Thompson River PFD by wildwildwes | Jan 25, 2019 | Video, WhitewaterThompson River AW BETA: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1133/ Dennis Gilfillan, Josh Dalton, Matt Dalton and I were blessed with the perfect day to get our Thompson personal first descent with bluebird skies, great medium level and temp over...
Kayaking In A Winter Wonderland by Micah Kneidl | Jan 24, 2019 | WhitewaterCaldwell, Idaho is home to Indian Creek Plaza and perhaps the best Christmas light display in the state. Last year, a few guys local to the area paddled through the Christmas light display and the spectators loved it, so these guys tried to organize a larger event for...
Paddling with My Little Sister by Maddie Kimmel | Jan 23, 2019 | Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterPhoto Credits: Brooke Hess Jackie has been paddling for 4 years now. I am amazed by how quickly she is improves every year. Jackie was always small, and we waited for her to be strong enough to pull her skirt and tall enough to reach the feet bags. She was seven when...
High Tension Season 2018 by teamjk | Jan 21, 2019 | Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHigh tension is one of the best waves in the world, anyone who has surfed it would agree it’s high on the list, perfectly smooth, a great shoulder, easy eddy and walk up, good viewing place, steep, big enough for combos, and so easy to cycle. Those all make it a world...
Kayak for a Cause by teamjk | Jan 19, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap UpsKayak for a Cause was an idea that Nathaniel Milligan, then 12-year-old middle schooler, came up with in hopes to help other kids less fortunate than him who are food insecure. Nathaniel attends a city middle school, Albert Hill Middle School in Richmond, Virginia...
A Year in Review: 2018 by Maddie Kimmel | Jan 17, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap UpsHard to believe it will soon be 2019! This year I competed in more competitions, ran new rivers, and learned some new tricks! This year I learned to blunt, flatwater loop, flatwater cartwheel, and am starting to get my Mcnasty. I have a total of 10 personal first...
How to Progress Your Kayaking by teamjk | Jan 16, 2019 | Antix, Instructional, Whitewater, Whitewater InstructionI think one of the most common questions my friends and I get from other people is how to progress their kayaking. Everyone wants to get better at boating and progress their skills to be able to boat bigger and different rivers. There are at least a hundred different...
Rockstar 4.0 Review. Is it a wave or a hole boat!? Watch the video to find out! by teamjk | Jan 15, 2019 | Playboating, Reviews, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAfter seeing Rockstar 4.0 release I was wondering that it might be a bit too big for smaller features.. Nothing more wrong! Interesting thing was that the volume for Rockstar 2016 was quite bigger being 61.4 gallons! I was wondering if being perfect size for RS16 (55...
Shoshone NYD 2019- The First Day of the New Paddling Season! by Holcombe Family | Jan 14, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterNYD-Shoshone 2019 My wife Kathy keeps telling me this is ridiculous. We are driving away from the winter paddling Mecca of the South Eastern US to the frozen river winter wasteland of Colorado to go kayaking on New Years Day. Now I know exactly what I’ve gotten myself...
My 3 Favorite Competitions by Maddie Kimmel | Jan 13, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Video, Whitewater, Wrap UpsI love competing because it gives me a chance apply my skills I have learned and I get to go paddle with my closest friends and have a good time. I have selected my top 3 favorite competitions from 3 different geographical locations. I enjoyed each competition for...
2018 Year in Review by David Silk | Jan 12, 2019 | WhitewaterThough without a doubt a great year, 2018 definitely saw me struggling more than any other time. Logged 3 dislocations this year, as well as now in the process of recovering from shoulder surgery, which obviously limited my boating, and put a solid stopper in my...
2018 – A Year of Surprises!! by Jessie Stone | Jan 11, 2019 | Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines2018 has been full of surprises. Most have been good and some have been life changing. Though I have known and been waiting for the Nile to be dammed for a long time, it did finally happen in November this year. Despite many people’s effort to stop this effort and to...