Jeremy Signorini brings us a high-energy whitewater kayaking video where he and friends take on the Upper Crystal Gorge in Colorado. The Gorge is a classic Colorado Class V+ low volume, manky run. Sit back and enjoy some great boofs, good lines and even some carnage.
Check out this short edit of 16 year old Titan Athlete Liam Fournier rocking his Titan Kayaks Nemesis playboat in Chile. Amazing scenery, some great freewheels being thrown and a killer soundtrack. If anyone can figure out what song it is, please leave a comment.
The River Militia brings us another great kayaking video from across the pond in England. This one is called Backyard Boulevard and features a sweet soundtrack to go with some awesome whitewater action on the River Swale, Swindale Beck and Yorkshire Dee. Check it out.
Congrats to everyone who competed in the U.S. Freestyle Team Trials this weekend in the Nantahala Gorge. After some grueling weather, unpredictable water flows and some fierce competition, the U.S. Freestyle Team members have been selected. Read more to find out the results.
It was an exciting day at the U.S. Freestyle Team Trials in the Nantahala Gorge. The athletes woke up to a river with a flow that was almost double of what they had been practicing on. Despite that, the competitors throw down hard and came away with some impressive scores. Check out the results and who moves onto the semi-finals.
2012 ICF Freestyle World Cup Champion Peter Csonka recently tore a pectoral muscle, which has forced him into taking a little down time. We wish him a speedy recovery but in the meantime, check out a cool training video he did of his wife Nina, who is also an accomplished pro kayaker.
It is the last day of training for the U.S. Team Trials. Things are really heating up and everyone's rides are starting to get really sharp. Competition will be super tight, and it's going to be one amazing showdown. Here's a small compilation of the past few days of training at the NOC.
Haley Mills is both a stand up paddleboard (SUP) athlete and a professional freestyle kayaker as well. She took home the 5th place spot in the 2011 World Championships in Germany. In the two years since the last worlds Haley has been training hard for the 2013 USA Freestyle Kayak Team.
Michael Martin brings us a great whitewater kayaking video. This vid features Michael and friends charging down the Cheoah, Tallulah, and the Reedy River Falls in all of their glory. Great edit featuring some awesome whitewater, good editing and a nice soundtrack.
Got yet another Sperry Top Sider video by the Jacksons. This one features Dane and Eric rocking out at Rock Island in their Jackson playboats. Steve Fisher did the camera work and there is some nice slow-mo shots. Check it out.
Come on down Saturday (the 27th) to Rock Island State Park in TN where World Kayak, TSRA, WeStroke and the Outdoor Experience will be on hand for the Nashville World Kayak Rock Island Open Events 1 & 2. The first event is the Timed Race and the second event will be the Boater Cross Race. Come and enjoy the fun!
Check out Jackson Team Member Dane Jackson's Sperry Top-Sider video he just released. Dane is absolutely killing it on the Ottawa River. Combos and big air being thrown everywhere. Looking forward to seeing Dane compete in the U.S. Team trials this weekend.
Jeffrey Woods, Wesley Bradley and friends go for a low flow run down the Elk. They report that it was still fun but a bit abusive on the boat plastic. Fairly sketch looking portage at around 3:15 in the video too. Check it.
Epic TV brings us something a little different. Pro kayaker Adrian Kiernan has been hanging out with Steve Fisher on the Green River Narrows and they caught up to river boarder Josh Galt who had decided to huck off Gorilla. This is a first, he was stoked, and kayaking season is definitely on...
Joe Leader and his buddy Barny spent six weeks kayaking around Norway. They managed to paddle a whole load of awesome rivers including classic runs around Voss and Sjoa as well as other less well known areas. Check it.
Nomade and Patagonia Study Abroad coach and explorer Lorenzo Andrade Astorga bring us a great new whitewater kayaking video. Watch Lorenzo as he charges hard on the rivers of Chile. Enjoy.
Here is a pretty cool video edit called Gradient Episode 2, tales of the summer sun. It features some whitewater kayaking in the south east of france including rivers such as the Ubaye, Guil River as well as the Verdon gorge. Check it.
Have a new kayaking edit for you. Simply called "High", this whitewater kayaking video features paddling in Kenya, Russia, Pakistan, India and the UK. At a little over 43 minutes, this is a great lunch time vid. Enjoy.
Check out this cool edit where the Demshitz rendezvous in the pristine lands of the Pacific Northwest USA for a week of Stout running. This is a 17 minute video that includes runs on 70' Toketee Falls in southern Oregon, 50' Upper Lewis Falls in southern Washington, 80' Metlako Falls on Eagle Creek in Northern Oregon, and The Little White Salmon River in southern Washington.
So you want even more sick Tallulah Fest edits? Silly question right? Sit back and enjoy a short but great edit from Paul Butler and the Demshitz. Watch them blast down Oceana, rock spin Bridal Veil and much much more! Check it.