | May 7, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesMy favorite part of my husband and my honeymoon trip to New Zealand was the helicopter kayaking. Well, that and the pie shops! New Zealand is a beautiful country full of dense wilderness. While there are certainly many kayaking runs that are roadside, there are many...
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...
Truck Life Tour Episode 2: Nolichucky River Clean up by sethashworth | Apr 6, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesShortly after arriving in Rock Island Brooke was offered the opportunity for us to go help Dane Jackson do a river clean up on the Nolichucky river. Jackson kayak had a few demo boats that needed driving out there so we said sure, sounds like fun. Friday...
Florida, Family, and Fishing by Robert Brown | Apr 5, 2017 | Family Zone, Fishing, Kilroy, Trip Reports, TripsLiving in North Alabama I look forward to the opportunities when I can get a little salt in my veins, so I took a week off in March to visit my family and do some fishing down in Florida. Once my niece caught wind I was going kayaking, she asked me to take her. I...
#TruckLifeTour Episode 1: Follow the adventures of Team paddlers Seth Ashworth and Brooke Hess by sethashworth | Apr 4, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIf you are a regular follower of my blog you will know that I was recently in Colombia, Ecuador before that. But Whilst I had a great time in both of those locations, my Jackson Kayak team mate Brooke Hess called me up and offered me a spot in her truck to...
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...
Barry Dodd reports on his Big Tuna by JK Fans | Dec 6, 2012 | Big TunaAs a freshwater bass fishing guide for many years, my bass boat has been my office. My office is where I teach people how to discern between productive and nonproductive water. How to tie different knots, how to cast and how to work the baits. I am quitecomfortable...
