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...

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...