Colorado Kayak Supply (CKS) Blog

Dreaming of a White Nile Christmas
The White Nile is a big river. Others have said it before but I will say it again.
On December 7th, only twenty minutes after finishing my las...
Awesome quality Lake Creek, CO video of local pro paddlers
This is one of the best quality videos I've seen online. It documents Buena Vista, CO local pro paddlers Jed Selby, Andre Spino-Smith and Dustin Ur...

Thanksgiving update - San Louis Potosi, Mexico
(Boyd dropping in on the Rio Verde. Courtesy of Adam Goshorn)
Getting just as thirsty as everyone else with the drought I found out that some of m...

Upper and Lower Box, November eye candy
It seems that winter has forgotten all about us here in the Southwest. So while the snow seems to be stuck over the Pacific Northwest, we at least ...

3rd Annual Burnt Ranch Gorge Race (UPDATE -VIDEO)
UPDATE:
Video of the 3rd Annual Burnt Ranch Race is now online: Click Here Thanks to Ben Wartburg for putting together the clip.
Rush Sturges an...

Colorado in the fall does not suck part 2 - CKS staff goes Touring!
Autumn in Colorado is a great time to take advantage of some of our non whitewater resources. Case in point, CKS is located in close proximity to s...

CKS Couple Cruise to N.C.
I was in the middle of shipping an order for CKS when Lisa (my wife and fellow co-worker) handed me the phone, “it’s Woody,” she said with a mischi...

Back in Oregon... waiting for rain.
In direct contrast to the season in Colorado, the whitewater in Oregon comes in late fall and feeds off of rain all winter before drying up some ti...
Balls to the Wall BC - Videos
Balls to the Wall is a fun waterfall and rapid on the middle section of the Cheakamus River near Whistler, BC. Our buddy Dave from Seattle shot vid...

Colorado in the Fall Does not Suck... Part 1
By Nicole Mansfield.
Situation:
- Water level on the Arkansas has just dropped significantly and won't increase again until April
- Everyone is le...
