5 Steps to Finding the Perfect Van Camp by christopherkorbulic | Oct 5, 2017 | Instructional, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater1: Prioritize your activities. Being on the road in a van, or any other vehicle for that matter, is because you want to prioritize spending time doing things you love, right? Obviously you want to be kayaking, or at least be close to water, but that might not...
Destination Torngat by christopherkorbulic | Sep 24, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, United States, WhitewaterI was standing at our camp slide #8, the biggest falls on the river, just after sunrise on the fourth day descending the Nachvak river. Camp was calm and our own little bedrock swimming pool was glassy and still. Here after sunrise, breaking down camp, and a little...
A Karma UL Fantasy by christopherkorbulic | Jun 10, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, United States, WhitewaterLong boats were always kind of a mystery to me. I thought of them as the old school of kayaking, and liked to paddle them on class three or four to spice things up a little. A fall day came a couple years ago that I paddled the class V South Fork Feather in California...
How to 45 a Drop by christopherkorbulic | Mar 4, 2014 | Intermediate Moves, JK University, WhitewaterHow to 45° a Drop – Instruction from Kayakeducation.com, coming this spring. Do you want to run drops with more control and less risk of injury? If so, the 45 is a technique you want to know. Of the many waterfall-running techniques, the “45” could be the...
SE Asian Adventure by christopherkorbulic | Feb 26, 2014 | WhitewaterThe moment I started paddling back in an Indian river after a two year hiatus, I felt an immense rush of excitement and satisfaction. It had taken three and half exhausting days going directly from my front door to get to that river in Meghalaya, India, but it was the...
California Karma by christopherkorbulic | Jan 17, 2013 | WhitewaterWith heavy rains comes epic paddling in California. Check out this video of Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic as they take advantage of the high water flows in their new 2013 Jackson Karma’s: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAlY805MDU[/youtube]...
Bald Rock Canyon: Karma Video and Review by christopherkorbulic | Jan 7, 2013 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, Trips, Video, Video, WhitewaterIn November, Ben Stookesberry and I had the opportunity to paddle the new Jackson Kayak Karma. With low water and short days of winter we still wanted to paddle, and Bald Rock Canyon on the Middle Fork Feather still had enough water to be fun. We loaded up our Karma’s...
Back from the Arctic- Rifles, Crampons and Kayaks by christopherkorbulic | Nov 6, 2012 | WhitewaterThere is something very strange about grabbing crampons and a rifle with your paddle as you prepare for paddling, then walk to the deck of a sailboat, but this was how our day began. Ben Stookesberry, Pedro Oliva, and I were ascending onto the Braswell Glacier in the...
Norway- The Dream Becomes a Reality! 3 Weeks of Norway’s Best! by christopherkorbulic | Aug 28, 2012 | WhitewaterSince I started kayaking I have seen and heard about the Norwegian kayaking oasis and its unbelievable rivers, but I never thought I would get to paddle here. It is one of the most expensive places to travel, and for a kayaker used to sleeping in the back of a...
Stookesberry and Korbulic do Zimbabwe by christopherkorbulic | Apr 13, 2012 | WhitewaterZimbabwe – eish The yellow ball of the sun is just visible behind the high-rises and granite peaks of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will soon disappear and leave the city in the dark, when it seems to come alive, but my mind is elsewhere. It has not yet left...
A Look Into Chris Korbulic’s Journal Entries leading to the Descent of Kundawika Falls by christopherkorbulic | Jan 28, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater Dec. 30 There’s a small path to the river from the last village, the truck can’t go. The villagers say it’s 20 km, but the GPS says 12. To rent bikes from the village, we have to take a rider too, so the longer the trail, and more time we have...
An Expedition Complete in Northern Zambia: WONDER GORGE by christopherkorbulic | Jan 21, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, WhitewaterHow quickly time passes and things can change. December 7, one year since our expedition in the Congo ended tragically with the loss of Hendri Coetzee, I spent on the rim of the Zambezi Gorge, above rapid number 7, with Ben Stookesberry, Pete Meredith, Hendri’s best...
