Check out some good fun that was had at the Nantahala World Kayak Pro-am. The pro am is a gathering of professional athletes and amature kayakers raising money for the First Descents Charity at the Nantahala river NC. Each pro paddler is paired with two amateurs, forming a team of three and they compete in a beginner-friendly freestyle event. Good times.

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YouTube user planetmango brings us an excellent whitewater kayaking tutorial video. In this vid, he demonstrates a great way to practice the beginning movements of a sweep roll. He also makes an excellent point about how paddlers practice the wrong move. Check it out.

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Jackson Kayak Team Member Hunt Jennings brings us a cool whitewater video. This vid is a short edit of some things he's been doing in the Jackson Kayak Fun Runner. Featuring some cool drops, tricks, and beatdowns!

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Astral athlete Gareth Tate and 7 Finger Media bring us a kinda funny whitewater kayaking/carnage video this morning. They remind us why it's important to always respect the runout after finishing a big run. Check out Gareth's run-in with the Flume after a stellar "no swim" trip down Dinkey Creek in California.

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Clay Lucas brings us a great whitewater video of a classic river, the North Fork of the Payette. On his way out to the Pacific Northwest (PNW) h had the opportunity to stop and run the infamous North Fork of the Payette in Banks, Idaho with locals Michael Thurmond and James Byrd. Enjoy!

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Jackson Team member Hunter Katich is back in another great kayaking video. In this one, he is throwing around the brand new awesome 2014 Jackson Kayak Rockstar on the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, GA. Just absolutely phenomenal freestyle skills being shown in one sick boat. Enjoy.

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Substantial Media House just recently picked up a few of the new Liquid Logic Stingers, the nearly 13 foot long whitewater creek racing kayaks. The Substantial guys took these bad-boys out on Callaghan River (Whistler area) for 2-3 miles of fun class IV-V boulder rapids. Man, we can't wait to get our hands on some of these boats!

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Wow, this is intense. Check out this video where Demshitz's Dave Fusilli saves Bren Orton with a well placed throw rope right at the lip of a 50-60ft waterfall on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Seriously close call and big props to Dave for the save.

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Got an epic whitewater video for you this morning brought to you by Mountain Mind Collective with Todd Wells and Brendan Wells. In this episode, they explore two of Washington State's most impressive whitewater rivers: The Little White Salmon River and Robe Canyon of the Stillaguamish River at 8ft.

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Vimeo user brings us a whitewater freestyle kayaking video featuring the EUROCUP Prague highlights. This is from the 2013 event held in Troja, Prague. A lot of killer moves out there and ton of super lightweight carbon freestyle kayaks.

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SB Productions is here with another great whitewater kayaking edit. This one features the Lower Rauma, which they think might be the best section in Norway. 9 rapids of high quality whitewater.

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Vimeo user Robert Kierans brings us a whitewater kayaking vid that is Alpine Kayaking Part 1 of 6: the Middle Guil. This river is class III-IV and is located in the French Alps. The water and general scenery is so beautiful with good continuous rapids. Check it.

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Aniol Serrasolses, kayaking bad-ass, brings us a whitewater kayaking video called Skjøle 170 cm. He says that the Skjøle river in Norway is one of his favroite runs in the world with so many km of great continuous whitewater. No waterfalls or super big rapids but it's definitely intense and scary when it gets HIGH!

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15 year-old Madison Salsgiver brings us a whitewater kayaking video from Cherry Creek on the Upper Tuolumne River. Watch as this young ripper takes on this classic California Class IV-V+ run with friends. Very impressive.

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Bomb Blast Media brings us a kayak instructional video called Dynamic Active Blade Technique. This vid shows the importance and technique of keeping an active blade in the water while maneuvering. Peel-outs, eddying, cross-current ferries, etc all benefit from this. Check it out.

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Wow, lol, I don't even know what to say... Check out this video about a revolutionary new take on kayaking... kayaking without the kayak. Who will push the limits of this brave new sport to the next level? With enough hard work and dedication, it could be you.

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The Male Paddler of the year award has to be a tough call. So many amazing athletes pushing the boundaries of the sport and film. This year, Evan Garcia is the much-deserved recipient of the 2013 Canoe & Kayak Male Paddler of the Year award presented at this year's Outdoor Retailer show. Be sure to check out the awesome compilation video and congrats Evan!

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Wow, been so insanely busy I totally forgot that there was a new Substantial TV teaser out. Anyway, you have got to watch the Episode 6 teaser for "Ragnarok." Norwegians use it describe something crazy and it is the perfect description for this vid. Jaw-dropping slow-mo shots, epic Norway whitewater and fire-breathing. Yeah you read that right. Check it.

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Pilot Collective Media, H2o Dreams and Untamed Science bring us a great whitewater kayaking short video. It was the summer of splats, rock spins, stern squirts and more as Sam, Chris and Pablo took their old school boats to Wilson's Creek. Great edit and man it just looks like so much fun.

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Hunter Connolly brings us a new video featuring his whitewater kayaking highlights from 2012 and 2013. Hunter paddled from California to Washington and the vid includes Upper Cherry, South Silver, Celestial Falls and more. Very cool stuff so check it out.

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