Although mostly flat and unexciting, the Chicago Area has a few diamonds in the rough. Within a few hours of Chicago, there are a couple of rivers and dams with exceptional play potential, considering their obscure locations.
Traveling farther from Chicago, Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Upper Peninsula Michigan provide a much different experience with steep creeks, gaping gorges, large drops, and big water.
The thought occurred to me that there might be a few people out there that might be interested in knowing the preparation needed to go paddling in Nepal... or in another country in general. So I thought I'd make this first post a "How to" specific for that.
This story is a few months old… but I kept it in my back pocket for a month when I didn’t have much else to write about.
On some random weekend that I was boating up at Wausau this summer, I was listening to Ashley (operations manager for Wausau Whitewater) talk about all the local ... Read More →
Last week we had a great turn out for our very first hometown throwdown at the Marge Cline Whitewater park in Yorkville, IL
There were 28 boaters participating, and over 50 people there who showed up to watch.
In addition to the sweet prizes donated by World Kayak’s sponsors, we had a few additional prizes donated ... Read More →
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