This a big day here at Effort.tv
I have just returned from a month in Colorado and Wyoming with the Academy of Huge Experiences, traveling with trip co-leader, Jason Aytes, and nine of the coolest 15-17 year old paddlers I could imagine. It was a real privelege to travel with those guys. Please take a moment to check out our trip blogs if you have a second.
http://gohuge.blogspot.com And check out Huge Experiences web site to learn more about their program.
click HERE 
While in Colorado we attended the US National Freestyle Kayak Championships, held at the Salida play park. I myself was just shy of making finals but decided to film it nonetheless. I must say that this was bar none, the most impressive hole competition I've ever seen, and the hardest competitive field I've seen. These are highlight videos I put together of the men's pro finals. They are listed in order of how the person placed in nationals. Enjoy and learn.
(some of these links may not work now since i had to take some of the files offline. i needed the space.)
1st Place
Stephen Wright 2nd Place
Bryan Kirk 3rd Place
Jimmy Blakeney 4th Place
John Myer 5th Place
Clay Wright 6th Place
Todd Baker 7th Place
Jed Selby 8th Place
Greg Parker 9th Place
Dustin Urban 10th Place
Seth Chapel 11th Place
Andre Spino-Smith If you can't tell from the video it takes an incredible amount of concentration and precision to be able to throw all the moves that are being done in a one minute ride. I have the women's rides as well but have been unable to edit those yet. I will put those up too.
Now the big news. The Effort.tv
store 
is finally functional and is selling the new kayak DVD,
ENTER the DONKEY.
CLICK HERE to learn all there is to know about the video and buy it for the very low price of $14.99.
Additionally, Effort.tv and Deadman Productions have put our new
DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE t-shirt on sale at the
online store.
