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Toxaway River in North Carolina

Written by Kevin

Thursday October 11, 2012

Tags: creeking kayak whitewater

Dagger's Gareth Tate and an awesome crew hit one of the East Coasts best class v+ rivers, Toxaway River in Western North Carolina. Check out the awesome slides on this river. It's a beast!

16 Year Old Nick Dancer Kayaking 2012

Written by Kevin

Thursday October 11, 2012

Tags: kayak whitewater

Check out 16 year old Nick Dancer's 2012 kayaking highlights video. This young man is charging hard in Oregon, Washington and China. Some of the footage includes Sahalie Falls, Celestial Falls, Little White Salmon, Green Truss, and the Cispus River.

Bliss Stick's Nate Dogg Firing Up Callaghan Creek

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 10, 2012

Tags: creeking kayak whitewater

Check out this POV video of Bliss Stick's Nate Dogg firing Up Callaghan Creek, just outside of Whistler, BC.

Alive by James Bebbington

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 10, 2012

Tags: Freestyle kayak playboat whitewater

Checkout James "Pringle" Bebbington's edit from his trip to Uganda trip last Winter. Great edit, beautiful imagery and amazing looking surfing. Doesn't get much better.

Crushing Dreams

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 10, 2012

Tags: kayak whitewater

So have you ever heard of a kayaking race called 8 ball? It's fantastic and kinda like American Gladiators meets whitewater kayaking. Check out this footage from the Teva Mountain Games.

Tubing the Upper Gauley Like a BOSS

Written by Kevin

Tuesday October 9, 2012

Tags: whitewater

I don't know how I forgot about this but I did. I recently saw this video posted up of Chris Baer, of www.whereisbaer.com, tubing the Upper Gauley River. Yeah, that's right, tubing a Class IV-V whitewater river. Watch and be amazed and possibly a little humbled!

Nouria Newman 2012 Whitewater Grand Prix Entry

Written by Kevin

Tuesday October 9, 2012

Tags: kayak whitewater Whitewater Grand Prix

Checkout Wave Sport's Nouria Newman with her 2012 Whitewater Grand Prix Entry. This young lady is charging hard with a number of accolades under her belt including Junior Freestyle World Champion, French National Team Paddler and now expedition Kayaker.

Adidas Sickline Final Results and Video

Written by Kevin

Monday October 8, 2012

Tags: Adidas Sickline kayak whitewater

Check out the final results of the 2012 Adidas Sickline and watch this awesome video of the whole event! Congrats to Sam Sutton for winning yet again in his Bliss Stick Tuna!

Northeast Fall Kayaking 2012

Written by Kevin

Monday October 8, 2012

Tags: Astral Buoyancy creeking kayak whitewater

Astral ambassador Chris Morelli checks in with a cool creeking vid to get everyone fired up for Moosefest. Video includes shots from the Beaver River Moshier spillway, Raquette river, Rouge River, and a quick King of NY carnage shot.

10 Year Old Kayaker Isaac Hull

Written by Kevin

Monday October 8, 2012

Tags: Freestyle kayak playboat whitewater

Watch 10 year old kayaker Isaac Hull tear it up on a low-water James River day. This kid is amazing, pulling off moves like stern squirts, rock splats and even loops!

Cascades and Upper Nantahala 2012 GAF Carnage

Written by Kevin

Friday October 5, 2012

Tags: Canoe Carnage Festival kayak whitewater

Watch some carnage on the Cascades and Upper Nantahala which took place during the 2012 Guest Appreciation Festival (GAF) on the Nantahala River. Good times...

Fun Runnin' on the Lower Gauley

Written by Kevin

Friday October 5, 2012

Tags: Jackson kayak whitewater

Colin Kemp shows us how to get down on the Lower Gauley in a Jackson Kayak Fun Runner. Lots of surfing, spins, splats, stern stalls, etc going on. The Fun Runner looks like a great time.

Adidas Sickline Qualifying Results

Written by Kevin

Friday October 5, 2012

Tags: Adidas Sickline kayak whitewater

Check out the Adidas Sickline Qualifying Results. The top 45 athletes go on to compete in the big race tomorrow. Congrats to all who made it and good luck!

Austria callin

Written by Kevin

Thursday October 4, 2012

Tags: kayak whitewater

Check out a video of Mo Ritz and Christian Rätzke charging hard in Austria. Apparently they are ex-slalom boaters and these guys are firing it up.

The Ottawa River Valley is All Time

Written by Kevin

Thursday October 4, 2012

Tags: kayak Liquid Logic playboat whitewater

Matador Ambassador Shon Bollock and whitewater champion Isaac Levinson travel from Quebec through the Ottawa River Valley, whitewater kayaking and filming their adventures along the way.

Designing and Testing the Dagger Jitsu

Written by Kevin

Thursday October 4, 2012

Tags: Dagger Dagger Jitsu Freestyle kayak playboat whitewater

Good informative video about the designing and testing of Dagger Kayak's new freestyle boat, the Jitsu. We've been posting info about it for a while now and we are really excited to try one out.

2012 Adidas Sickline Course in Slow Motion

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 3, 2012

Tags: creeking kayak whitewater

Check out this awesome video showing the 2012 Adidas Sickline course in slow motion. The course will be on Wellerbrucke section of Otztaler Ache. This is gonna be a sick competition, can't wait!

Shane Benedict on Overflow

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 3, 2012

Tags: creeking kayak whitewater

Shane Benedict checks in with a cool whitewater kayaking video from Overflow. He's been super busy moving the LiquidLogic factory from Greensboro to Fletcher NC and had nearly forgotten what awesome run it is. Check it out.

Adventure Technology: The All-Purpose Paddle

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 3, 2012

Tags: Adventure Technologies Gear kayak whitewater

Watch this funny and awesome video about all the cool things you can do with an Adventure Technology whitewater kayak paddle. Starts off funny and when you least expect it, BAM, music kicks in and it's on! Check it.

Third time is a charm in BC!

Written by Kevin

Wednesday October 3, 2012

Tags: creeking kayak whitewater

Read this great article by Erik Johnson about his time spent in British Columbia. Erik traveled more than 4000 miles with Evan Garcia and Ryan "baby bird" Lucas in a epic whitewater adventure.

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