Wave Sport has always had fun with the colors of their boats. How about a purple, red and orange combination! No way? That turned out so well the team asked for it. "Nuclear Green." Who would have ever thought green would be popular? Look around the river today and...
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Chick Boat for Creek’n-Testing out the Fluid Solo for Size
Testing out the small FLUID Solo for size -brought to us by Maria Noakes So there I was with no boat and its raining, what to do? Indebted to Juliet forever she loans me the Fluid Solo. It happens to be orange, my favorite color. It looks great but how...
Hand Placement on a Kayak Paddle
I have always used the following pitch when someone asks about a bent shaft paddle: If you have wrist/joint issues use a bent shaft If you have an extra $100 to spend, a bent shaft is for you If it feels good in your hands when you pick it up, definitely buy one....
Stroking with a Good Shaft in Your Hands
I have always used the following pitch when someone asks about a bent shaft paddle: If you have wrist/joint issues use a bent shaft If you have an extra $100 to spend, a bent shaft is for you If it feels good in your hands when you pick it up, definitely buy one....
Fluid Kayaks Arrive in the Gorge
Endless River Adventures brings Fluid kayaks to the Nantahala Gorge Who is Fluid Kayaks? Located in South Africa alongside the Vaal River, Fluid has slowly been making their mark in the southeast for being reliable, solid, high performance kayaks. Their designs...
Endless River Adventures brings Fluid kayaks to the Gorge
Who is Fluid Kayaks? Fluid has slowly been making their mark in the southeast for being reliable, solid, high performance kayaks. Their designs include the planning hulled Solo creek boat; the high performance Nemesis; the river running playboat-the Spice; and the...
KIDS SAY “NO WAY” TO LATEX
If you ever want to torture your child, try putting them into a dry top with a latex gasket. The response typically ranges from tears… to screaming… to panic… to not wanting to go kayaking….and definitely to never wanting to put on a latex-necked jacket–no matter how...
TeamERA Gives Call of the River Two thumbs up!
Last night we took a time out to watch Kent Ford's latest documentary: The Call of the River. As Kent himself describes it, the documentary "is a collage of unexpected influences, from World War II's impact on boat materials to world champions defecting from...
Seat Position in the Habitat
By Steve Augustine Over the past three years my steep creek boat of choice has been the Habitat 80. From Colorado to Ecuador to the local Western North Carolina creeks the Habitat has proven itself time and time again. I had run it down the hardest of all of the...
Seat Position in the Wave Sport Habitat
The the other day Steve was perusing the new Wave Sport website, and read a posting by Kelsey Thompson about where the seat of the Habitat should be positioned to get the boat to peak performance. He mentioned it should be moved to the rear position. Deciding to try...
Endless joins in on the Paddle It Forward Program
Ready for an upgrade? Been thinking about what to do with that older model kayak or canoe in the garage? Now is the time to make the move. Endless River Adventures is participating in the national Paddle It Forward program. In this program, everyone wins! From April...
Big Thumbs up for the Diesel 60!
Having spent very little time in the Diesel in the past few years, and never in the new Diesel 60, the Cheoah was definitely going to test whether I liked the redesign or not--and I loved it! I have always enjoyed the Diesel, but not spent a lot of time in it because...
Ecuador Whitewater: A Bird’s Eye View with the GoPro! Hero Camera
This fall we ran into the new-and-improved GoPro! HERO camera with image stabilzation....and were pretty impressed....impressed enough to bring them into the store without personal testing. But as a follow-up we had one brought to Ecuador and eventually put the new...
Review of the 2009 Wave Sport Diesel
The 2009 Wave Sport Diesel If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! Well, now that I have finished school I guess I shouldn’t say ain’t anymore, but you get the idea. This has been a mantra that many in the paddle-sports industry seem to ignore. Just when something that...
2009 Diesel and Project 54cx Design Notes from Robert Peerson
The Diesel 2009. It looks great! What led to redesigning the Diesel? The main reason for redesigning the Diesel series was sizing. We wanted more paddlers to enjoy the performance of the Diesel series. Instead of creating a larger and smaller version of the current...
Notes from Robert Peerson on new Diesel and Project 54cx
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Notes from TeamERA on the Outdoor Retailer Show
After checking in with some of our favorite manufacturers at the Outdoor Retailers Show here in Salt Lake City, we have exciting news for 2009. Kids are definitely coming out on top as far as new products. So are fans of the Wave Sport Diesel. Following are just...
Outdoor Retailer 2008: First Impressions, Favorite Quote
After a busy Saturday on the river, it was time to stumble into the car to head to the Atlanta airport and off to Salt Lake City for a brief visit to the Outdoor Retailer Show. Adding in a time zone change or two, eleven hours later we landed in Salt Lake and headed...
Fuse 56: jack-of-all-trades and the master of them all
What can you say about a boat that really does it all? When WaveSport released the Diesel, They called it the "SUV of kayaks." They were not kidding either! The Diesel creeked well; it was incredible in pushy higher volume rivers; it even surfed great for a boat of...
Wave Sport Fuse Family Growing
Momma Fuse and Daddy Fuse have Arrived here at ERA! The Fuse 35 is proving to be a new favorite for the smaller paddlersenough so that there has been some boat envy going on as we bigger boaters waited for the new sized boats. But wait no more! The Fuse 48 and Fuse...