Whitewater Kayaks
All the latest news and product reviews for whitewater kayaks. From play boats, creek boats, squirt boats, and more, Paddling Life keeps you informed on what’s new in whitewater kayaking, kayak companies, and whitewater trends.
Paddling Gear
Jackson Kayaks Antix 2.0 vs. Antix 1.0 with video
How does the Antis 2.0 compare to the Antix 1 from Jackson Kayaks?
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Paddling Gear
Exclusive PL Interview with Clay Wright about the Jackson Rockstar V
Paddling Life caught a few minutes with Clay Wright, of Jackson Kayaks, while he was in Steamboat Springs CO. for the 2022 Yampa River...
Accessories
Staying Tight: Paddling Life Spray Skirt Review—Seals Pro Rand
Sure, boats, paddles, apparel and PFDs are important and all, but the one piece of gear holding it all together, and keeping you part...
Accessories
NRS Movin’ and Shakin’
Moscow, Idaho’s Northwest River Supplies (NRS) is making moves with big internal developments including promotions in senior leadership, expansion of the product development team...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Breaking Down The Code: Inside Dagger’s New Creeker
Call it Mission Possible. Or the Mamba Phantom, which has the same initials. Credit Snowy Robertson and his design team at Dagger for breaking the...
Paddles
Hasta Luego, PADDLEexpo
It was great while it lasted. But, like a river, all great things have to come to an end. Europe’s PADDLEexpo tradeshow series, also...
Paddling Gear
Special Pre-release Pyranha Scorch Review (with Sweet Video)!
Special Pre-release 2021 Pyranha Scorch Video Review
(by Nick Hinds) Check out more of Nick's detailed Scorch review for more texture...
I can’t fit in a Waka...
Paddling Gear
Getting Silly with Fusilli: Pyranha Paddler Dave Fusilli Talks Scorch Kayak Design(Special Video and Q&A)!
Paddling Life sits down for a question and answer session with longtime Pyranha and White Salmon, Wash., paddler Dave Fusilli, an ageless wonder still...
Kayak Fishing
Jackson Releases “We Are Family” Video
Everyone knows that Jackson Kayak has always been all about family, with founder, world champion and Olympian Eric Jackson employing his kids Emily and...
Whitewater Kayaking
From Our Boat Experts at CKS: History of the Longboat and Green Race
According to our friends and partners over at Colorado Kayak Supply, longboats are having their moment. Especially given that it's fall and some of...
Whitewater Kayaking
An Inside Look at Soul Waterman’s Terrible Two Tandem Kayak
When the water warms up and our local Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers are low, I switch gears to my son’s interest in kayaking. Yes,...
Paddling Industry News
Inside the Jackson Antix 2.0: An On-water Report from Demshitz’s Jesse Shimrock
What’s the latest antics with the new Jackson Antix 2.0? Plenty, especially when you get the lowdown from freestyle kayaker and Demshitz crew member Jesse Shimrock,...
Paddling Life Exclusives
No Matter How You Slice It: A Big Paddler’s Review of the Pyranha Ozone
(By Adam Goshorn) At 6’1” and 265 lbs. I am right at the top of the recommended weight range for Pyranha’s Large Ozone. It’s a...
Inflatables
Paddlesport Sales Skyrocket 56 Percent in June
While paddlesports sales were treading water at best prior to COVID-19, the pandemic has put them back on the path to prosperity, with sales...
Paddling Gear
Whitewater Kayak Review: Chalka One Up for the Waka Steeze (If You Please)
My name is Alex Dodge, and I'm here to write a review of the Waka Steeze. But first a little bit about me, for a...
Camping
Self-support on the South Fork Main Salmon (Bonus: Gear I Used and Video!)
“Damn, if this is another un-named rapid, we’re in for a doozey,” I think to myself, the last of us bobbing in a pulsing,...
Kayak Fishing
EJ Launches New Kayak Co.
Less than two months after his retirement as president of Jackson Kayak, Eric “EJ” Jackson announced he is launching a new kayak company called...
Accessories
Extra, Extra! Pelican International Acquires Confluence
Calling it “more strength, capabilities and opportunities for the world leader in paddlesports equipment,” Laval, Quebec’s Pelican International Inc. has acquired the assets of...
Destinations
Boise Gets Rockin’ Whitewater Park Expansion
Already close to some of the best whitewater in the country, Boise, Idaho, is now giving paddlers (and surfers) another reason to visit the...
Paddling Gear
Corran Addison Debuts New Dancer
Move over Dominatrix…there’s a new Dancer taking the stage. That’s the tune being sung by longtime kayak designer Corran Addison, who, as the designer of...
Inflatables
Company Spotlight: Advanced Elements — From Waterbeds to IKs
Someone who invented a product that lets you sleep on water is also good at designing products that let you paddle on it. Such is...
Canoeing
Dousing and Makin’ Deals: Paddlesports Retailer Demo Day at Oklahoma’s Whitewater Center Goes Off Largetime
Holy Demo-day of all-time, Batman. When Paddlesports Retailer moved its annual tradeshow to Oklahoma City this year, it did so primarily for access to the...
Paddling Gear
Prijon Releases Newest Creek Boat Called…The Cocaine!
Eric Clapton would be proud. German kayak maker Prijon just released its newest creeker, with the provocative name of, wait for it…The Cocaine. PL...
Paddling Gear
Bellyak: Laying Down and Loving It
Most whitewater kayakers try not to swim. But not the folks at Bellyak, makers of a hybrid craft that falls somewhere between kayaking, hand...
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Jackson Kayaks Antix 2.0 vs. Antix 1.0 with video
How does the Antis 2.0 compare to the Antix 1 from Jackson Kayaks?
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COVID, Schmovid: Dane Jackson, Great Britain’s Robinson-Shaw Take World Freestyle Kayak Crowns
Even COVID-19 couldn’t keep kayak phenom Dane Jackson from winning his fourth World Freestyle Kayak Championship.
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British freestyle paddler Ottilie Robinson-Shaw completed...
Paddling Scotland’s Glasgow to Edinburgh Canoe Trail
By Corey Buhay
“Hiya, where you goin’ thar?” a man shouted from the shore. I looked up from my paddling...
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Exclusive PL Interview with Clay Wright about the Jackson Rockstar V
Paddling Life caught a few minutes with Clay Wright,...
Staying Tight: Paddling Life Spray Skirt Review—Seals Pro Rand
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