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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In light of the U.S. Freestyle Team Trials coming up at the NOC, here is a new instructional video from Pringle and Katya about how to throw a Mc'Nasty in a hole. The Mc'Nasty is one of the highest scoring tricks and one of the most impressive to watch. Check it.

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Pyranha kayaks brings us the Team Pyranha 2013 Promo. This is a very well done 12+ minute highlights video of what Pyranha's tream riders have been up to this year. Watch those Demshitz do everything from play boating tours, stout drops and the grand canyon.

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The Jackson Kayak Instructional Series is back with another installment. In this video, Jackson Team Member Hunter Katich shows you how to throw down an advanced flat water trick, the McNasty. Check it out.

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This year, WeStroke and friends traveled to the 2013 Alabama Mountain Games. This was our first time to the festival so we didn't know quite what to expect. What we found were a lot of awesome people, some great athlete performances and some wild times. Read on to see all the photos and hear more about our adventure.

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Ever wanted to be able to do a Phonics Monkey? Know what that is? Let James "Pringle" Bebbington and Katya show you how to throw this freestyle kayaking move in another installment of their whitewater instructional series. Very cool stuff.

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New teaser video for the upcoming 2013 Freestyle Kayaking World Championships is out! This year, the NOC wave on the Nantahala river has been chosen as the venue. Very exciting stuff and a great honor to be chosen as the site for the best freestyle kayakers in the world to compete.

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Check out this rad video from the Jacksons of their recent trip to Uganda, Africa. Watch as Nick Troutman, Eric and Dane Jackson tear it on the White Nile in their new Jackson Kayak Star series playboats. Huge air and big moves!

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James "Pringle" Bebbington brings us an instructional video on how to loop your kayak in a shallow hole. While it is generally easier to throw a loop in a deeper hole, it takes a whole different set of tactics and form to pull one off when it's shallow. Good stuff.

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Check out this video of Kazuya Matsunaga killing it in his 2013 Jackson Kayak Star at the SKB wave on the Nagara-river. The new Star Series really are amazing boats, allowing a skilled paddler such as Kazuya to throw some sic tricks on even that tiny wave/hole. Great stuff.

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Check out this video of Casper van Kalmthout and Sven Joos kayaking on the wave at Larcay (France) on the Cher river. Looks like a very cold day but what a great spot. Killer looking wave and some sick moves being thrown.

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WeStroke Team Rider Ben Ghertner brings us a review of his relatively brief time with the new Dagger Jitsu playboat. The world has been waiting for a while for a new freestyle kayak from Dagger and they did not disappoint. Read more for the low down on this new playing machine.

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Hunter Katich brings us a video of him rocking out in his new Jackson Kayak Star. Hunter recently switched from a Rock Star Small to the new 2013 Star and he's loving it! He says that it is so good that can he perform most of his tricks without a paddle and he backs that claim up in the vid.

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Since I'm being nostalgic this morning with looking for info about whether Stakeout 2 will ever come out, posting the Ben Marr beer slide video, etc, I decided I'd post the actual Stakeout video. This is definitely one of my favorite kayaking videos ever and was put together in the spring of 2010 by Joel Kowalski and Rush Sturges. Enjoy!

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Check out this awesome video of Jean-Philippe Paiement paddling in Uganda. Really well done. Uganda videos are everywhere right now. Running the Nile and surfing the Nile Special just looks like absolute kayaking paradise.

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