Indholdsfortegnelse for Winter 2022 i Kayak Session Magazine

EDITO (N): the coincidental occurrence of events, especially psychic events (such as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality. This issue started in 2003, with Kayak Session issue #5, when a young Benny Marr saw Tyler Curtis launching an air blunt above the text,"Skookumchuck, world famous tidal wave." Or maybe this issue started in 1972 when Augsburg's Eiskanal first hosted the slalom world championships. Or maybe not. When you search for "who invented the wheel," it's hard to find an exact answer. Some say ancient Mesopotamians (roughly 3500-4500 BC) and also, likely, the hinese (2800 BC).Two disparate cultures arrived independently at the same idea, not unlike Augsburg and…

The first weekend of September saw the much-awaited return of the Dewerstone Euro Open, hosted in Nottingham. The weekend was packed full of fun both on and off the water. Day one was freestyle day, with everyone getting involved. The novices took to Jaws, throwing paddle spins, flipping their kayaks, and going for the big moves. They certainly kept the safety busy! The intermediates and experts were down in Troll hole under the bridge.They battled it out to make the evening finals, where the British Champions and Euro Open Champions were crowned. Ben Higson took junior men's Kl, Niamh Macken junior women Kl, Ibbo the C1M, Lowri Davies the Cl W and K1W, then Ireland's David McClure won Kl M with Harry Price taking the British Champion title. The new…

The Vefsna Elvefestival is held in Trofors, Northern Norway, where snowmelt and liquid sunshine keep the rivers running all summer. The festival brings together kayakers from all over the world to enjoy prime conditions on world-class rivers and evenings around the campfire. A special highlight this year was the pinball race: six teams (each team comprising three kayakers) chased yoga balls down the rapids of the Austervefsna, starting below Ragnarokk rapid. Elysium was the rapid to watch: Competitors spectacularly dropped into a hole while putting up a good fight for their balls. Later, everyone jumped into the rafts for the RiverNorth rafting competition on the Festival run. Six rafts raced down the first two rapids before a party paddle out, stopping to surf big waves, jump off cliffs, and flip…

Paddlers from around the world gathered in Columbus, GA, and Phenix City, AL, this October for the 2022 ICF Freestyle World Cup events on the Chattahoochee River. The first of two events took place on the Ambush Wave on Wednesday, October 5th. Rides were streamed to the judge's tent as athletes displayed a range of wave and hole maneuvers. Local talent Mason Hargrove took top honors in senior men, while sister Makinely-Kate claimed gold in junior women. British phenom Ottilie Robinson-Shaw took the gold in senior women and women's C-l, and rising Japanese star Nanase Okazaki earned the number one spot for junior men. Seth Chapelle (USA) took gold in open canoe, while Dane Jackson reigned supreme in C-l. Finish athletes showed rising dominance in the freestyle scene with silvers…

The sixth edition of the Lulu Love Tour took place in Sort, Spain, in the Catalan Pyrenees August 27th and 28th.The event kicked off on Saturday morning with the Downriver Mass Start, a fun and exhausting start to the weekend! Women and men from all categories race at the same time on a five km course through some of the best rapids on the Noguera Pallaresa River. A bunch of new paddlers waited for the competitors at the finish line and joined them for a scenic and chill stoke float all the way to Sort. After paddling, all the participants enjoyed a delicious vegan meal by the slalom course in Sort and charged the batteries before the next race, the slalom Head 2 Head. This year saw the first-ever rookie…

The big news is that there was a race, as one of the two units at the Deep Creek Hydroelectric Plant was out of commission for the entire summer season. The original race date, always the fourth Saturday of July, was out of the guestion. When the September reschedule date was canceled due to ongoing delays, holding the event looked grim. Organizers promised one more postponement date, and many fingers were crossed. After a long summer of not enough to no water, the 42nd annual Upper Yough Race successfully happened on October 7th, 2022. Holding it on a weekday, in October and during Gauley season, a low turnout was expected, but 65 racers lined up, and they brought the heat. Some racers were able to catch natural flow runs and…

In August 2022, a group of four USA-based kayakers, Cody Beach, Louis Norris, Bernie Engelman, and Cole Moore, spent five weeks exploring both classic, and soon-to-be classic multi-day rivers of Eastern Madagascar. The primary objective of the trip was to complete the fourth descent of the Mangoro River with enough time for a second and even third expedition. The Snack Pack landed in the capital city of Antananarivo on August 2nd and put on the Mangoro on the morning of the 3rd. After seven days, countless pristine Class V rapids, and multiple runnable mega stouts left for another crew, the Snack Pack arrived at the Indian Ocean, satiated and frothing for more Malagasy Whitewater. Following the Mangoro, the team loaded up and drove straight to Ranamafana National Park to run…

Sarah McNair-Landry and Erik Boomer recently returned from a 71-day expedition in Sam Ford Fjord, Baffin Island, Canada. For the first 17 days, the duo skied and traveled into Sam Ford, a remote fjord on the east coast of Baffin Island best known for the world's biggest steepest big wall granite climbing routes and some of the biggest couloirs for steep skiing. They skied four mountains on the approach, the smallest being 2,500 ft and the largest, Broad Peak, 6,040 ft. After skiing and approaching, they established a big wall first ascent (5.11 A1) in Stewart Valley, culminating in three nights and four days on the 1,600 ft wall. After climbing, summer began to set in, and Sarah and Boomer launched two different 14-day kayak expeditions exploring unrun Whitewater rivers.…

The Kopili River is a world-class kayak destination that is off the beaten path for many kayakers. The river is located south east of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, in the neighboring state of Assam India. A beautiful six hour drive from Shillong will put you near a small village named 29 Kilo which is perfect for finding food, water, and nice hospitality during your stay. This past October, groups of paddlers in India for the Meghalaya Kayak Festival ventured out to the Kopili for its picturesgue blue water, powerful fluffy rapids, and easy access. New this year, paddlers were not pleased to find two diversion dam sites. This project will swallow half of the river and divert most of the water below the canyon. Speaking with local communities of…

Summer Sessions at Skookumchuck Narrows Skookumchuck My first Orbit Fish, butt, and wave sandwich with Skookumchuck was made 17 years ago. I was 19. My awareness of a standing wave formed by flood tides in the ocean paired with the alluring mystery of British Columbia had begun sometime before. The image is clear in my memory: Tyler Curtis on the cover of Kayak Session #5, a Wave Sport EZ,a huge air blunt, and Oakleys.The article explained the kayaker's joy, the perfection of this wave, the big air, the tricks, and the forest. The wave had a firm and high standing on my to-do list. I just had to hit puberty, make money, and make a plan. Don't trust what you read in magazines, or learn to read them with an…

SOLO KAYAKING "Dark clouds and mood above. No one around for many miles... Lying in my hammock high in the walls of one of the deepest parts of the canyon. Would have been good to share the spot with someone else, but can't stop thinking of how special it is to have the skills and commitment to want to be here on my own, gazing at the stars and listening to the neverending roar of the river below,"-Grand Canyon of the Stikine, July 2018 I've always had a love/hate relationship with solo kayaking. Some of my best and most meaningful experiences kayaking have been alone. So have some of my worst. Everything is amplified when you're solo: the risks, your connection to the river, and the crazy feeling of being…

FLY BACKWARD WITH A BACK BLUNT As we get excited for the World Championships on Good Wave in Columbus, GA, USA, in 2023, it is time to return to developing our wave boating to get you in shape. RAIL DRIVE, BUT BACKWARD In KS79,we learned to rail drive and took our roundhouses more vertical. Now, we return to that topic—but backward. The first thing you want to master for any back trick is cycling your back surf to the top of the wave. There are three main ways to achieve this. 1. On waves with nice shoulders, use the"elevator technique" to rise to the top of the wave and do a half spin once there. 2. On waves with retentive foam piles in the middle, spin on the shoulder slowly,…

RIVER WARRIORS: ROCIO GONZALEZ & FUTALEFÚ RIVERKEEPER The Futaleufú River originates in the Andes Mountains in the Patagonian region of Argentina. It flows west into Chile before depositing into Yelcho Lake. The name “Futaleufú" means “Big River" in the Indigenous Mapuche language, and if you've ever paddled the Futaleufú, you understand why. Massive waves and holes define the characteristics of the Whitewater of the Futaleufú, and the rapids thundering down the river's canyons earned the names "Avalanche"and"Terminator" for a reason. "AS LONG AS WATER IS MANAGED IN CHILE UNDER THE WATER CODE, THE FUTALEUFÚ RIVER WILL ALWAYS BE VULNERABLE." But beyond the Whitewater, the river is an irreplaceable resource that must be protected. Rocio Gonzalez, the Executive Director of Futaleufú Riverkeeper, knows this all too well. The Futaleufú Riverkeeper's mission…

Paddler: Aniol Serrasolses Location: Rio Chilian Photographer: Gonzalo Roberts On the way north to the Rio Clara, Aniol heard about a waterfall with an arch above it and headed straight in search of that beauty. Says Aniol, "Dropping through the arch and into the pool with a rainbow waiting for me was an epic experience and one of the most aesthetic First D's I've done."…

NEWS AND HAPPENINGS PADDLE SPORTS SHOW, LYON, FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 The second edition of the Paddle Sports Show took place in Lyon, France, on the last weekend of September. The biggest names in paddlesports gathered in Halle Tony Gamier for three days, coming together to share what's new and to advocate for what the future of paddlesports should be. Meetings (both business and friends) took place alongside conferences on tourism and the paddle sports footprint, discussions on how to open the paddle sports market to newcomers, the role of federations in paddle sports, and a presentation on a new scheme by the British Canoe Union. Highlights of the week included the annual industry awards and Testivals, where products could be tried, at the confluence of the Saone and…

Whitewater kayaking is on a sharp rise in Iceland, gaining popularity with local and international kayakers. The Turbo Kayak race was held for its second year in a row in Tungufljót, on the south coast of Iceland, on the 13th of August with great success, and the team behind the event hopes to continue it annually. Whitewater kayaking has been present in Iceland for over 40 years but is limited to a small group; the Turbo Kayak Race aims to reach audiences and inspire more individuals to practice the sport. The competition is run by volunteers from Arctic Rafting, a local rafting company, the Icelandic kayak club, and the local search and rescue.The name for the race and idea comes from the boss herself, Tinna "Túrbó," owner of Arctic Rafting.…

This July celebrated the return of Montreal Eau Vive after two years of absence. The competition offered a new formula this year, two days of freestyle, and an event 100% dedicated to kayaking.Three watercraft were tasked with bringing athletes back to the top ofthe Lachine rapids, one of which broke in the first hour.The formula offered qualifications on Saturday and semi-finals/finals on Sunday. "We are proud of the event, which has undergone a facelift that seems to have been greatly appreciated," says organizer Frédérik Gendron.The Eau Vive is an event unmatched in the freestyle kayaking world. Allowing athletes to surf two of the most beautiful standing waves, Big Joe and Mavericks, with jet ski shuttles, during a single event is unigue. Thank you to the volunteers, valued sponsors, and exceptional…

Once again, the Oetz Valley was the venue for a world-class kayaking event: more than 170 athletes from 26 countries competed on the famous Wellerbrucke section of the Oetztaler Ache in the battle for the OETZ TROPHY and the European Championship title. Thanks to technical Whitewater, professional organization, and beautiful surroundings, the OETZ TROPHY attracted athletes from all corners of the world to the beautiful Tyrol. Around 550 spectators followed the race directly from the shore, and more than 10,500 others on the live stream.The qualification round showcased the strong field of athletes as tenths of a second decided victory and defeat. New this year was the start ramp, which catapulted the athletes onto the course and increased the speed in the beginning phase. In the women's race, Martina Wegman…

The Snowy River is located in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Every year, a few hundred kayakers flock to the area to enjoy the spring sunshine and icy cold snowmelt flows.The abundance of kayakers and the healthy river flows provide a prime location to hold an Extreme Race, and that's precisely what the Snowy River Extreme Race is all about. With two sections to race, an advanced Class IV and an intermediate Class III section, racers have the pleasure of choosing the difficulty of their race. Both are about 10 minutes long and are physically demanding. Racing such a long race means safety is difficult to set up.The solution? Race partners. Racers have to race in pairs to avoid any casualties and make the racing safer, this also…

It was a wet and warm winter in New Zealand, absolutely prime for some classic Kaimai creeking treats in the Bay of Plenty. After ticking off some of the usual suspects, the crew was keen to get into some less-run goods, and the Rataroa Creek (a northern tributary of the legendary Tuakopai Creek) had been on the radar for a while. Being harder and less "clean" than the Tuakopai, it had only seen a couple of full descents in the last 10+ years. After a solid night's rain and stories from Pete of big slides and rapids with a few standard portages and an un-run drop that was mostly good to go, a fired-up crew of Pete Lodge, Brendan Bayly, Rob Collister, Dylan Thompson, and Blair Trotman headed up to…

With near drought conditions throughout much of Europe, there is one rapid Scottish paddlers can always schedule their diaries for.The Falls of Lora is a tidal ebb on Loch Etive by the West coast. About 30 paddlers turned up in a natural gathering for the flow in mid-August. While the highest flows create short freestyle-boat waves, this mid-range flow creates some longer, smoother rides. The notable trend was a rise in high-performance surf kayaks; many paddlers report buying them only for use on The Falls. Callum Strong came over from the islands with his Ride Eclipse surf kayak and demonstrated some impressive spins on the main wave.Calum Pedan styled the gnarly and unpredictable Ultimate Air Wave in his playboat with blunts and airscrews. Adam Francis held a cool 40 minutes…

The Oetztal Alps, with their numerous glaciers, rich biodiversity, unspoiled alpine meadows, and powerful rivers, hold the last water reserves of the Eastern Alps. This stunning area is under threat from the enormous Kaunertal hydropower expansion project. Considered by some to be the most destructive engineering project planned for the European Alps and opposed by over 30 environmental organizations, the Kaunertal Expansion Project threatens rare habitats, functional river ecosystems, high-value agricultural land, and the recreational value of both the mountain area and Whitewater rivers.This mega project consists of four dams built within the Oetz valley, cutting off 272 km of wild river catchment and draining up to 80% of the water from the Oetztaler Ache;a 120 m-high dam in the Platzer valley that will flood 63,000 m2 of ecologically critical…

Grand Canal They didn't stand a chance.The whirlpools were too unpredictable, the force of the water too strong, and the sweeping waters too turbulent. The first acquaintance of the Indian national canoe slalom team with the Augsburg Eiskanal was a rough one—and a short one.They had arrived a week late, making their first paddle strokes in the Lech their qualification runs for the canoe slalom world championships. Although unfamiliar with the course, they were supposed to make it to the semifinals with the best 30 or 40 in their disciplines. This is already a difficult undertaking, but it is absolutely impossible if you have never raced on the Eiskanal with its very special pitfalls. And so, the Indian team found themselves not in the first third but the last tenth…

EMBRACING THE BEGINNER'S MINDSET I grew up on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon and spent much of my young adult life working as a raft guide, but it was not until college that I started to hardshell kayak. Because of my late start to the sport and my river experience from guiding, I felt pressure to push myself to run more challenging Whitewater faster than I should have—this was self-inflicted pressure, largely from being competitive. I'd had success using the “fake it until you make it" mindset in other aspects of life, and I found myself rushing through the basics of the sport to spend time with my friends on the water. Still, you can't always fake it on the river, and I was frequently reminded that I had…

AY, CHIHUAHUA I lock eyes with the man standing in calf-deep water on the gravel bar, who looks straight at us like he knew we were coming. Strange, since this no has never been kayaked before. When I see the AK47 slung by his side, my mind screams, “Why didn't you listen to the Craw?! He told you this would happen!" In 2018, Marty Cronin, aka “the Craw," embarked on the ride of a lifetime into Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico's largest and northernmost state. It's a still-wild place. Ephemeral dirt roads linkthe interior, arid altiplano to high pine forests and the monsoon-bathed barrancas of theWestern Sierra Madre,where thousands of miles of canyons exist. The insanely steep, rocky tracks are often impassible,even with four-wheel drive,butare somehow the ultimate path for…

FIGHTING FOR YOUR ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS By the early 1950s, Whitewater paddling had made the jump across the big pond, as western European immigrants brought with them to North America a love for mountains and rivers, alongside the latest in river running technology - "foldboats." Around the same time, a new generation of wilderness explorers arose, many of whom had served in World War II, and took to the water with army surplus rafts. Clubs sprang up across the U.S. out of a desire to find partners and friends to explore the vast network of rivers America has to offer. As the leaders of these clubs began to communicate, sharing ideas on technique, instruction and safety, a dialogue began on the need for a national affiliation of…

This past July saw the much-anticipated return of the annual Callaghan Race in beautiful Whistler, BC. Nearly 40 boaters raced down two world-class sections of Whitewater despite record high levels for the weekend. The two-day event begins Friday evening on the ultra-classic Upper Cheakamus River with a solo time trial that seeds racers for the big event the next day. Starting above the iconic 10 ft put-in falls, the racers fly down three km of some of Canada's best Class IV+ Whitewater.This year, after a two-year hiatus in his homeland of Australia, reigning champ Blake Miller was back. Sure enough, he held onto his throne, breaking the speed record and going sub-ten minutes for the first time in race history. Boaters from all over the PNW, New Zealand, and Australia…

After a gap of two long years due to the pandemic, the Tourism Department of Kerala was stoked to organize the eighth edition of the Malabar River Festival, in good old Kodenchery, Kozhikode district, Kerala. The event was supported by the Indian Kayak and Canoe Association (IKCA). The Goodwave Adventures mafia from Bangalore gate-crashed the party and provided the much-needed technical direction for the show. The festival was met with great enthusiasm from the Indian Whitewater kayaking community. There were close to 60 paddlers in attendance from all parts of the country, along with a few kayakers from Nepal. One of the highlights of the festival was that the prize money of 15,000 USD was distributed equally between men and women competitors. The Malabar River Festival features three different racing…

The Maine Whitewater Championship's tenth year proved to be one of the best yet, with record-breaking participation, live jams under the stars, and paddlers coming out from all over the country (and world)! On June 18th, paddlers gathered in The Forks for a time trial race through the crashing waves of the Kennebec Gorge, followed by a mass start race. Jackson paddler Beckham Bayreuther threw down the fastest time (11: 11.6) in the time trial, followed by Drew Bates (11:38.2) and Eli Ross (11:39.8). In the women's division, Jackson paddler Alex Horne took first (11:59.3), Maddie Lee second (12:50.4) and Rachel Nieckarz third (12:50.8). After a quick break, racers were back in the gorge, ready to compete in a mass start race from Cathedral Eddy to the bottom of Magic…

Another great edition of the Seven Sisters Slalom on the Rouge River in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge this August. The levels were high this year, and Mother Nature gifted racers a perfect weekend with a level of 46m3/sec, sunny days and high temps. 35 competitors challenged the course, performing two runs to achieve their best time. During the one-hour break between the two descents of the slalom, the poker run category takes place: A sprint race with an entry fee of $10, and the winner takes the loot. The main event crowned Yann Gélinas champion for the third consecutive year running; he achieved the six best times of the last three editions. Beatrice Provencher won the women's title for the second straight year. Congratulations to Raft Gunnar Schaberg for the fastest time in…

The 2022 Whitewater King of New York kayak race series hosted by the Great Falls Foundation entered its 11th year on Saturday, September 3rd.The first race in the series on the Raquette River near Colton, NY, had race organizers nervous that there would not be runnable flows for the race due to construction on the dam at the put-in for the Stone Valley section. Upon inspecting the course, they were pleasantly surprised with perfect flows on the high side of good and water spilling over the 30-foot dam, which is usually dry, creating an epic start to the Class V race. After the race, participants ventured back to the new Beaver River Festival location at the Snow Ridge Ski Resort in Turin, NY. Approximately 500 paddlers camped out at the…

As 60 boaters bounced through boils with brilliant bright balls battering buoyancy aids, most of the participants likely wondered why they'd ever volunteered to become part of such a spectacle. But at this point it's far too late to be wondering this; there are boats, balls, and holes everywhere; you have no idea which one is yours or where your teammates are, and there's a pretty sizeable retentive hole directly below you with far too many people in the way for a clean line.The 2022 Pinball Race was a blast, the river was about as low as is still fun for racing, but the stoke was as high as it gets! Kayakers from all over BC and some Americans came up for the biggest pinball yet. For those not familiar…

Garibaldi Provincial Park in Southwest British Columbia is the source of some ultra classic Whitewater sections such as the Upper Cheakamus and Mamquam Falls. The main vein heading east out of the park is a creek called the Tuwasus. With no logging roads for access and located in a non-motorized park, it's been talked about by many,yet all paddlers for the last 15 years have deemed it too much effort, leaving it unpaddled. This summer, a few locals finally decided enough was enough. After spending hours obsessing over Google Earth, Russell Henry made a vague plan and convinced Blake Miller and Dave Graham to join on what he hoped would be a three-day adventure.They set off from a new logging road at 1300 m and spent the next three days…

North Chickamauga Creek is a majestic Whitewater paddling destination that drains the eastern flank of Walden Ridge, about 20 minutes north of Chattanooga,Tennessee.The gorge, with its pristine free-flowing water, provides a habitat for a mixed forest of hardwoods and conifers, making it an ideal habitat for native wildlife, indigenous plants, and fish species. The outstanding scenic, recreational, and geological values combined with landowner support to voluntarily preserve and protect this unigue river corridor make North Chickamauga Creek an excellent candidate for "Class I State Scenic River" designation.The Class I designation is the highest level of recognition and preservation offered by the state of Tennessee. Since 1989, the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy (NCCC) has worked to protect land throughout the North Chickamauga Creek watershed for preservation, education, and recreational access. NCCC…

High Water Nordland "VERY FEW PEOPLE LIVE HERE, BUT THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING. THE KAYAKING OPTIONS ARE PLENTIFUL AND RICH IN QUALITY. YOU WON’T FIND MANY SHOPS OR BARS, BUT IF YOU ENJOY WILD SPACES AND SOLITUDE, IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME." RAGNAROKK “I cannot believe this! It just doesn't get any better!" I listen to a group of kayakers above Ragnarokk rapid on the Austervefnsa River this past July. The river is running a healthy flow of 220 cumecs.and while this is considered a medium level, it is easy to get excited as you drop into the chaos of the Whitewater. In many ways, the way the current moves reminds me of the powerful waters of the Futaleufú in Chile. It is not as steep as…

Kayak Session:Abe, growing up in the Andes, in the mountains of Ecuador, how were you first introduced to kayaking? Abe Herrera: In 2005,I saw an article in National Geographic about the rafting world championships on the Quijos River. It made me realize I was missing out on the Whitewater in my own country. I knew then that I wanted to be involved. I found a raft guiding program in Washington state to learn Whitewater so I could come back home to Ecuador and have a tour or rafting company. KS: How was that first contact with paddling? AH: Freaking cold, but the 3 mm neoprene wetsuit made me feel like a superhero. Rafting gave me the best summer of my life up to that point, but I quickly understood that…

COOL, CALM, AND COLLECTED IN NORWAY ASK TIDEMANN-FOLDVIK Being cool under pressure, calm in extreme situations, and collected as you manage risks and make decisions should be a goal of every paddler. 14-yearold Ask Tidemann-Foldvik is already there. I caught up with Ask this Fall while he was paddling in the Soja Valley. Ask was unlike any other 14-year-old I have interviewed. Thoughtful with his answers and observations, direct with his points, and in possession of a tremendous ability to hold an interview in a second language, Ask's passion for Whitewater and calculated, pragmatic pragmatic approach will certainly set him up for a bright future. Norway has created many legends. Ask may be the next legend in the making. WHERE ARE YOU FROM IN NORWAY AND HOW DID YOU START…

CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT Types of traumatic brain injury (concussions) Head trauma from kayaking (or scouting) is something that many paddlers have experienced in one form or another. As head injuries vary tremendously from person to person, easy prescriptive care for treating and managing head trauma and concussions is not available, making concussions hard to manage.The bottom line is that each head injury must be treated and addressed individually. Below are some guidelines to help navigate this complex problem. WHAT IS A CONCUSSION, AND HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE ONE? The old idea that being knocked out was the definition of sustaining a concussion is long gone, though it's amazing how many concussions James Bond suffered using that definition! The current definition of a concussion is any hit, bump, or…

PADDLER GUIDE.com JACKSON KAYAK GNARVANA The Jackson Kayak Gnarvana takes the favorite features of the acclaimed Nirvana and addsa whole new level of performance.The highest rockered bow,significant stern rocker, and a wider center point helps to ensure that you feel high, dry and stable. The float and rocker profile make this creek boat incredibly easy to maneuver. Whether you are looking to run the hardest Whitewater or or make it down your backyard run with ease, the Gnarvana is going to rock your. Comes in three sizes - S,M,L. JACKSONKAYAK.COM PEAK PADDLESPORTS - SMOCK & HOODY Introducing two new great, multi-purpose jackets from Peak PS.The PS Smock and PS Hoody are the "masters of all." Whether it be kayaking, canoeing, SUP, biking or dog walking the PS Smock and Hoody…