It’s about prizes not points!
The 6th annual Nantahala Open is this Saturday. And we cannot wait! From Bryan Kirk heading up Team Wave Sport and Team ERA, to the all-day fun at the Falls captured on camera and video by Brian and Kelly, to the evening fun of fresh beverages from the Nantahala...
Buy a kayak and save $$
Buying a kayak from Endless River Adventures guarantees a savings! In North Carolina, the state sales tax on boats is only 3%. What that means for you is that the savings you receive buying your new kayak from us here in North Carolina saves you enough $$ to buy...
One Hundred and Twenty Gallons of Gas: the Hunt for Peacock Bass
by Ken Kastorff One hundred twenty gallons of gas, how in the world are we going to transport that much fuel? That was just one of many questions that were running through my mind this March as I started putting together an expedition to head down into the Ecuadorian...
2010 Ocoee Season Opens April 16th!
Spring Means Getting Your Head on Straight
It is sometimes worthwhile pulling out a previous post and looking at it again...such is the case with Exorcising the Spring Hibbie Jibbies. This is a good time to re-read our thoughts on spring paddling.... only thing missing from the original post was checking your...
Honing Your Skills Between Gates
by Joe Ravenna Downhill skiing and whitewater kayaking have a great deal in common and it is not surprising to learn that some of the world's best skiers and kayakers honed their skills between gates. As a verb, slalom means to move in a winding or zigzag fashion;...
Kids Rocking the Kayak Race World
In the past few weekends, kids have been rocking the race world! The weekend of March 27th Team Popp styled it up during the US Open Wildwater Event. As reported on the TeamPopp Facebook page: Haley qualified for the 2010 US National Wildwater Team in women’s kayak....
Risk and Kayaking, Part III: The Human Touch
“I’m smart, I’m funny, And dog gone it, People like me.” -Stuart Smalley, Saturday Night Live ca. 1995 We all want to have friends, lots of friends, friends that are fun and friends that are reliable—friends we can count on to blow off work and go kayaking. ...
Nantahala Double Header/U.S. Opens
March 27 – 28 is the 9th annual Nantahala Double header and US Open event on the Nantahala River. The US Open is the biggest race in slalom before the US Team Trials. There will be two days of competition, which will include races for both slalom and wildwater....
Women of Wildwater
One of the aspects of kayak competition that is fascinating is that age is not specifically a handicap (the Hearn/Lugbill line up of winners in the ’96 Olympics were just about the magic age of 40, while this year Hailey Thompson, the women’s C1 slalom racer that...