KAYAKING & RAFTING

[embedded content] Published on December 27th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Dane Jackson, Bren Orton and Hayden Voorhees down a low, but always fun, lap of the classic Upper Jalacingo. The video takes us through a more detailed run, with portages and trees, than just highlighting the rapids we’ve already seen and know. Tags:

[embedded content] Published on December 26th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Irish paddler Rob Kierans throughout 2022!: « Had a great year chasing whitewater at home and abroad. From Jungle rivers in Ecuador to a cold summer in Norway along with some classic Irish runs this year was a special one ! » Category: Pro Locations:

It wasn’t a hard hit. The rod just suddenly loaded and something heavy slid to the left with the brazen confidence of a really big fish. But my adversary didn’t dive or jump or shake and I soon realized I had hooked a thick, waterlogged branch. River birch. I posed with it for a quick

Forget wilderness. It doesn’t exist, and it never did. That phrase popped into my head while on the phone with Tyson Atleo, hereditary chief-in-line of the Ahousaht Nation, talking about the Ahousaht Stewardship Guardian Program in what most sea kayakers call Clayoquot Sound, but has been called Ahousaht Hahoulthee for millennia. It’s one of the

Awards Published on décembre 26th, 2022 | by Kayak Session For the fifth time, Kayak Session Magazine organises the Paddlers Awards. 2022 was another amazing year for paddlers worldwide, these awards are here to do justice to everyone out there ripping it up and sharing with us all year around their incredible performances. The judging

There are a million kayak fishing modifications floating around. But it would take an equal amount of hours of first-hand experience, not to mention boats, to sort the ingenious from awful ideas. Luckily for us, Daren Wendell of the YouTube channel Wendell Fishing has tried his fair number, and is more than willing to share

Contest Published on décembre 23rd, 2022 | by Kayak Session Here is the TOP 10 Finalists – The Final Cut – of the 1st round 2022 Short Film of the Year Awards presented by Sweet Protection. $5000.00 Cash prize!1st place wins $2500 – 2nd Place wins $1500 – 3rd Place wins $1000 50% of this 1st

[embedded content] Published on December 22nd, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Mitch Lamb paddling around the globe in 2022!: « I was stoked to be able to travel abroad and get some more strokes on the water this year! This is the first year I’ve been able to travel with my kayaking and I am

In 1944, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation brought canoeing to the masses with the invention of the lightweight, low-maintenance aluminum canoe. Many paddlers today have a Grumman to thank for their earliest paddling memories (good or bad). Surprisingly, the aluminum kayak never took off in the same capacity as canoes. However, the lack of a market

A curved piece of wire with a point on one end and an eye on the other, fish hooks seem simple. But there’s more to this sharp metal shank than bends and barbs. From prehistoric man to Kareem Abdul Jabbar, hooks have been making history for more than 40,000 years. Read on to get hooked on

[embedded content] Published on December 21st, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow US paddler Levente Gal throughout 2022! « Pretty solid year, made Team USA but unfortunately couldn’t compete at Worlds due to another shoulder dislocation. A second, more invasive surgery ended my season early. » Category: Amateur Locations: USA, UK >>> ENTER THE NRS REEL WORLD

The Florida Keys are always a destination for any angler to daydream about, and Rich Janitschek just upped what we would consider the ultimate day of kayak fishing in the keys. The host of FishAholic Fishing set out to fish the entire length of the Seven Mile Bridge, connecting Little Duck Key and Marathon Key.

Dreaming of bringing a surfable wave to your local river? Neil Egsgard and Surf Anywhere have the expertise to help make it happen. Surf Anywhere is building dream waves around the world In 2007, Egsgard started Surf Anywhere, a Calgary-based company that builds river waves worldwide. At the time, he’d only been river surfing for

[embedded content] Published on December 20th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow french kayaking genius, Tom Dollé, paddling the Zambezi for the first time! Big green waves, kickflips and a few sketchy holes are on the menu! Enjoy. Tags: africa, big water, river running, tom dolle, zambezi

Paddling big rivers, whether the Ottawa, Zambezi or other classics can be a rather intimidating experience. The wave holes frothing overhead and whirlpools swirling in eddylines can make a paddler feel small. But once you unlock a few secrets to paddling big water, you’ll quickly see what playgrounds these rivers can truly be. In this

Walking through the lobby of the massive Orange County Convention Center for the opening day of ICAST 2015, the industry’s premier trade show, the first thing I noticed was a life-size 1,000-pound blue marlin. Moving closer, I saw the enormous structure was made of hundreds of plastic bottles, flip-flops and drink straws. I was looking