Gauley Prep Work
There are always questions about how to prep for a new river. Much of running a new river is the mental aspect. But there are things you can do on the river as well. ERA instructor Craig Parks summed up a good way to prepare in advance using the Ocoee River: Do...
Two Controversial Dam Projects Stalled
Two Controversial Dam Projects Stalled The La Parota Dam Project and the Belo Monte Dam Project have been [at least temporarily] halted is the word from the river advocacy organization International Rivers. La Parota Dam Project [Mexico] has been definitively...
World Cup 2012 Begins This Weekend
Rock Island, TN Hosts 2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup #1 August 24-26 2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup comes to USA Bryson City, NC (August 23, 2012) – When the 2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup in Rock Island, TN, kicks off tomorrow (Friday, August 24),...
Zoe Ross: A 15-year old kayaking with big dreams
TeamZoe! If you have not heard of young kayaker Zoe Ross yet–you may in the future. She is a 15 year old girl from Athens,TN who fell in love with whitewater kayaking. Her 9th grade year, Zoe had the opportunity to attend the New River Academy (NRA). NRA is a co-ed...
15 Countries Registered for the World Cup
News Flash!! Athletes Arriving to the Nantahala Gorge for ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup 2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup Final on Nantahala River September 7-9, 2012 WESSER, NC (August 9, 2012) – Freestyle athletes from around the world are converging on the...
Boats, Gear and More! Fall Sale.
DEMO KAYAKS, INSTRUCTION GEAR, SPECIAL PRICES DURING THE FALL SALE Still looking for the right kayak? Open up the piggy bank for our Fall Sale on boats, gear and more! We have close-out specials, instruction demo boats and instruction paddling gear available soon! ...
It’s All in the Outfitting: Wave Sport 2013
We once overheard a conversation between then-Wave Sport Team Manager and paddling amazing man Jimmy Blakeney and a bewildered boater who was having trouble differentiating between one model of boat and another: "it is all in the detail. You have to sit in each of the...
First Impression of Wave Sport’s 2012 Crossover Boat: the Ethos
by Sam Ovett "Hey Chris! Hey Bryan! What boat is that on the truck? It looks new." “This is the newest Wave Sport design. We just came out with it; actually we are planning on doing a little teaser video about it. Want to help? You'd get to paddle it." "Yeah Chris, I...
New Wave Sport Creekboat…the Recon is COMING SOON!!
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Introducing the New Wave Sport Creeker!
New Wave Sport Creek Boat brought to you by David Maughan, Wavesport Designer “My design intent is to create a boat that will get paddlers down the river safely while performing at the highest levels of creeking, river trekking and Class IV-V+ boating. It is my desire...