May 13 2012
Well the sled is now parked for the summer and the water is starting to flow in the Fraser Valley. The 2012 Vancouver Kayak Club Festival was a great kick off for the season. For the first year the festival had an awesome flow! At around 1.5meters the river dished out great rides and an [...]
May 3 2012
Long time WCK customer and paddler Tony Dyrsmid is still going strong on the river at the young age of 74. Having free range over the demo boats Tony has paddled a lot of different kayaks over the last couple years. These are his thoughts after a couple paddles in the JK Zen 75. My [...]
Jan 31 2012
Our first shipment of new 2012 model Jackson Kayaks at WCK arrived last week and just on time for my trip to Skookumchuck. I decided it was the perfect opportunity to test out the new Jackson Fun Runner. At first glance and maybe even 2nd glance the Fun Runner has an old school look to it. [...]
Apr 28 2011
A few weeks ago I was given a Select paddle to try out for a while. After taking it out on several different runs and passing it around to a couple friends I’m really excited about this new line of paddles. Select has some unique features like the Verilock option. The Verilock ferrule enables you to [...]
Mar 15 2011
The first boat I owned was a Wave Sport EZG 50 which was an awesome boat that took me from my first times on the river in 5 years up to paddling class IV rivers. While it was a great boat for me I was right at the top of the weight range which meant [...]
