Kayak Session Magazine

The biggest whitewater kayaking magazine in the world. If a photo speaks a thousand words, then Kayak Session is an encyclopedia. Dubbed the ‘National Geographic’ of whitewater kayaking, we collaborate with some of the best photographers and most acclaimed writers in the outdoor industry. Our photo concept is to show stunning images of kayakers in their element. This photos-first idea is coupled with a creative layout and fresh content, sure to inspire our readers with every issue. Kayak Session is the essential reading for whitewater kayakers worldwide.

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NEWS AND HAPPENINGS • This ongoing column is a place to report on the current news, latest descents, expeditions, people and trends in the Whitewater world. The world is indeed a big place but the river connects us all. This column attempts to keep us in touch throughout the world paddling community.

DEE FEST 2023, LLANGOLLEN, NORTH WALES,APRIL 2023

LITTLE WHITE SALMON RACE, WHITE SALMON, WA, MARCH 2023

ISAAC LUDWIG MEMORIAL TOP YOUGH, MARYLAND, USA, MARCH 2023

UPPER WIND WHITEWATER FESTIVAL AND GREG SENIOR MEMORIAL RACE CARSON, WA, MARCH 2023

MYLLYKOSKI BIG WATER FESTIVAL, FINLAND, APRIL 2023

BULLER FEST, MURCHISON, NEW ZEALAND, MARCH 2023

SPB RIVER FEST 2023, ST-PIERRE-DE-BOEUF, FRANCE

LOWER BALLS FALLS, ONTARIO, CANADA, APRIL 2023

RECORD HIGH WATER ON THE PESHTIGO RIVER, WISCONSIN, APRIL 2023

SANTO DOMINGO, CHIAPAS, MEXICO, MARCH 2023

SCRAMBLED EGGS BEND OF THE WEBER RIVER, UTAH, USA, APRIL 2023

MOROCCO SURF TRIP, WINTER 2023

WW-SCHOOL TEAM EXPLORES IRAN'S RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS, APRIL 2023

CASCADA PROJECT, 2023, PUERTO QUITO, ECUADOR, MARCH-APRIL 2023

WHITE NILE UPDATE, UGANDA, WINTER 2023

TEA GORGE, THE HIDDEN PEARL OF GALICIA, APRIL 2023

STAKEOUT OF THE SOUTH, COLUMBUS, GA, APRIL 2023

PADDLE TRIBAL WATERS, SPRING EUGENE TRIP, 2023

STIBITE MINE UPDATE, SOUTH FORK SALMON RIVER, IDAHO USA

PETITION TO SAVE THE AUSTARI-JÖKULSÁ, ICELAND

SARYJAZ GRAND TREK Heavy Loads: Contemplating Ethics and Style in Expedition Kayaking • Call it stupidity, determination, ego, arrogance, inspiration. Whatever got them here, hiking kayaks up and over the 3500-meter passes of the Tian Shan Mountains, it wouldn't help them now. Driven by a shared style, love for wild places, and a desire to experience rather than conquer a river, Tomass Mamies, Kristof Stursa, Nouria Newman, Luka Rebersak, and Michiel De Ruytter went to the Sary Jaz focused not on some of the world's most remote and challenging Class V, but on the hike out.

Tidal Power The Bitches of Wales • Off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, lies a standing wave formed by a combination of tide, swell, wind, and pressure that has changed the shape of freestyle kayaking and kayak surfing forever. Home to the first freestyle rodeo in 1991, today, the Bitches has lost none of its magic or appeal. But fair warning:While surfing the Bitches is mainly epic, it has the potential to be an epic.

VAMOS A BOLIVIA! Exploring the Rivers of Carrasco National Park • Bolivia touches the borders of Peru, Chile, and Argentina, all Whitewater paradises. Hidden in plain sight, between mountain peaks and densely forested jungle, are a plethora of rivers and a growing rafting and kayaking scene. Last February, Fabian Alejandro Bonanno returned to the small town of Villa Tunari alongside Marinus Bauer, Philipp Michel, and David Sodomka in hopes of unlocking the Whitewater hidden inside the gentle valleys and deep canyons of the nearby Carrasco National Park and then, paddle as much as possible.

Interview BROOKE HESS, LIBBY TOBEY, AND HAILEY THOMPSON • The lack of salmon in a river named the Salmon was not lost on Brooke...