Huck Colorado – Taylor River by Jezz | Aug 29, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterToday we woke to a (mostly) cloudless sky and a beautiful morning sun, a nice change from yesterday evenings’ rainy, wet weather. We packed our boats in the vans and headed to the RMOC outpost. Once we decided on which river we would paddle, the Taylor River, and we...
Paddling – Italian Style – part 2 by Jessie Stone | May 26, 2012 | WhitewaterJuerg and Lars decided to sample the local beers before dinner and celebrate a very fun day of paddling. Once we made it to dinner, Lars (Lars’s family makes wine in Switzerland so he knows a lot about wine) picked out a delicious wine for our dinner – also not very...
Rivers For Change on the South Fork Yuba by Galen Volckhausen | May 19, 2012 | Whitewaterheadwater |ˈhedˌwôtər; -ˌwätər| noun (usu. headwaters) a tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source. Today, Darin and I, paddled the headwaters of the South Fork Yuba River. The Yuba River is a major tributary of the Feather, 1/3 of its flow,...
Ain’t No Can’t; In The Word Canyon- JACKMAN CREEK in the Villain! by Brett Barton | Feb 27, 2012 | Whitewater Throughout the years I’ve had many great runs down a lot of different rivers here in Washington. I’ve fantasized about what some of the more obscure runs would be like as I’ve scanned the hundreds of pages of whitewater lore in the WA river...
Kafue River Expedition: Northern Zambia by christopherkorbulic | Jan 19, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, Team JK, WhitewaterThe man in back wants to see you; at border posts, visa offices, consulates, these are never words you want to hear, especially when at first it seems that you’ll walk away from the receptionist with visas in hand, grinning, and the sun shining on your face. It...
Hunter takes on Wolf Creek by Kat and David Levitt | Jan 7, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterAfter three successful runs on Johnnie’s Creek in Alabama, some of my friends and I decided we weren’t done for the day just yet. Zack a good friend of mine had mentioned earlier in the day about a little river called Wolf Creek about ten minutes away from Johnnie’s...
EF Lewis and the Robe Race by Brett Barton | May 4, 2011 | WhitewaterThe East Fork of the Lewis is a lovely bit of whitewater that PDX’ers hit up after work in the spring. And after the big logjam on Canyon Creek, the Northwest Creekin’ Comp got moved over to the EF. As we all know, rivers have the tendency to create...
EF Lewis and the Robe Race by Brett Barton | May 2, 2011 | UncategorizedThe East Fork of the Lewis is a lovely bit of whitewater that PDX’ers hit up after work in the spring. And after the big logjam on Canyon Creek, the Northwest Creekin’ Comp got moved over to the EF. As we all know, rivers have the tendency to create...
Villain review, sweet lines in Australia by Jezz | Apr 29, 2011 | Creeking, Hero, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterHey guys, Victorian paddler Shane Pennicuik here. I have been boating for just over 2 years now, mainly interested in creeking but love to get out in the play boat from time to time also. Hey guys, Victorian paddler Shane Pennicuik here. I have been boating for just...
New found wonders by Jezz | Apr 5, 2011 | Hero, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterSo with all the rivers still flowing around northern Queensland, and the monsoon madness white water festival just passed leaving us eager for more white water, a few of us decided to head south in search of some new rivers. Off we drove with the boats on the roof,...
Freestyling Cairns style by Jezz | Feb 27, 2011 | Hero, Playboating, rivers, Rockstar, Uncategorized, Whitewaterby BONDY We have been super luck to recieve torrential rain up in Cairns over the past few weeks, and with the Monsoon Madness white water festival and Australian National Freestyle Titles only days away the rivers are pumping. Here is abit of playboating footage of...
Broadwater Creek 2010 by Jezz | Feb 21, 2011 | Creeking, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, rivers, WhitewaterEnjoy this article i wrote for Australian Geographic “OUTDOOR” magazine last year. BONDY Photos Josh BOND, Dana HEPTINSALL Saturday March 6th, 2010 3 am The day begins with my alarm ringing. Enjoy this article i wrote for Australian Geographic...
