Several times a year I read comments on-line from people wondering if they should move to Colorado. For me it has been the greatest thing I’ve ever done. Moving from PA in 1997, I chased a dream to live closer to the mountains. Since that time I’ve had several jobs, took up snowboarding, met tons [...]
Right in the heart of Denver lies Confluence Park. Confluence was built on the South Platte River in 1976 and 1977, and opened to the public in 1978. The WW park was redesigned in 1995 to add value to the Lower Downtown area of Denver (LoDo). It has been host to slalom competitions, rodeo events, [...]
In ealy June the city of Loyns, CO held the Lyons Outdoors Games. LOG brought together some of the top paddlers in the world: for a Freestyle Rodeo, Extreme Creek Race down the Class V+ South Saint Vrain, Trials riders, Kids Freestyle Events, and a very cool team relay event (Push-ups, Run, Paddle/ Repeat). If [...]
Colorado has always been on the frontier of kayak park design. The first rapids were built on the South Platte in 1977, and later redesigned in 1995. Since that time Denver has added 14.5 miles of man-made kayaking and rafting goodness. Some features are usable all year round. Others are prime only at times of [...]
Show airs on the Food Network: Nov. 9th and the 25th.
We filmed a show for the Food Network today. I had a chance to take Giada De Laurentiis out on the S.Platte for a little ducky trip. Giada was a real trooper. I’m sure she was talked into the whole thing by some remote Production Company. Because, last week it was 90 degrees… and, today. Yep- [...]
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There are five points of contact when sitting in the perfect body position.
1) Your seat. Make sure your seated in the neutral paddling position.
2) Your feet. Proper foot support will keep you from sliding off the seat and out of position.
3) Your thigh braces. Proper thighbraces will help the boat to move [...]
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People are always asking me about things they can do to improve their kayaking. Now take into consideration most of these folks are talking to me on dry land and in the shop. So, over the years I’ve simplified my speech and widened the principles to cover all types of kayaking- from fishing to [...]
If you are thinking of taking your kayaking to the next level, you might be in the market for a Creek boat. In this article I’ll try and breakdown what a Creek boat is, what makes different from other kayaks, and even breakdown Creek boats into sub categories.
What is Creek boating and what [...]
Whitewater kayaking is quickly catching on as a popular outdoor activity. What was once looked upon as an extreme activity and left only to the most hard cased adrenalin junkie. Now the sport of whitewater kayaking has grown to mainstream.
When you read further into the piece, you’ll read about kayak types and boat [...]
I’m starting a new organization. It’s called the Boater Wave Society, or BWS for short. BWS is about keeping it real and bring back what I remember for the early days. I remember when you pulled into a new town, you would just flagged down any vehicle that was carrying a kayak. And you got [...]