The Stanford Kayak Club is back with another great whitewater kayaking video. In this vid, they step up to a California classic: South Fork of Silver Creek (a.k.a. South Silver). This is a seriously steep and continuous creek that drops nearly 600 vertical feet in just over a mile. Check it out.
Well you don't see this very often, but you should. Tad Dennis, Jordan Poffenberger, Dane Jackson and Joel McCune take a lap on the Green River narrows, C-1 style. Very cool video and watch for Jordan's soaring boof off Gorilla. Check it.
It's here!!! The XP version of the awesome Liquid Logic Stinger kayak was officially announced at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City. Now you can have all the speed and whitewater prowess of the normal Stinger AND have access to that huge stern for storage while being able to drop a skeg for even better tracking and speed. Can't wait to get one!
YouTube user kayakguesy brings us a nice whitewater kayaking video from the Watauga. The Watauga is a Class IV-V river located in North Carolina with tons of boofs, ferrys, holes, mazes and drops. The level was at 240 cfs for this run.
Nothing like a little carnage to get your Monday going. Vimeo user Chris Kayley brings us some carnage from his recent whitewater kayaking trip to Italy. The rivers included are the Sesia, Egua, Sermenzena, Sermenza and Mastellone.
RaidMediaTV brings us a short video on the new version of the classic Pyranha Burn. This has been a favorite river runner for many kayakers and looks to be even better now. Faster, edge where you want it not where you don't, slightly narrower, a bit longer. Available in the Fall.
Vimeo user Jamie Greenhalgh brings us a pretty cool whitewater kayaking video. This is a mash-up of the bits of footage he collected from two months of alpine and norwegian adventuring. An incredible journey with great company and fantastic paddling. Check it.
A lot of information starting to surface about the new Wave Sport Mobius playboat. RapidMagTV brings us a quick video where they talk to Wave Sport designer Hans Nutz(Nootz) about the new freestyle kayak. Check it out to see Hans explain the design including the new stern release edge.
Wave Sport recently introduced a new freestyle kayak to their lineup called the Mobius. There have been several different videos and photos of the new playboat but not a lot of specs were known. We have compiled the features and specifics for you from a hard to read online image. Check it out.
Andy Woods brings us a cool whitewater kayaking video of he and friends on the West Fork of the Tuckaseegee. Beautiful area and he reports that they had to walk the first 2 rapids due to wood, but the slidey fun kinda made up for it. The gauge said 2.4, but should have been higher.
Join GoPro, Red Bull and Teva team mates Ben Brown and Rafa Ortiz as they explore the pristine whitewater of Hokkaido in Northern Japan. Some pretty epic shots of these two elite kayakers tearing it up on some burly water and some nice stouts. Check it.
So Adventure Technology (AT) has just announced a new line of whitewater paddles. New blade shapes and new "unbreakable" shafts made out of Innegra composite fibers. There is the large bladed Geronimo for power, the versatile Hercules and the Samurai for play. Can't wait to try one out.
Serrasolses Bros Productions (SBP) brings us episode 3 of Kayak the World entitled "Paddling the Pyrenees with Aniol." In this episode, SBP and friends paddle all the classics and more on the Spanish and French Pyrenees during the best, highest, wettest season ever! Watch them drop in and get wet in the Pyrenees!
Have you tried the Jackson Kayak Karma creekboat? It is one sweet whitewater kayak and I personally have one. Vimeo user Nick Williams brings us a cool vid of taking the new Karma down some great whitewater in Italy, Switzerland, Austria and France. Video captured using the Jackson kayak Gopro mount.
Youtube user Hunter Connolly brings us a nice creeky whitewater kayaking video. This vid features Hunter firing up Washington's Ohanapecosh creek in his Jackson Kayak Villain. Beautiful water, great scenery and some nice lines. Check it out.
Brandon Hepburn brings us a great whitewater kayaking video featuring Bren Orton and he training at their local spot, HPP, Nottingham. The upcoming competition at the Nantahala will be the Pyranha Jed's first World Championship and there is a strong Pyranha team heading to it. Good luck guys, you're killing it!
Fred Norquist is one of the top paddlers in the world. You can see him slaying stouts and running the gnar in some awesome videos with some of the best crews including Bomb Flow and Substantial Media House. Now check out his highlight reel that shows some of the amazing whitewater experiences he has had over the last few years.
So surely by now you have at least heard about Liquid Logic testing out a new playboat. I mean we are talking a couple of years now. Well, check out this latest video where Yonton Mehler of Astral put it through its' paces. Yonton will be paddling this boat in the upcoming Freestyle Worlds. Good luck man and looking good!
Paul Butler brings us another great whitewater kayaking video. This one takes a look at what the Ouch! Crew has been up to throughout the spring and the wet summer. Featured in the vid are Linville, Top Yough, Beer and Gear festival at Wilderness Vouyagers, Chattooga and the Nanty Cascades. Enjoy.
Vimeo user Dominik Vogt brings us a nice creeky whitewater kayaking video. Don't know too much about it except that the paddlers are Tobias Dinger, Stephan Gans, Dominik Vogt and the water level was 33cm. Regardless, cool video. Check it out.