KAYAKING & RAFTING

If we could take a trip below the surface and spend a day among the fish we would gain a lifetime of angling knowledge. With this underwater drone footage, John Skinner brings us along for a trip under the sea to spill the secrets of where fish are and why they bite. Feature Image: John

Painless portaging was the dream that started it all. Ostrom Outdoors was born in 1987 on a small off-grid country farm west of Thunder Bay in northern Ontario. It was the brainchild of canoeists Bill and Anne Ostrom. With a generator and just a few employees, they meticulously sewed what many trippers consider to be

For me, fishing has been a lifelong passion. From the time I could walk, my parents had me aboard party boats and our own boats. I grew up in a fishing family. They took me to lakes, reservoirs, bays, the ocean, rivers, ponds, anywhere we could find fish. When my wife, Jennifer, and I were

[embedded content] Published on November 10th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow the Eggstream crew as they continue their journey kayaking through Scotland! Here on the Dalness Gorge of the Etive and the rare Salachan Burn in the West Highlands, enjoy. Tags: creeking, eggstream, etive, salachan burn, scotland

As rigging our fishing kayaks becomes more intensive it appears a natural progression building out our treasured boats would go from a DIY endeavor in the garage to the work of pros. Black Hall Outfitters, in Old Lyme, Connecticut recently shared with local news station Fox61, how they have taken on the business of custom

We’ve come a long way since the rain-jacket-adaptation drysuits of the late 1970s. The first leap towards a more inclusive drysuit offering for paddlers was in 1995, when the first women’s-specific suit hit the market. In the almost three decades since, we’ve seen bolstered efforts from paddlesports apparel brands to release at least one women’s

[embedded content] Published on November 9th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Evan Garcia as he paddles the Leavenworth classics including middle Icicle Creek and the Tumwater Canyon in some pretty freezing conditions! Tags: evan garcia, icicle creek, LEAVENWORTH, Tumwater Canyon

The two major categories of fishing kayaks are termed sit-on-top and sit-inside, so there’s a common misconception that fishing out of a kayak is limited to sitting down. While this may be true for sit-inside kayaks, there are many sit-on-top models on the market today designed for standup kayak fishing. These kayaks make standing up

[embedded content] Published on November 8th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Shane Benedict is back with the now classic annual Green Race wrap up video. Check him out cheering, shouting, laughing and sharing the stoke on the clean lines, beaters and full-on vibe of this epic event that is the Green River Race! 13 minutes

Aniol Serrasolses is known to catch some air. The 31-year-old expedition kayaker drops some of the most impressive waterfalls worldwide. His style took a different look this spring in the Spanish Pyrenees, going from free falling to launching. Serrasolses and a group of paddlers found the gem of all kayak ramps. A drainage ditch ending

Bonnie Hancock became the fastest person to paddle around Australia on August 28, 2022. Hancock set out on December 19, 2021 with the goal of circumnavigating her home country by surfski. 254 days later, she landed back at her starting point, having covered 12,700 kilometers of Australian coastline in record time. Inspired by Freya Hoffmeister,

The ocean is a big place, finding fish requires a lot of searching. When I’m looking for tuna, wahoo, king mackerel and bottom fish off the South Florida coast, I pedal my kayak for miles and watch my fish finder for hours. As soon as I mark fish, I drop a vertical jig overboard and

Without doubt, Dane’s sub 4-minute race  and Adriene’s 13th win, made this year’s Green River Narrows Race one for the record books. But so many more aspects combined with those unmistakable milestones to make manifest the depth of an event that turned twenty-seven this year. People raced Saturday who have raced more years than many

Finishing under the four-minute mark has stood as the ultimate barrier in the annual Green River Narrows Race. The number, a seemingly impossible wall to surpass within extreme whitewater racing, the same way breaking a four-minute-mile was once believed to be a physically impossible task in running. On November 5, 2022, at the 27th Green

[embedded content] Published on November 7th, 2022 | by Kayak Session He finally did it! Dane Jackson once again prooves what is possible, by going below 4 minutes on the legendary Green River Race and setting a new course record at 3 minutes 58 seconds! Tags: dane jackson, downriver racing, gopro, green race, green race

Check the full results for all categories and per category of the 2022 Green Race. One can race in the long boat class, or the short boat class, while some race in both. This year’s edition saw Adriene Levknecht getting her « Queen of the Green » crown back on, and Dane Jackson breaking the legendary 4 minutes