KAYAKING & RAFTING

Slalom Published on juin 26th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Australia’s Jessica Fox overcame illness and Czech Jiri Prskavec put down a near perfect run to secure gold medals on the first day of finals at the ICF canoe slalom world cup in Tacen, Ljubljana, on Saturday. An emotional Fox was physically ill before her

events Published on juin 25th, 2022 | by Kayak Session The first-ever gold medal for women and the return of all reigning world champions will be among the highlights of the ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships in Nottingham, UK, next week. It will be the first freestyle world title since Sort in Spain hosted the

[embedded content] Published on June 24th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Zack Mutton & Eirik Hansen sending it on the Sogndal with some stout flows! Watch as they both crush their lines… Tags: norway, stouts, whitewater, Zack Mutton

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its 2021 boating accident data. “The good news is that after the explosive growth and record number of accidents and fatalities that occurred during the pandemic year of 2020, the number of recreational boating incidents and fatalities declined in 2021,” says Water Sports Foundation Executive Director Jim Emmons. Total

It’s not easy being a paddler in the city. Expensive real estate, limited boat storage, premium parking, traffic congestion and polluted waters conspire to make metropolitan kayakers feel like they’re paddling against the current. Here are eight secrets to city survival, gained from years of experience paddling and battling through the worst urban woes. 8

Anglers know better than to target catfish during the early summer in the Southeast. That is unless you’re a kayak catfishing veteran like Justin Johnston. In this video Johnston shares a tactic to catch blue catfish even during the spawning time. Catching Catfish In Spawning Season With This Tactic It’s a glassy June morning in

[embedded content] Published on June 23rd, 2022 | by Kayak Session The ‘La Nina’ weather patterns are creating extensive rain events throughout Western Australia’s expansive outback. The massive catchment areas create flow into the Murchison River. We were lucky enough to catch the tail end off the Murchison River Flood! spectacular to be in such

Every June 26th, The Canadian Canoe Museums celebrates its favourite holiday of the year – National Canoe Day. June 26th was coined National Canoe Day by The Canadian Canoe Museum following a CBC campaign that, in 2007, declared the canoe one of the Seven Wonders of Canada. Ever since, and in many ways – from proclamations to

[embedded content] Published on June 22nd, 2022 | by Kayak Session Enjoying a good day out in natures playground taking the full advantage of gravity. River name: Elands river, mapumalanga province South Africa Rapid name: Dante’s inferno Paddlers name: De Wet Michau Camera man: Paul Prinsloo Tags: level 6, short film awards, sweet protection, waterfalls,

[embedded content] Published on June 22nd, 2022 | by Kayak Session Get ready for the upcoming 2022 Clearwater festival with Footage from the 2021 Adrian Kiernan Boater Cross and Freestyle events. Stoke is building for the biggest and longest running Whitewater kayak festival in Western Canada. Get ready for the baddest fest in the west.  Tags:

Russ Schroeder realized this wasn’t your typical spin cycle after the one-minute mark. Slipping off-line and into the don’t-go-there left side of the Petawawa River’s Suicide Rapid, Schroeder hit a retentive pour-over and flipped. The whitewater kayaker’s training on how to escape a hydraulic kicked in—but would it be enough? “I knew the boat wasn’t

Pedal driven kayaks have propelled fishing in new directions, especially as more brands have rolled out there own systems in the past decade. Pedal drives have increased the distance travelled, and hands-free capability of kayak fishing. They have also added a mechanism in need of occasional service. Marvin of Mobbin Outdoors wanted to get a

The unfortunate reality of river kayaking is that there are often deadly hazards. Getting pinned is one of the worst of them. Things can take a turn in an instant when a member of your group finds themself pinned—especially if the pin is holding the boat or the paddler in a position where breathing is

[embedded content] Published on June 21st, 2022 | by Kayak Session Watch-out the carnage with Jordan Espinosa and his friend Andrés Charpentier (green kayak) on the Upper Misahualli river Mud section. Paddlers: Jordan Espinosa, Andrés CharpentierRiver: Misahualli river >>Watch more Carnage Kayaking Videos>>Enter the 2022 Level Six Beaters for All Disclaimer: Originally, we created the Beater

[embedded content] Published on June 21st, 2022 | by Kayak Session Watch as Bren and Adrian keep finding new stouts to fire up, with a mix of burly slides and gnarly drops to some joy kayaking and downriver freestyle. Tags: Adrian Mattern Bren Orton, norway, senders, Waterfalling

Slalom Published on juin 20th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Frenchman Nicolas Gestin won his first senior world cup gold and Great Britain’s Mallory Franklin celebrated her birthday with her first gold since 2019 in sweltering conditions at the ICF canoe slalom world cup in Krakow on Sunday. There were also gold medals for Martina