May 2010 Blog Posts (14)

Season's here, you ready?

If you haven't been doing your offseason training, you have some catching up to do! The water is melting and nothing is worse than an early season injury because you weren't prepared. Here are a few quick things you can do to get ready asap!

Handstand push ups

Pull ups

Push ups

Overhead squats

In the past we have focused more on working the entire body which is super important but since the season's upon us, it's…

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Added by Brad Ludden on May 29, 2010 at 12:17am — No Comments

Spring In Quebec...

QUEBEC STAKEOUT…

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Added by Rush Sturges on May 27, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

South Branch Middle Feather

If your not in Cali right now you should be. South Branch is for sure one of the best one day runs in Cali, perhaps in the world. Not sure about the world part but if you have been all around the world then perhaps you can chime in. There have been so many people up on the S Branch this year and it is getting ran…

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Added by Thomas Moore on May 27, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Spring schedule

I frequently get asked what my schedule is like as a professional kayaker. So I thought I would post my spring schedule.

March 4-6, speaking appearance in Chicago

March 20-22, appearance in NY

April 10-11, competing at the Northwest Kayaking Competition

April 22-May 7, filming a documentary and shooting a couple TV shows in Slovakia while doing a first descent

May 11-14, competing in Richmond at the Red Bull Canal Crashers ramp event

May 28-June 14, competing in CO… Continue

Added by tao berman on May 25, 2010 at 11:05pm — No Comments

My first time going off a ramp

Just before flying out to Slovakia Red Bull called and asked me if I wanted to attend an event in Richmond with a kayak ramp. I had never been off a ramp in my kayak and didn't want to embarrass myself in front of 25,000 people so I turned them down. Next my team manager called and told me the city really wanted me there and that he would appreciate it if I would attend. I told him if he didn't mind me landing on my head every time and I'd do it.

After getting back from Slovakia I had… Continue

Added by tao berman on May 25, 2010 at 10:42pm — No Comments

Yoga for Kayaking: Neck Stretches

In a recent yoga class the teacher encouraged us to roll up out of a side-bending pose with our heads as the last body part to come up. I had to giggle because she sounded just like a kayak instructor teaching

the roll! As she was giving her instructions she made the comment that

bringing our heads up last can be challenging because we tend to be a

society of 'head yankers.'

I see a lot of head yanking when I teach the roll and most of us have experienced the sensation…

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Added by Anna Levesque on May 24, 2010 at 2:11pm — 2 Comments

Summit Series

Hey everyone, Check out this post about a really cool event fellow Team Dagger Athlete Brad Ludden and I participated in last week:

http://blog.kokatat.com/index.php/catching-up-with-jason-beakes-report-from-dc-summit-series-3356/

Enjoy!

Jason Beakes

Added by jason beakes on May 22, 2010 at 8:02am — No Comments

Win a Dagger Axis and Paddle for Cancer

Brad Ludden's First Descents program and retailer Outdoor Play have teamed up to raise money for a great cause. Get involved and you can also win a chance at a Dagger Axis 10.5 kayak!

See details below

The event is held at the Hood River Waterfront Park in downtown Hood River, Oregon.

http://www.outdoorplay.com/PaddleForCancer

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Added by Craig Ray on May 19, 2010 at 8:53am — No Comments

Review of the Axiom 8.5

I've been waiting to get my hands on an Axiom for a while now because I had a feeling it was going to be the ultimate boat for my home river, the Potomac. Last Friday I borrowed on from Chuck Morris, our regional Confluence rep and proceeded to have one of my best paddling sessions in months!

In my opinion a key test of a boat design is the ability…

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Added by jason beakes on May 17, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Red Bull Canal Crashers

Day one of the ramp is finished and there are 10 high flyers movin on to Saturdays showdown. True to form the ramp delivered some big tricks as well as some spectacular crashes. Hats off to all the competitors for hanging in there as this ramp is big and fast. Among those ready to fly again are myself, Tao Berman, and Richmond locals Rob Tompkins, Van, Greg, and Patrick (sorry boys don't have the last names and others. Check out the some of the pictures from the qualifying round. Boatercross is… Continue

Added by Andrew Holcombe on May 15, 2010 at 12:01pm — 2 Comments

Northwest Huck Fest Continued...

The sun has been shining brightly on the greater Northern Oregon area which is a rare treat out here. Luckly the rivers we have been knocking off arn't too rain dependent.

We Started off at Metlako three days ago with some awesome time free falling off the picture perfect

80 fter.

From here we hiked into Finial Falls which is about a 3.5 mile hectic hike in followed by a crazy descent into the salmon river gorge. But we were rewarded with…

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Added by Tyler Bradt on May 10, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

North West Huck Fest

Out on another great North West Huck Fest!

Driving down from Montana my buddy Ian Garcia and I first stopped off at the beautiful beaver lodge where all good Huck Fests begin. We are already a couple of days into a 10 day adventure which will be taking us to many large waterfalls.

With in an hour…

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Added by Tyler Bradt on May 8, 2010 at 2:11am — No Comments

EDDY FLOWER VERTICAL CHALLENGE!

I'm guessing none of you needed a reason to paddle as much as possible this spring, but if you did, this is it! Please read, sign up, paddle, win great prizes and do it all so that young adults with cancer can have a life enhancing kayak experience!

EddyFlower proudly presents the fourth annual “EddyFlower Vertical Challenge”. The competition is simple: you…

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Added by Brad Ludden on May 3, 2010 at 10:54am — No Comments

French Broad River Clean-up

This past weekend I joined American Whitewater for a river clean-up on section nine of the French Broad. River clean-ups give you a great sense for what people think of as trash and what they just throw into the environment. Apparently chewing tobacco cans and most plastic bottles are thought of as disposable, major bummer there:( The list of the more interesting ranged from fishing rods to motorcycle helmets to fisher price toys and of course car tires (I think the total was close to twenty).… Continue

Added by Andrew Holcombe on May 3, 2010 at 10:25am — No Comments