World Championships with Claire O – Day 1 – Squirt Boating

by Claire OHara | Mar 18, 2018 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, UK, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

  Squirt Boating was a massive day and the perfect start for the competition. For many it was a day off, a day to enjoy the surrounding area and support friends and team mates as they took their turn to compete. For everyone involved the squirt boating class it...

Its Official – The Kalagala Offset will be Flooded – almost entirely!

by Jessie Stone | Feb 22, 2018 | JK Team Posts, Uncategorized, Whitewater

The Inspection Panel of the World Bank visited Uganda over the weekend of February 10th to meet with complainants and other locals and business owners who will be negatively impacted by the flooding of the Kalagala Offset. The week before, the World Bank had agreed to...

Why Argentina Worlds Were the Best Ever!

by Jessie Stone | Dec 17, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

These Freestyle Kayaking World Championships in San Juan, Argentina were particularly special for me. First, after Garburator Worlds, I honestly said to myself that I was not going to Argentina – it seemed far away and impossible to imagine going!! Second, I was not...

Freestyle Worlds Championships…from shore !

by nourianewman | Dec 14, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

I usually spend more time on the river rather than off the river watching other people paddle. Being both a coach and a spectator at the 2017 Freestyle World Championships in San Juan was way more interesting than I thought it would be and it was interesting to see...

Adventures in Argentina 4 of 4

by sethashworth | Dec 13, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Here is the last installment from Team JK paddler Seth Ashworth.  This episode takes us through the finals day with some KILLER interviews and commentary on the action from a wide variety of JK team members.  Don’t forget to check out Seth’s other videos and...

Adventures in Argentina ep 3.

by sethashworth | Dec 6, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

In this video Seth Ashworth keeps us up to date on whats happening in the first days of Freestyle kayak world champs, Some shots of opening ceremonies, a top life hack from Dane and Following team paddler Anna Bruno through her World Champ Squirt kayak...

New Video. Adventures in Argentina. Part 1 of 4.

by sethashworth | Nov 28, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

      Team paddler Seth Ashworth is in Argentina right now competing at Freestyle Kayak World Championships.  He is sharing a four part (or possibly more) video series with us about the San Juan area, traveling, life-styling and everything else...

Underdogs of the 2017 World Freestyle Championships

by Jezz | Nov 22, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Everyone loves an underdog, the story of someone coming from nowhere and becoming the next big thing in the sport, or someone who has worked so hard in the sport but just never quite got their moment in the spotlight, an underdog is always a great story in sporting...

ICF Judges Seminar – Grade A Judge

by Claire OHara | Sep 22, 2017 | Events, Instructional, Internationalisation, Playboating, UK, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

45, 60, 90, 110. Clean , Super Clean, Huge, Aerial, Linked??? My brains is fried and its awesome. After many years in the sport and many many hours spent judging I have finally got myself on an ICF Judges Training seminar in Plattling with Sneaky Pete and Terry Best...

My ICF World Cup Experience

by Brody Kellogg | Aug 6, 2014 | United States, Whitewater

This past month, I had the most amazing experience in my life. For three weeks, My brother Brody and I competed in the ICF World Cup. The crazy thing, is it was held in Europe! We had never been on a plane nor overseas, this was only our second time out of the...

Rockstars at World Cups Eurotrip

by Courtney Kerin | Jul 28, 2014 | Whitewater

The World Cup series for 2014 comprised of three events in Europe, #1 was Millau, France, #2 was Salt, Spain and #3 was Sort, Spain. The first world cup event in Millau was combined with a very famous and longtime running annual event, the Natural Games. It also...

Some sick pictures from the Natural Games!

by Mathieu Dumoulin | Jul 19, 2014 | Whitewater

The Natural Games did not disappoint with Photographers! Here are some photos from Gilles Reboisson: Be sure to like his Facebook page- simply look up Gilles Reboisson Pics!