After Work Doe River Gorge Goods by wildwildwes | May 5, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWeekday after work runs are always a special treat for me. Catching the Doe River Gorge at a good 750 CFS level is an even sweeter treat, because the take-out is only 10 minutes from my house! Me and a group of 5 friends rallied earlier this week for delightful river...
Sight Casting an 8 pound Largemouth Bass by Johnathan Alijets | May 5, 2017 | Fishing, VideoSpring fishing in Central Texas at it’s finest. I spent that morning cruising the banks, looking for bedded fish when I spotted a portly female largemouth bass near what looked like a spawning nest. I had a texas-rigged baby brush hog ready to go and proceeded...
Antix down the Little White: Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | May 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe finally made it to the snow filled west coast for some amazing paddling in White Salmon, WA. Rafa Ortiz​ and myself took our new Antix’s down the L’Dub for some fun times, a ton of squirts, splats and touch of shenanigans out on the river. Keep the good...
Freestyle Kayak Nationals on the Chattahoochee! by teamjk | Apr 28, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOver Spring Break, my family and I headed down to the Chattahoochee in Columbus, Georgia for the National Freestyle Kayaking Championships held on an amazing wave known as Good Wave. Starting from Washington, D.C., the drive took us a total of about eleven hours,...
Combining Two Passions by crystalgustin | Apr 17, 2017 | Clinics, Instructional, Video, Whitewater“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs If you know me, you would know that when I speak about coaching girls basketball, or about being on the river, my love is hard to disguise. Being able to combine these two is something truly...
High Water North Fork Payette- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 15, 2017 | Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterOur first stop on our Wild & Free tour was Boise, ID. We had originally planned to just spend the night and keep moving west until we realized how epic the whitewater was. The next day I found myself driving up to the North Fork Payette with Alec Voorhees​, and...
Little Shedder Holden: First Day Back Out Onto The River by teamjk | Apr 10, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines April 22 is the first day this year that I have had the privilege to get back out onto the river. I would have much rather been on the river this winter but I injured my ACL playing lacrosse. So I was not mobile for a few weeks.I was more eager than ever to get...
NoliFest Was Gnarly! by wildwildwes | Apr 9, 2017 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Video, WhitewaterThe third annual 2017 NoliFest was so much fun on and off the river! We were blessed with rain in the week leading up to the event and had some high river levels to enjoy the might Nolichucky River. River trips were enjoyed by many paddling groups both in the gorge...
The Open Road- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 7, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe are back at it again, as we pack up 6 kayaks, 2 dogs, 2 kids, and hit the open road for the next 10 months on our ‘Wild & Free Tour’. Follow along and share the adventures, as we bring you all with us for some trip reports, events coverage, tips...
Win some. Lose some. Grass carp on the fly (video) by Drew Ross | Apr 6, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, VideoI love to travel and often make 6-8 hour drives to fish cool locations for 1 or 2 days. Trout, redfish, and smallmouth bass all rank high on my list of targets to chase on the fly but they also require a camping trip. However, there can be some great, under targeted,...
How to eddy turn and peel out – A beginners guide by Jezz | Apr 5, 2017 | Australia, Beginner Moves, Creeking, Instructional, Internationalisation, JK University, Playboating, River Running, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesFor those starting out in paddling, turning into an eddy or peeling out of an eddy are often a big challenge which leads to many flips and rolls. There are three important steps that I like to discuss when learning how to get your eddy turns and peel outs. 1...
