Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
Continue readingHere I break down some tips and tricks for learning the “Boof Stomp” style of boofing your whitewater kayak. If you don’t know how to boof yet, then look back at my video on ‘How to Boof’ as a precursor to this video. Please feel free to like, comment, and share with me your thoughts on my advice and what tricks you would like to see next.
Nick Troutman
Continue readingAlthough the falls at Rock Island run often in the winter and spring, it’s rare to get the chance in the summer. Luckily due to some issues with the generators they released some water out of the dam, bringing in the spout line and sieve city. It was on the low end, but it was at a level we essentially never see! We knew it was gonna be runnable, but what tricks to throw was the question.
Dane Jackson
Continue readingThis Week on Kayak Support, we headed back to West Virginia and paddled the New River Gorge! We had an epic day working our way down the massive, pool-drop rapids, surfing, and of course, getting flipped! In this episode, we talk through what I learned about combat rolls in big water and show you some of my lines down this all-time classic river! YEW!
Verus Kayaks
Want some top level whitewater paddling technique tips? Check out Genotype 2 for free.
Continue readingWanted to make this edit for ages, but I wanted to wait to have a space to be able to record it and edit it properly. Big thanks to everyone supporting us on patroen, we saved up the last several months and used the money to upgrade our camera and light system massively. Still shooting on the Panasonic GH5 but now with a good tripod, external monitor and lighting.
Bren Orton
Seth Asworth has a great Youtube channel that is definitely worth checking out.
In this series of two videos he shows how to get out of a sticky hole.
Continue readingTheo Baker has put together this great tutorial on how to front loop on flatwater. Check it out.
Continue readingThe 4th video in the series shows how the shoulders and chest contribute to the generation of power and how they conserve the power and keep it contained in the body and boat.
Ultimate Kayak
Continue readingTodays video is about the trunk which transmits power between the legs and the shoulders. Maybe not the most exciting but a weak trunk means energy spillage.
Ultimate Kayaks
Have a look at the following sequence of 17 letters and try to memorise it. Give yourself 30 seconds at most:
BDELHNAOAWPLDODRL
Now cover the sequence and repeat it back. How did you get on? Would you do any better if I arranged the same sequence of letters like this?
Continue readingFrancesco Salvato has dedicated his life to the kayak and descended the rivers of all 5 continents. Much in demand as a teacher, his 30 years of experience have been concentrated in this video. Director of the Free Flow kayak School, master of kayaking, in charge of the training of instructors for the Italian Canoe and Kayak Federation, Francesco Salvato has written several books on the techniques of the kayak. His studies of physical education and of subjects linked to sports technique and instruction make Francesco one of the world’s great experts on kayak technique. A complete video, open to all, from the beginner to the expert kayaker. The technique of the kayak is addressed in a comprehensive way, starting with the basics and advancing to refined white water technique, river rescue and freestyle.
Hips is a big-O-production by Olaf Obsommer.
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Olaf Obsommer
Continue readingDay 2 and we move to the top end of the leg to try and maximise the transition of force, generated from the feet, through to the upper body. A brief description of the problems we commonly see and hopefully some ideas as to how we may address them.
Ultimate Kayaks
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