tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115047802007-04-08T19:35:32.923-07:00StaffBlogger511tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1170694607017658802007-02-05T08:55:00.000-08:002007-02-05T10:06:22.636-08:00

Rob is a straight up guy. When he’s stoked, he’ll let you know, and when he’s not…you’ll know, so when I saw his face go from serious to shit eating grin after he answered the phone, I knew we had made the right decision. Two of my high school buddies, Mike Stratton and Rob Tompkins as well as our 17 year old friend Van Null were heading towards Asheville, NC in the pouring rain. We were

Stafftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1169944149723873402007-01-27T16:25:00.000-08:002007-01-27T17:51:07.883-08:00

After a year of dedicated filming, EP is releasing the most comprehensive freestyle instructional to date. The new video, Amplify breaks down playboating into easy to learn steps to teach kayakers the progression from the most basic tricks to the latest in freestyle. Our goal with Amplify is to do something new with an instructional video. With freestyle progressing so rapidly we wanted

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1155334728585516772006-08-11T13:57:00.000-07:002006-08-11T18:39:11.256-07:00

NRS has been working hard with the team over the last year to really tweak the kayaking gear line-up and are launching a ton of new gear that we've been asking for. Check out the new Flux Drytop designed for playboating comfort; bomber eblow pads for playing in the rough; a new kayak pack to lug around the creekers; and (what I'm most excited about) a KAYAKERS DRYSUIT! There are seven new

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1155264100084890042006-08-10T18:06:00.000-07:002006-08-10T19:41:40.143-07:00

Wavesport unveiled it's first full-on creekboat in 10 years. The Habitat 74 and 80 are Robert Peerson's latest projects since, well the Projects, and he has not let us down. The Habitat is deffinetly not your mom's creek boat. These bad boys come with stronger seats, 5 safety bars on the deck, and a pin step out system. The 74 gallon Habitat (yellow) comes in at 8 feet long with some stylish

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1155160273786138372006-08-09T14:35:00.000-07:002006-08-09T14:51:13.796-07:00

If you've been in a coma for the past few years, and haven't been to able to check out BroadBandSports.com; then you are missing out on life. BroadBandSports hosts all of the latest in video action sports and they give it up for free. Ep has had it's own site on BBS and we're in the process of uploading our "Best Of" video for each Ep Athlete. Check back soon for more video updates. Click

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1154454059920851772006-08-01T10:22:00.000-07:002006-08-01T10:40:59.986-07:00

Big stuff this week in Colorado. There is going to be a double premiere of "Mission: Epicocity" and "Enter the Donkey" folowing the Wavesport demo in Salida on Thursday (7/3). The WS Demo will be in Salida at Upper and Lower Rodeo Holes starting at 10AM and going until 5PM. Come on down, paddle a Wavesport boat, and hang out with the bros. After the demo, Benson's Tavern will be hosting the

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1154022382520598512006-07-27T10:42:00.000-07:002006-07-31T20:30:04.400-07:00

Teaching at a summer camp can be stressful. Keeping track of all your campers, staying up all night with you’re friends and waking up at 6:30am every morning, campers whining…that being said, the fact that it’s fun every waking second is pretty worthy. Passages is a day camp in Richmond, VA. It’s where I learned to kayak and where I’ve worked for almost 10 years. Every summer I pile into a

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1154052485678189962006-07-27T18:46:00.000-07:002006-07-27T19:08:05.716-07:00

There are several milestones in the life of a kayaking video company, that let you know that you've made it. The first is when you create a kayaking video that your friends like. The second sign is when you create a video that actually make girls like you, regardless of your personality. The third and final milestone in the life of a kayaking video company is when you create a video and make a

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Mission: Epicocity will be playing at 7 PM inside of Rendezvous River Sports in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Snake River Brewery is kind enough to donate a keg for the event and all proceeds will go to the Snake River access fund. EP will also be holding a big WAVESPORT demo on the nearby Snake River. We will meet at the West Table put-in at 10 AM and then paddling down to Kahuna wave. If you want

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1153494557172640632006-07-21T07:57:00.000-07:002006-07-21T08:11:19.980-07:00

Karl: Okay, two things make me poop: 1. coffee in the morning and, 2. being really mad. We ran out of coffee this morning, but luckly AW sent this out via email. I can't believe how dumb our governement is, or how dumb they think we are, to let this happen. Please read this and take the time to let the EPA know that this will not happen. Source: American Whitewater https://secure2.

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1153246636155913972006-07-18T11:10:00.000-07:002006-07-18T11:17:16.166-07:00

Hey ya'll, We're doing another video premiere and WS demo in Missoula this weekend at EDGE OF THE WORLD. Come on down this saturday to Brennan's wave in town to demo any of Wavesports' new boats. We'll be there all day from 12 - 7 PM and then we'll head over to Edge of the World for Montana's first premiere of Mission: Epicocity. Kegs pending... Ep

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Aquabatics in Calgary is hosting a premiere of "Mission: Epicocity" and a Wavesport Demo on the 15th. The Demo is going to feature all of Wavesport's new boats starting at 10 O'clock at the Kananaskis Playpark. WS boats will be available free of cost all day. After the demo we will be heading over to Aquabatics for a few beers and a showing of EP's new video "Mission: Epicocity" around 7PM.

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1152589700487773512006-07-10T20:47:00.000-07:002006-07-10T20:48:20.510-07:00

Conor getting a handful of silicon on Plastic Surgery On Monday we met up with legend Macy Burnham, Ben, and Ryan for a little run on South Silver. If you’ve never been there, then you are missing a classic California amusement park. South Silver lies in between Lake Tahoe and Sacramento, and it houses one of the best miles of whitewater in the world. The best indicator of the creek is

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1152557206794143222006-07-10T11:45:00.000-07:002006-07-10T11:56:52.703-07:00

Five Lakes Creek involves 2,000 vertical feet of climbing to the top of Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, then bushwacking 1,000 feet down the backside to the river. Though this may not be the best way to get to the river, our indecisive group: Rush, Charlie, Mac, Merlin and I (behind the camera) were tired of not kayaking and wanted to get on the water. It took us four hours to hike the four miles over

Stafftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1152203144368567132006-07-06T08:52:00.000-07:002006-07-06T10:37:15.153-07:00

For those of you that haven't heard yet, Seattle Raft & Kayak is hosting a Mission: Epicocity Premiere and Wavesport Demo this Friday (7/7). For the Wavesport demo we will all meet at "the store" in Index, WA at 10 AM. Then we'll do the run on the Skykomish with all the Wavesport boats available for demo, free of cost. After the demo we are all going to rally back to Seattle Raft & Kayak for

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1152205447159706422006-07-06T09:55:00.000-07:002006-07-06T10:04:07.200-07:00

Skook's going to be raging this weekend, and EP will have a whole rack of Wavesport boats available for demo. Come down to the wave and huck your meet in a Project or ZG. The high tide will be at 5PM so expect to paddle down around 1 PM, with the wave getting sick around 2ish. See you there. 07/08 4:55 PDT 13.91 knots Max Flood 07/09 5:39 PDT 15.25 knots Max Flood

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1152045653377835942006-07-04T13:33:00.000-07:002006-07-06T09:43:47.993-07:00

We kicked off the Mission: Epicocity Premiere Tour in Sacramento at California Canoe & Kayak. I love doing premiere tours because I get to travel the country and visit bad ass shops like CCK. The boys at the shop rolled out the red carpet (and their beer budget) to kick off the premiere tour. California Canoe & Kayak... All photos courtesy of Epicocity We pulled in to the CCK parking lot

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After a late night of partying in Sacramento, we packed the wagon up and headed east for the land of hot sun, slot machines, and SurfEnvy: Reno, NV. We cruised around town looking for the play park, but all we could find was casino after casino. Finally a homeless guy gave us directions to the park, and we quick located the put-in/start of the carnival. If you’ve never been to Reno then you

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1151950195790510612006-07-03T11:08:00.000-07:002006-07-03T11:09:55.800-07:00

Well we've done it. After many hours of spray painting (and several hundreddead brain cells later) we have finnished EP's new trailer. It's a 1970's International 3/4 ton truck bed converted into the greatest kayaking trailer ever. Keep watching this blog to see when EP will be hauling this bad boy to a "Mission: Epicocity" premiere near you. peace

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On Saturday the 24th I hopped on a plane in Portland, Oregon headed for Richmond, Virginia. I was ready to leave school, unusually cold weather and visit home for a few weeks, so flying back for five weeks of teaching kayaking at Passages Adventure Camp was a welcome change. I had heard talk of super low levels really early in the season, so I figured the kayaking would be mediocre at best, but

Stafftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1151538346150716322006-06-28T16:42:00.000-07:002006-06-28T16:45:46.163-07:00

Come on down to the Reno Play Park on July 2nd to paddle with EP and demo all the new Wavesport boats! We'll be meeting at the park at NOON, and demoing out boats all day. See you there, Ep

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1151262926821158322006-06-25T12:08:00.000-07:002006-06-25T12:15:26.833-07:00

Mission: Epicocity – Sacramento Premiere - June 30th We're going to meet at the shop at 10 AM to go paddle some Wavesport boats on the Taos River. We have a whole fleet of Wavesport boats for anybody to try, and CCK is nice enough to provide rides in thier van. Come on down and paddle with EP. Also, stick around after the demo because the Video Premiere is going to kick off at 7 PM at the

TripJenningstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11504780.post-1150759533893023632006-06-19T16:24:00.000-07:002006-06-19T16:38:39.343-07:00

Well, after six months of putting our noses to the grindstone, Mission: Epicocity is finished. I will never get to actually give birth to a child, being male and all, but I think I have some idea of what it’s like now. The video is done, and we’re really happy about how it turned out. We will always think back fondly to all the super sick adventures we had while filming and editing the video

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Check it out everybody, www.epicocity.com has a brand new look. Hit up the website and see the latest photos and videos from our new video "Mission: Epicocity." Go to the Store Front and buy your very own copy of "Mission: Epicocity." Peace Ep Mission: Epicocity. To check out more photos, click here (please buy the video, we am very hungry)

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Mission: Epicocity Premiere in Eugene, Oregon If you’re within a 24 hour driving radius of the University of Oregon, then you better jump in your car now and speed to Eugene, Oregon for the premiere of MISSION: EPICOCITY. The video will be showing in on Thursday (5/18) in Willamette 100 (13th & University). Just listen for the loud music and look for the UO Cheerleaders. EP

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