Kayaking the Zambezi river - Mat Dumoulin

Kayaking the Zambezi river - Mat Dumoulin from Dumoulin mathieu on Vimeo.

Is this how a training session looks like in 2020?

Jonathan Males | Performance1 - “Ok, your drone is linked up, let’s start the session now”.  Hearing his coach’s voice, the slalom paddler takes smooth powerful strokes away from the bank, not paying any attention to the tiny battery-powered drone that buzzes 5 metres above his head.  The drone’s HD camera gives a birds-eye view of him as he paddles, and is streamed live to the coach’s I-Pad 9, along with the video stream from his helmet mounted HD camera.  His coach can switch between the two video streams, watching and recording in high definition as the paddler takes his first run down the Olympic course.  By the time he’s finished the run and paddled back to the elevator, the coach has beamed an edited version back to watch on ...more

A Look Back at 2013

 

This year was a fun year for paddling got on a few new rivers. Got to meet some new friends and paddle with some folks I hadn’t seen in a little while. I had hoped to get out more in the fall but we have had very low levels of water on Vancouver Island. Hoping for more rain/snow as we head into 2014. Look forward to more missions and adventures, some new festivals, new rivers, exploring, and friends. Big thanks to ...more

Josh Neilson WWGP Entry 2014

2014 WWGP Entry - Josh Neilson from Southern Underground Productions on Vimeo.

2013 was a great year of kayaking for me. I often get asked what is my favorite river I have paddled and its such a tough question. We often break it down to best single day and best multi day run and I experienced both of these in one season. The Wainui River in NZ immediately took first spot on the single day runs after an epic day out at optimal flows. A month later in California we got on the seldom run North Fork of the San Joaquin and that topped out the best multi day run for me. The season didn't stop there though. Norway was next and an epic time was had by all! First descents and the biggest slide I have ever run in ...more

Jules Domine's WWGP Entry 2014

Stookesberry’s Top 10- Best Big Water on the planet

 

 Disclaimer – This could be a very contentious subject because that little creek in your back yard could make an epic 3 meter wave with the right 100 year flood conditions.  So let me apply some criteria to help narrow down the nearly ubiquitous potential for big voluminous flow to just a few select rivers, or 10 to be exact.  First I tried to think about rivers that would still be considered big water even at there lower flows. So I am sad to say that pretty much eliminates everything in the Continental US short of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.  But unfortunately both it and and Cataract canyon fail to make my list do to a lack of the truely massive rapids. Thus the order of Ranking itself is really based on big runnable rapids even though many times I may actually portage those rapids.  As many of you are well aware I also don’t mind big heinous portages.  But for the sake of kayaking purity, I have used that as a detractor here instead of an attribute.  As always I appreciate your comments and amendments  to my top 10 lists especially when it is an ...more

Daniel Rondon's WWGP Entry 2014