How To Feewheele (regular) by teamjk | Oct 20, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesA freewheele is one of my personal favorite parts about whitewater kayaking. It can be done regular or switch but regular is easier. A freewheele is when you come off a waterfall and as you come off you plant a stroke that turns you so you land backwards. I am going...
Two Weeks of Falling by David Silk | Feb 24, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt started as just yet another trip suggestion from one of my best friends, one of hundreds that Andrew Oxley and I concoct. We were in Washington state at the time, talking about how much fun falling off cliffs in kayaks is. Pretty soon he came up with the idea- we...
Malad Gorge- Making the tough call by alecvoorhees | Apr 28, 2014 | WhitewaterWith spring in full effect and rivers beginning to rise, paddling in Idaho is soon to be some of the best in the country. For the last month I have been checking a certain river gauge, not the North Fork Payette, not the Main Salmon, not the Lochsa, but the Malad...
Paddling Mexico by Gary Edgeworth | Mar 16, 2013 | WhitewaterWhen I first got the call from Rolf Kelly about going to Mexico and paddling the Alseseca. I was fired up, there are a few rapids/rivers I really wanted to see in person. Arriving in Mexico City we picked up our rental car and proceeded to head north west to...
Crossing Borders by Darin McQuoid | Feb 25, 2013 | WhitewaterPaperwork, isn’t that what we are trying to escape while on vacation? Unfortunately it has caught up with us in Argentina, and delayed us for a few days. Thankfully that’s behind us now and we head into Chile. Views are incredible as to head to the border...
Vancouver Island by davecrerar | Dec 29, 2012 | Whitewater BC got absolutely rocked by rain storms in late June and early July this year which meant land slides, floods and too much water to safely kayak anywhere in BC, so we took off to Vancouver Island to check out the so called goods out there. About 100kms and a...
Chasing Tomatoes- Tomata Falls- MX by Galen Volckhausen | Dec 5, 2012 | Creeking, WhitewaterTomata two is one of the stoutest big drops in the world. From pool to pool it is about 90 feet. The entrance rapid is 2 holes into a ferry through a notch. The second of the two holes is quite sticky especially at low water and has flipped plenty of “pro” kayakers....
Tacos, Waterfalls and Tequila: Rafa’s beta for kayaking in Mexico by Rafael Ortiz | Aug 21, 2012 | WhitewaterTacos, Waterfalls and Tequila: Rafa’s beta for kayaking in Mexico Part I, The big picture Mexico is radical. Over the past couple of years I’ve been watching my backyard exponentially grow into one of the top destinations for creek boating. Not just the amount of...
Pacific North West: Kayaking Paradise by Hunt Jennings | Jul 28, 2012 | WhitewaterPacific NorthWest! With the low snow pack that most of California got this year, the water began to get low, so we packed up and headed north in search of more water. We drove up the coast, and eventually made our way to Hood River, Oregon. Hood River is definitely...
Monsoon Madness 2012 by Jezz | Apr 16, 2012 | Creeking, Hero, Video, Whitewater Here it is, the official video from the Monsoon Madness White Water Festival 2012 – Cairns Australian. A big thanks to all of our sponsor – Adventure Equipment, Big Water, Aj Hackett Cairns, Kayak4play, Horizon LInes, Electric Water, Cumec, Allans+Billy Hydes...
Stookesberry and Korbulic do Zimbabwe by christopherkorbulic | Apr 13, 2012 | WhitewaterZimbabwe – eish The yellow ball of the sun is just visible behind the high-rises and granite peaks of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will soon disappear and leave the city in the dark, when it seems to come alive, but my mind is elsewhere. It has not yet left...
Chris Korbulic’s Trailer Segment from Slippery When Wet! Waterfalls and Villains! by JK Team | Mar 27, 2012 | WhitewaterBe sure to check out Chris Korbulic’s Trailer for his segment in the Slippery When Wet film by Shasta Boys [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20182491[/vimeo]