Wait… You Have Whitewater in Wisconsin?

This past weekend, we set out to answer a question we hear more often than you’d think: “Wait, Wisconsin has whitewater?” Spoiler alert: We absolutely do! We took on three of the state’s most iconic paddling rivers—Peshtigo, Pike, and Wolf—and captured some of the action on video. First up, we […]

Clean-up and Fun on the Wolf River

On a chilly 35°F day we spent about 4-1/2 hours on the river picking up bottles, cans, flipflops, and other trash on Section 4 of the Wolf in the Menominee Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. Here’s footage of the named rapids. In hindsight I should have shot more of the trash-gathering […]

Paddling the Wolf River at 1800 CFS

Wisconsin’s Wolf River ran last Sunday, July 27, at an incredible flow rate of nearly 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), which was the all-time high since USGS record-keeping began there. Normal flow for the Wolf ranges from 300 to about 1,000 cfs. Brian T., Derrick W. and I decided […]

Running the Wolf

I’ve been learning how to be a whitewater kayaker for four years so you’d think I’d be better at it by now. But when it comes to playboating tricks I still can’t loop, cartwheel or blunt. I attribute my poky learning curve to my advanced years; that’s my ego-protection rationale […]