Kayak Session Magazine

COVID changed the world in many ways. For us paddlers, the simple desire to travel beyond our borders became impossible. The dream of discovering new places, new cultures, and new runs would have to wait. First, we had to stay inside, which allowed u

We are pleased announce a new Sports Show, which will take place in Lyon, France, in the first week of October 2021. Organized by the Kayak Session Publishing crew, the show will be more than just a trade show; the vision is to create an ecosystem of

On a tour of this kind, it helps to be overly optimistic: 1) The mosquitoes are gone. 2) After the heat, it has cooled down. 3) There will be additional water for the waterfalls tomorrow, and levels have been low anyway. The reality I try to suppress

Total distance: Around 800 km, with 9000 m of elevation The highest elevation in one day: 1824 meters in altitude The highest recorded bike speed: 80.4 km/h Rivers paddled: 10 Days on the road: 22 Route: From Rosenheim, Germany, up the Inntal Cyc

I look up to see five guys rushing into our camp from upstream. I immediately know what’s wrong. Coca fields surrounded us as we moved frustratingly slowly through this cultivated corridor, and we were spotted. I drop my firewood and offer my friendl

Standing in a remote Guatemalan village in late March 2020, I realized everything was changing. Before I could grasp the larger-scale developments, I suddenly needed to escape the secluded, self-sufficient oasis where I was working. After racing thro

How did it all start for you? Rumor has it, your parents were runners and climbers who made you wait until you could swim before joining the local paddle club. True? Yeah, that’s right. I grew up in the Lake District, a great place for outdoor activ

A GAP YEAR TO REMEMBER: THE STORY OF A SCOTTISH KAYAKER AND HIS PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT WHITEWATER EDUCATION The idea of a Gap Year has grown in popularity and is now far more embraced by higher education. Taking a GAP year does not mean you will aut

The efforts of motivated paddlers, non-profit organizations, and other community-led endeavors are a fundamental reason we can enjoy access to world-class whitewater paddling opportunities worldwide. Non-profits and grassroots groups play a particula

March 26th, 2000: Two years earlier, Eric Seymour had told me that a pink whitewater kayak proudly displayed in his dorm room on the "Outdoor Discovery" floor at Western State College would change my life. Now, as I watch Eric ride the pink "Devil" w

With so much information out there on COVID and how it impacts immunity and health, it is easy to be confused and overwhelmed. With that in mind, a primer on the immune system and how it works feels essential. The good news is that we have learned a

After looking at flatwater basics with double pump (KS73), downriver moves with kickflip (KS74), and playing on the eddy lines with stern squirts (KS75) - it is time to look towards playing in the feature. One of the first techniques to master and un

With the competitive kayak season for 2020 mostly canceled, as for so many other sports, it has been an easy time to lose the motivation to stay fit, train for the specific endeavor you are interested in competing in, or even kayaking at all. When th

The Ganga (Ganges) River runs 2,704 kilometers southeast from the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, emptying into the Bay of Bengal. Named after the Hindu goddess of purification, for Hindus, the Ganga River is pure and sacred. Hi

Rivers are dynamic systems, something we know intuitively as paddlers. We follow their flow gages, nearby weather patterns, and headwaters snowpack levels, all to determine when they will be flowing at the perfect level we've been waiting for. As the