Freestyle Aussie style by Claire OHara | May 23, 2014 | Whitewater Returning to Australia after my NZ adventure I was fuelled by an excitement to get back out and paddle on the Penrith white water course. Having been spoilt by the friendliness, quality, quietness and ease of the Hawea waves it was a good challenge to be back...
European Carbon Rockstars Walkthrough by Mathieu Dumoulin | May 18, 2014 | Whitewater2014 Rock Star made available in carbon in Europe ! Hi all ! We’ve been working on this exciting project all winter. We wanted to complete our awesome range with a carbon version of the Rock Star in Europe as Murky waters makes them for the USA/Americas....
Skookumchuck by Claire OHara | May 14, 2014 | Whitewater In March, Steve O invited me to join him on a trip to Canada to paddle Skook! 3 weeks later i’m sat in his van in BC, Canada waiting for the wave to come in so we can head out for our second session on this incredible tidal wave. Years ago, Pete Astles...
Freestyle World Championships on US National TV by Jezz | May 3, 2014 | Video, Whitewater Last years World Championships was one of the most amazing competitions I have ever seen and thankfully there was a huge team capturing every bit of the action with their high speed cameras and flying video helicopters. The team from Jalbert Productions...
Waveosaurus by Courtney Kerin | Apr 30, 2014 | WhitewaterAfter being given some local beta and finding out about high water levels on the Connecticut River, we discovered a wave was in near the Dinosaur Footprints in Massachusetts. EJ and I quickly loaded into the mini and Jessie Stone followed us on our search. We pulled...
NZ 2014 Freestyle Nationals by Courtney Kerin | Apr 19, 2014 | WhitewaterThe New Zealand national championships happened over the last weekend of march at the hawea whitewater park, situated in the central region of the South Island. It is New Zealand newest freestyle location and without a doubt our best. Last years nationals featured as...
Spring and Big Loops have Sprung! by Clay Wright | Apr 17, 2014 | Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, WhitewaterSpring is in the air and so were our kayaks! Stephen Wright and I headed over to the Pigeon last week on the chance that we would catch a release – and got lucky. The 1600cfs flow proved perfect for getting the hard technical tricks and combos we needed to...
The Playboating Bible by Jezz | Mar 11, 2014 | WhitewaterWhile at the world freestyle championships I grabbed my camera and filmed some of the action and have put together a few of the ICF moves. Hopefully this project will explain, show and demystify the moves for all to understand. Here are a couple with more to follow...
China! by colinkemp | Mar 1, 2014 | Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterWhat can I say other than that China is amazing! I have had the privilege for the past 4 years to work with Bo, our JK distributor in China. During that time Bo and I have discussed getting myself and some other JK team members to go for a visit and to teach some...
Showing you my home rivers in Millau by Mathieu Dumoulin | Feb 27, 2014 | Whitewater Winter is time to settle down for a bit. Time slows down after the season and it’s the ideal period to prepare the next season, set goals, draw a route on the map and figure out what preparation it’ll take to achieve all this. It’s also the time to explore the...
Never underestimate the power of your local playspot! :-) by Boyd Ruppelt | Feb 4, 2014 | WhitewaterWe all have those little local waves and holes that we tend to take for granted. Only a lucky few are fortunate enough to have a world class playspots accessible for after work sessions. Most of us work during the week and have to save the good spots for the weekends,...
Lake Tahoe Surf Session by Jessica Yurtinus | Jan 31, 2014 | WhitewaterIt has been 60 degrees and sunny in Reno the past couple weeks. I even caught myself in shorts and t-shirt having a little picnic in the park. Life has been pretty good in the land of sunshine and unicorns. The only HUGE problem – IT’S JANUARY!!! We should...
