Eating it in Uganda

by sethashworth | Mar 9, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

So I just got back after spending seven weeks kayaking in Uganda, on the White Nile River. It was Awesome and I wanted to showcase some of my paddling there. Then I thought to myself,”nobody cares about that, they just want to see you crash” So then I made a short...

UNLEASHED Recap

by kalobgrady | Jan 30, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

INTRO: A glorious way to live.  In early January, 29 athletes from 12 diverse countries converged upon the longest river in the world for UNLEASHEDxUganda.  The goal of UNLEASHED has always, and will always be the same: to create a competitive environment...

Contour trolling for bass

by Sean White | Jan 5, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

My local reservoir is full of steep rocky banks that hold LOADS of smallies in the spring and fall. I have had excellent luck using normal bass tactics, but nothing has worked as well as trolling. Trolling isn’t used much for bass, and in many tournaments is not...

Hawg Trough Hack

by Sean White | Jan 2, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, Reviews, United States

The Hawg Trough has become the tool of choice for CPR kayak fishing events. The Hawg Trough has a lot of appeal for a lot of reasons. But it does have one significant flaw for kayak fishing…it sinks. Fortunately fixing this shortcoming is cheap and easy! Simply get...

Pick your days!!

by Sean White | Dec 18, 2017 | Fishing

A successful day on the kayak depends on a long list of variables, and none is more important than weather. Weather and ocean conditions where I live vary dramatically. I northern California, it is not uncommon for wave height to increase from 5 feet to 20 feet in...

Rush Filming

by sagedonnelly | Nov 6, 2017 | Antix, River Running, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

My summer has been crazy, hectic, and non stop. I finished the Colorado tour with the GoPro Mountain games and was on the first flight I could get to Europe. I was in Bratislava, Slovakia for 10 days before flying back to California to meet Rush Sturges to film a...

Spooky and Creepy Sightings White Salmon River

by heatherherbeck | Oct 31, 2017 | Creeking, Internationalisation, rivers, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Nothing brings out the creepiest, scariest, spookiest and most creative costumes EVER, then the Annual White Salmon River Halloween Paddle.    Paddlers came from all over to participate in this year’s festivities.  Costumes ranged from mummy’s, to...

Update on Isimba Dam and the Nile

by Jessie Stone | Jun 8, 2017 | Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

After a busy season in Uganda both on and off the water with many attempts to find out exactly how high Isimba dam would be, we finally have news! An official survey was done at the dam site and the Isimba dam will flood through Vengeance rapid and to the base of...

First D With White Mountain School Kayak Team

by teamjk | May 12, 2017 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

The White Mountain School’s Whitewater Kayak Team recently brought our advanced members out for an exploratory mission on an upper section of the Gale River that we think may be a first D. After hiking up the drainage they were rewarded with scenic creek style...

Antix down the Little White: Wild & Free Tour

by nicktroutman | May 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

We 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...

The Clock is Ticking on the Nile!!!

by Jessie Stone | Mar 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Leaving the Nile and Uganda gets harder every time I come and go these days because I know the clock is now officially ticking on the life span of the free flowing Nile that we know and love. Water levels remain unpredictable at best, but that means good things- tow...

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...