A quick interview with Team Dagger's Tyler Bradt ~ July 13 at the Gat

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A quick interview with Team Dagger's Tyler Bradt Dagger Blogs - Now that Tyler is on the road to recovery from a major back accident it seemed like a good idea to catch up with the always positive and smooth on the water kayaker.  Enjoy and welcome back to the water Tyler!

July 13 at the Gat OKS Keener - Dear World, Today the Keeners took a trip to the Gatineau River in Quebec. The Gatineau was relatively similar to the Ottawa in terms of depth, temperature, and layout, but it was nice to see some new whitewater during the first session of Keeners. The day began early with a 6:30 wake up, and an ...

Freestyle Worlds 2011 Review duemstuff - I have been back from the worlds for over 2 weeks now and I am still constantly looking back on how a great experience it was, not only have I learned a lot in relation to freestyle but I also learned a lot about character and the mental side of competition, that no matter what [...]

SeasonFive Phantom Review: A windproof, waterproof rash guard PaddlingLight - SeasonFive, a recently launched watersports clothing company with a purpose of making innovative clothing to keep you on the water longer, attempts to do just that with the Phantom Long Sleeve shirt. The Phantom uses SeasonFive's proprietary Atmos 1.0 fabric ...

Sjoa River Festival No.1 Level 6 - First update here live from the Sjoa River Festival 2011 in Sjoa, Norway. Yesterday the event took off with the Freestyle Competition on the epic Jolgen wave here. It was a 30 minute Jam Session scoring moves in three categories: Classic, biggest trick and biggest ride. This made it interesting to watch with a variety of big air moves and classics as the paddle spin.

Slave River! Leif and Natalie - In the past we have never really done our trips up to the Slave River justice as far as posting on the blog goes. This time around we are going to do things a little differently. Instead of waiting until the end and then wading through thousands of photos we are going to add to this post our favor...

Worlds and the Life that Follows Astral Currently - It has been an awesome summer and its only July. I have just gotten back to Salida, Colorado where the water is still raging and shows no sign of coming down. Just a week ago I was in Plattling, Germany competing in the Worlds for freestyle kayaking. I trained for this event since this time last year and rearranged my life so I could paddle as much as possible before the event.

French kisses by the Guil Team LiquidLogic - The Guil near to the durance-valley in France is one of the most beautiful rivers in the alps with everything a kayaker dreams of: Narrow rollercoster-parts with no eddys around Chateau Queras (in Germany we call it „Burggraben"); fair class IV-creeking in the „guardien angel gorge" and the never ending run across transparent waves and holes in the lower part. That´s what I heard about the Guil. But when I came there for the first time this summer it was even better. The bright blue sky, the clean green water and the rough landscape made me fell in love with the first moment we met the valley.

High Water on the Arkansas CKS Squad - At the beginning of this summer, when everyone was feverishly claiming that this would be one of the years to look back on, one of the biggest years in Colorado's, and much of the west's history, I began to get psyched for my two week trip to the Arkansas River Valley. As expected the water ...

How To: Kick Flip! Jackson Kayak - The Kick Flip is a downriver 360 degree aerial barrel roll done off the back side of a wave while paddling downstream. The Kick Flip can be done in both playboats and bigger kayaks. This dynamic move is for advanced paddlers looking to add some flair to their downriver paddling. Recommended pre-requisites include a back-deck roll and wave wheel.

Interviews 's With Team GB's New Freestyle Kayaking Champions Canoe & Kayak UK - The spray had hardly settled from the last loop at the recent World Freestyle Championships, and the awesome success of the GB freestyle kayaking team, in Plattling, Germany that we were on the case and speaking to new Men's K1 Champion James 'Pringle' Bebbington, double gold medallist (Women's Squit & Women's K1) Claie O'Hara and junior ripper and bronze medalist and Canoe & Kayak UK favourite Bren Orton.

TIP Canoe Slalom World Cup Tour 2011 ICF - The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has conducted for another year, a Talent Identification Programme (TIP) Tour in Europe. The Programme travelled to different countries, starting in France then Slovakia, and will conclude the tour in the UK.

Wildalpen Freestyle Competition and Graz fun.... Seth Ashworth - When I moved to Austria I was pretty sure there were big mountains, everyone whore laderhousen, men had big beards and there was only creek boating. Since being here I have found that there is so much more to Austria than meets the eye, including not just enjoyable freestyle paddling but competitions as well. I only made this discovery when the campground next door to mine at World Championships had a whole bunch of Austrians move in.

2011 Ottawa by Irish Dave! Jackson Kayak - Dave Crerar. So it has been 5 awesome years working for Wilderness Tours and Ottawa Kayak School here on the Ottawa river. The Ottawa was my first stop when I first got to Canada and it has been my home away from home over the last few years I have been here in Canada. I can not stress enough the versatility, homeliness and the unique culture surrounding this river. Weather just heading to the Ottawa to paddle for a brief time or to start a career in the outdoor industry you would be hard pressed not to notice to close knit nature of the Ottawa Valley.

Middle Feather 4th of July Team LiquidLogic - Here are more photos from the Cali trip thus far. The day after getting off Big Kimshew we hustled over to Quincy, CA with our sights on some bigger water and the Middle Feather. This was an awesome way to spend our 4th of July. Even though non of us brought any fireworks there were plenty of American flag covered Budweiser cans to feel the holiday cheer.

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