YT Channel Video Videos For 2nd of August, 2013

Want too see how a skateboard truck is supposed to be made? Sand Casting is by far the most superior way to cast a truck period. Join Larry Balma and Darryl Grogan as they explain the process from start to finish.

Skateboard Truck Manufacturing with Tracker Trucks

2nd August, 2013

Want too see how a skateboard truck is supposed to be made? Sand Casting is by far the most superior way to cast a truck period. Join Larry Balma and Darryl Grogan as they explain the process from start to finish. ...

C&K Editor Jeff Moag kicks off the 2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards in Salt Lake

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Show Intro

2nd August, 2013

C&K Editor Jeff Moag kicks off the 2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards in Salt Lake ...

In an age when both filmmaking, paddling and media coverage have reached unparalleled heights, it was fitting that the Film Achievement Award kicked off the second annual Canoe & Kayak Awards on Aug. 1 at Salt Lake City. It was also fitting that Fish Munga, which set the new standard for whitewater location filming and documentary story telling, would win the award.<br /><br />Fish Munga founder Steve Fisher, produced, directed and paddled in "CONGO: The Grand Inga Project," a feature-length film documenting the first descent of the world's largest whitewater rapids. Fisher, Rush Sturges, Tyler Bradt and Ben Marr completed the Congo River's 1.6-million cfs crux in October 2011. The sweeping film Fisher released in August 2012 documents the history of the Congo river and the team's efforts to gain access to, and then run, the world's biggest rapids.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Film Achievement

2nd August, 2013

In an age when both filmmaking, paddling and media coverage have reached unparalleled heights, it was fitting that the Film Achievement Award kicked off the second annual Canoe & Kayak Awards on Aug. 1 at Salt Lake City. It was also fitting that Fish Munga, which set the new standard ...

Paddling is about more than hucking the biggest waterfall or kayaking the longest expedition. For some people, kayaking is a lifesaver—physically, mentally and emotionally. Recognizing paddling's ability to heal, inspire and empower, people around the country have started organizations and nonprofits around the sport, and on Aug. 1 at the Canoe & Kayak Awards Show, First Descents stood out above the rest for its dedication to helping cancer survivors reclaim life through whitewater.<br /><br />Started by Brad Ludden in 2001, First Descents is known for helping young cancer-fighters to paddle, climb and surf beyond their diagnosis and connect with others doing the same. The program is free, including travel scholarships when needed.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Paddle with Purpose

2nd August, 2013

Paddling is about more than hucking the biggest waterfall or kayaking the longest expedition. For some people, kayaking is a lifesaver—physically, mentally and emotionally. Recognizing paddling's ability to heal, inspire and empower, people around the country have started organizations and nonprofits around the sport, and on Aug. 1 at the ...

When Dominique Liboiron canoed 3,300 miles from Saskatchewan to New Orleans to release his beloved uncle's ashes, he never anticipated that his adventure would be anything more than that. But it is exactly a journey like his that represents the essence of Canoe & Kayak, winning him the inaugural Spirit of Adventure Award at the 2013 C&K Awards Show.<br /><br />His dedication went to those suffering from the Bow River Flood, one of the worst floods in Canadian history and which wiped away the town of High River.<br /><br />Liboiron began his journey to honor his late uncle Mitch, who loved canoeing and New Orleans in equal measure, on June 8, 2012. He canoed from Saskatchewan through 12 states and along four major rivers, including the Mississippi, en route to New Orleans, a journey he thought of as his last trip with his uncle.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Spirit of Adventure

2nd August, 2013

When Dominique Liboiron canoed 3,300 miles from Saskatchewan to New Orleans to release his beloved uncle's ashes, he never anticipated that his adventure would be anything more than that. But it is exactly a journey like his that represents the essence of Canoe & Kayak, winning him the inaugural Spirit ...

This year's C&K Female Paddler of the Year Award goes to French slalom paddler and big-water charger Nauru Newman.<br /><br />"I'd like to thank the amazing chicas that got nominated along with me, and I hope I will get to paddle with them soon," Newman said in an acceptance video. She is competing this week in the Under-23 European Slalom Championships in her native France and was unable to attend the C&K Awards. "Wish me luck," she said.<br /><br />Coming from a background of slalom racing, the quiet 21-year-old powerhouse from the Pyrenees rocked the whitewater world when she dominated the women's class of the 2012 Whitewater Grand Prix, winning four out of the five stages.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Female Paddler of the Year

2nd August, 2013

This year's C&K Female Paddler of the Year Award goes to French slalom paddler and big-water charger Nauru Newman."I'd like to thank the amazing chicas that got nominated along with me, and I hope I will get to paddle with them soon," Newman said in an acceptance video. She is ...

Garcia is best known for pushing the boundaries of both whitewater and film. In the last year, he has charged countless big drops and competed in the world's toughest whitewater competition. With Rush Sturges and Rafa Ortiz, he made the first single-day descent of the Rio Santo Domingo, at 1,000 feet-per-mile the steepest section of whitewater ever run. Garcia also co-founded Substantial Media House, whose films take audiences to places and rivers few have ever seen, with stylish edits documenting the lives and exploits of the world's most dynamic boaters.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Male Paddler of the Year

2nd August, 2013

Garcia is best known for pushing the boundaries of both whitewater and film. In the last year, he has charged countless big drops and competed in the world's toughest whitewater competition. With Rush Sturges and Rafa Ortiz, he made the first single-day descent of the Rio Santo Domingo, at 1,000 ...

Idaho paddling legend Rob Lesser was honored this evening with the C&K Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for his enduring contributions to the sport of paddling. Lesser, 60, was among the world's most accomplished paddlers in the 1970s into the 1990s. He is best known for pioneering the Grand Canyon of the Stikine in northern British Columbia, which remains a benchmark test of commitment and paddling skill.<br /><br />Lesser also made the first descent of Idaho's North Fork of the Payette, and later helped to save that great river through his conservation work. The North Fork has played a storied role in the development of whitewater paddling, serving as a training ground for generations of elite paddlers, and a launch pad for significant expeditions around the world.<br /><br />Lesser popularized whitewater rodeos in the West, which eventually grew into the freestyle boom which revolutionized whitewater boat designs and paddling skills. But he made his name on big, powerful, unforgiving rivers. From the mid-1970s into the 1980s, Lesser put up first descents all over the world, including the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone in Wyoming, the Bio Bio in Chile and the Braldu in Nepal.<br /><br />But it was the Grand Canyon of the Stikine that inscribed Rob Lesser's name indelibly in the annals of paddling history. The Class V crucible that he pioneered in 1981 is still considered the defining benchmark of whitewater skill. That descent and other Lesser exploits were documented on episodes of ABC's American Sportsman program from 1979 to 1983, and did much to popularize whitewater paddling in the United States.<br /><br />Lesser was inducted into the International Whitewater Hall of Fame with the inaugural class. Such accolades are welcome, but the true measure of Lesser's legacy are the accomplishments of those who blazed farther along the path he pioneered—a lineage of whitewater exploration that carries straight through the Tsang Po Gorge, to the Congo's Inga Rapids and Mexico's Rio Santo Domingo.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Lifetime Achievement Award

2nd August, 2013

Idaho paddling legend Rob Lesser was honored this evening with the C&K Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for his enduring contributions to the sport of paddling. Lesser, 60, was among the world's most accomplished paddlers in the 1970s into the 1990s. He is best known for pioneering the Grand Canyon of ...

Taking home the biggest award of the evening, the team members of the Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition smiled big as they accepted the $2,500 Expedition Grant check presented by Shred Ready, the first year it was presented at the Canoe & Kayak Awards.<br /><br />Their expedition involved running a four-month, 2,600-mile canoe journey across Canada's Northern Territories. Their trek remained almost entirely above 60 degrees latitude as the four Midwesterners made their way from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson Bay.

2013 Canoe & Kayak Awards Presented by Verizon Expedition of the Year

2nd August, 2013

Taking home the biggest award of the evening, the team members of the Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition smiled big as they accepted the $2,500 Expedition Grant check presented by Shred Ready, the first year it was presented at the Canoe & Kayak Awards.Their expedition involved running a four-month, 2,600-mile canoe journey ...

Suuns "Powers of Ten" : Converse EMPTY SPACE #3

2nd August, 2013

EMPTY SPACE is a brand new music video series from Converse and La Blogotheque that showcases a wide range of artists playing in empty venues across Paris. The quintessentially French establishments provide the perfect setting for intimate, unexpected and powerful moments that allow their music to shine...Track: Powers of Ten ...