KAYAKING & RAFTING

[embedded content] Published on March 1st, 2023 | by Kayak Session This video gathers the TOP 3 videos – the Winners Reel – of the 2022 Kayak Session Short Film of the year Awards. 31 entries, 10 finalists, the best of whitewater kayaking on film every year. A huge congrats to all entrants, Legends all!

Granted the sturgeon encountered today haven’t been around quite so long. White Sturgeon can live up to 100 years. Nevertheless, the opportunity to set the hook on one of these fish is the chance to battle with a living dinosaur. The intense tug on the line certainly feels that way. Adam of Die Hard Fishing

The World Health Organization defines drowning as “…the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid.” Sounds simple, but you may share some common misconceptions about what really happens when someone drowns. New York-based drowning death investigator Andrea Zaferes, who works with medical examiners and police around the world, says contrary to

events Published on février 28th, 2023 | by Kayak Session Valbona Kayak Fest 2023, April 23-26th Have you ever heard about the Albanian alps? With crystal-clear creeks and whitewater from Class I – VI, it is a paradise for river lovers! If you travel thru the Albanian alps in search of beautiful rivers to paddle, you

Throw a line in North Alabama and it’s destined to land in one of the world’s finest bass lakes. The rivers of North Alabama drain the foothills of the Appalachians, and in systems like the Tennessee and Coosa Rivers, chains of lakes are packed full of the best freshwater habitat you could imagine. “You cannot

I spent a lot of time this summer floating in eddies. Mostly alone. These were the same eddies of my mid-20s where I spent time hiding from answering the big questions. Most authors of self-help books don’t like to use the word crisis. In Daniel J. Levinson’s best-selling version of the story, The Seasons of a

[embedded content] Published on February 27th, 2023 | by Kayak Session The GOAT does it again, setting the bar higher and higher every year. Music by the Legend, Rush Sturges, what a collab. Tags: 2022, dane jackson, goat, highlight reel, mexico, stakeout

The 18th Annual Paddling Film Festival World Tour premiered on February 23—the first in-person premiere since 2020. The event was hosted by The Complete Paddler at The Royal Theatre in Toronto. The show treated the audience of 221 to the first screening of the year’s award-winning films. All proceeds—totalling $1,694—went to Project Canoe, an organization

An outfitter that first opened its doors in Algonquin Provincial Park more than 60 years ago continues to grow within the fabled 7,600-square-kilometer canoeist’s paradise in Ontario. The family-owned Algonquin Outfitters set up shop on Oxtongue Lake in 1961. The outfitter has expanded in the decades since to operate over 12 locations both within Algonquin

The YakAttack BlackPak Pro has become a game-changer for tackle storage since the crate was released in the spring of 2022. If you’ve opened the box to yours and have been slightly intimidated to assemble it though, you aren’t the only one. Fortunately, Chad Hoover is here to demystify assembling the Blackpak Pro. What makes

Following on the heels of success with the Ripper series, Pyranha has unveiled their latest half-slice creation, the Firecracker. According to Pyranha, the Firecracker has been somewhat five years in the making. When the UK headquarters was convinced by their US cohorts that paddlers would get a kick out of a creek boat bow with

Remember back before Covid turned the paddlesports world on its head, when the biggest thing many retailers and manufacturers had to worry about was an old-fashioned trade war? Covid may finally be coming under control, but the tariff battles are still raging. In fact, the so-called Trump tariffs are still in place two and a

[embedded content] Published on February 23rd, 2023 | by Kayak Session Follow Tom Dolle on his trip to Norway last summer, an appetizer for the season ahead! Tags: creeking, high water, norway, Raundalselvi, Tom Dollé

[embedded content] Published on February 22nd, 2023 | by Kayak Session Bren Orton runs us through the lines of the legendary Soca Gorge in Slovenia with his River Co-Pilot series. The Soca is an alpine classic, enjoy! Tags: bren orton, river co pilot, river running, senders, slovenia, Soca river

Canoeists love to debate camping techniques. Single blade or double. Stuffing your tent or rolling it. Ground cloth inside or outside. One of the longest-running, raging disputes among wilderness paddlers is how to properly store your food to keep it away from bears. The bear canoe: Debunking the second worst way to store your food

Family Down the Fraser, Tony Westman, provided by the National Film Board of Canada In the 1970s Richard and Rochelle Wright and their two sons rafted down the Fraser River from Tête Jaune Cache to the Pacific coast. They were largely following the route of the Overlanders of 1862, who traversed the Canadian Rockies to