Whitewater kayakers who live in Colorado, or most of the West for that matter, don’t have many opportunities to get in their boats in the winter. For the most part, we focus 100% of our time on winter sports, like snowboarding, ice hockey and snowmobiling.
Ringing in 2019 with a couple of New Year Stokes in our QVP epoxy S-glass construction…
Last summer, Toronto-based fine art photographer Naomi Harris embarked on a project to recreate Frances Anne Hopkins’s journeys with a 70-day canoe trip.
Facing Waves hosts Luke Hopkins and Anne Pagano are stand up paddling Florida’s Great Calusa Blueway with their family, playing at Bunche Beach, exploring mangrove tunnels and surfing some kid-friendly waves along the Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail.
New video by corran: The soft boot carving board from Soul Stick, explained. Where would you take this board, and how do you ride it?
New video by supzero: Ze Race or Ze Caribbean Race is a 50k multi-craft (SUP, prone, outrigger and surfski) race in Guadeloupe which starts on the small island of Petite Terre and finishes in Pointe-à-Pitre. Guadeloupe is a French island situated in the Caribbean Sea and enjoys 15 to 25 knot trade winds all year long. Ze Race is the 2nd longest downwind race in the world after the Molokai 2 Oahu (M2O). Romuald Mamadou is from Tours in France and has won Ze Rave 4 times. He holds the record time... Читать дальше...
Welcome to Social Media Saturday 26 January 2019 at Unsponsored.
New video by KayakSession: An incredible year going from the land of waterfalls of Chile, to the stout creeks of the West Coast, all while keeping up with studies. Meanwhile the last half of the year was travelling to European Championship and finally returning home for some Irish stouts. Shot on location: Chile, PNW, Ireland and Slovakia
New video by KayakSession: For me, the river is both a place of quiet spiritual renewal and a place to let loose and get rowdy. I wanted to represent both in this video. Here are some of my highlights from 2018 of some good ole’ fashioned shredding around the Southeast. Shot on location: Southeast of the US.
New video by KayakSession: ollow french wonder boy Tom Dollé, voted World’s best U21 Paddler throughout 2018. Shot on location: France, Uganda, Usa, Canada, Mexico
New video by KayakSession: Follow Canadian Canoeist Marc Godbout throughout 2018 in Canada, Uganda and the US. « 2018 was my best season yet! Looking forward to next season and getting out on the water as often as possible ». Shot on location: Canada, USA, Uganda
New video by KayakSession: Follow Austrian rider Andi Brunner throughout 2018 in Corsica, Altay (Russia) and Chile. « 2018 was insane! So many great moments, funny moments and exciting moments. Winning the European Extreme Cup 2018 at King of the Alps was a huuuge success for me! Thanks to everybody and lets have a even better 2019! » Shot on location: Corsica, Altay (Russia) and Chile.
New video by playak: The Go Canoeing Three Lakes Challenge is the ultimate canoe or kayak challenge in the UK! Gold Medallist Tim Baillie took the challenge earlier this year... did he complete it? You'll have to watch the full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaPiy0lR1_M to find out!
The Starboard Dream Team in Wanning, China, during the last ISA World Championships.
New video by danejackson: When the rains hit the Southeast you have dozens of waterfalls to pick from when you are feeling sendy. But for this rain I couldn't resist heading to one of my favorite waterfalls of all time.
Olympic paddling hero Scott Shipley still leaving his mark by turning destination towns throughout the country, and world, into bonafide paddling venues as founder and president of S2O Design.
After an exciting few days of racing & surfing action in Riyue Bay, the Starboard Dream Team riders and Starboard International Team riders head over to the Shenzhou Peninsula for the gruelling Long Distance events at the 2018 ISA SUP World Championships, China.
If you don't have at least one of these boards in your quiver, than you're doing yourself a complete disservice. The Takayama Egg and the Takayam Scorpion II are the perfect Change-of-Pace surfboards for your average surf.
This shutdown has been a disservice to all Americans and the outdoor industry is relieved the government will reopen long enough for employees to receive paychecks and back pay, provide some relief to them and their families, and give time to clean up our parks and other public lands.
Good layering will make the difference between being cold and being warm, being comfortable and being uncomfortable and, believe it or not, the difference between being damp and being dry. As you can imagine these factors all link together and ultimately decide how much you enjoy your day on the water.
Larry Cain is like an arctic honey badger. He simply doesn’t give a Thanks to his SUPskin, he and his training crew are hitting Lake Ontario.
It’s pretty remarkable but The Weight We Carry team, has successfully portaged two canoes to the basecamp at Mount Everest! The team was founded by two Canadian brothers Kyle Roberts and Tom Schellenberg and their initiative is to donate and to fund positive change in communities around the world.
Fun little left over surf from yesterday's strong onshore winds. Nice long lines with the offshore winds at thigh high. Plenty of push for the 7-8 Hypernut.
At Blue Planet we show no mercy to bad boards. They must be punished. This warranty board had a manufacturing defect. We chose to give it a proper send off, with baseball bats, trucks, and free falls.