water sports

With the temperatures rising, it's time to go tubing and beat the heat!

Giant salvinia is growing so rapidly in Lake Bistineau this year that the LDWF has scheduled an 8 foot drawdown to begin on May 1, 2017.

Here we are in the middle of "Shark Week" and just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (cue the Jaws music) you see that all those water sports aren't as easy as they look. From inner tubing to water skiing, this video covers them all and shows just how funny we can all be when land walkers take to the water...

Today's Daily Funny is an internet video that went viral... of a water-skiing seven month old.  The video received some national attention from David Letterman via the Late Show Top Ten list.  Enjoy!

If you missed the USA Wakeboard Collegiate Nationals over the weekend on the Red River, then you missed some spectacular tricks and spectacular crashes.  Today's Daily Funny is not funny at all.  It's the opposite of funny... painful!  Check o...

If you were downtown or at the Louisiana Boardwalk this weekend, you may have seen some of the USA Wakeboard Competition on the Red River.  Area schools like ULM and Louisiana Tech compteted in the Collegiate Wakeboard Nationals.  I watched some of the action from the Boardwalk and I got to see some spectacular wipe-outs.  However, none of them compared to some of the "water fails" in to

Little Big Town's 'Pontoon' is infectious! We sing along as it plays, dreaming that we were on the Red River or Cross Lake or even a flooded ditch would do! Well, turns out we aren't the only ones singing along with LBT, check out this hilarious video including: Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Pistol Annies, Jake Owen, Hunter Hayes, and many more.

While watching this video my first thought is "Oh no! This is going to end poorly." I quickly transitioned to, "Wow, it worked!" and eventually I was thinking "How did they do that?" You see, I come from the kind of people who would try to recreate this human sling shot slip and slide, but my kind of people would use parts from a rusted out bronco out in the pasture a

With the upcoming Labor Day weekend I expect that we will see plenty of folks packing the Shreveport area lakes and rivers for the last long weekend of summer in Kiss Country. Unfortunately we have been crushed with 15 months of drought and the waterways have suffered. So as you are preparing for some fun in the sun this weekend, remember to use caution when you hit the water as the levels are low

About 2 weeks ago, the web guys here at Town Square Media asked me to write about my Top 5 Outdoor Activities in Shreveport/Bossier. At first I thought they were paying me a compliment about my outdoor skills; which made my day. I mean, the last time they complimented me was when they said my posts on the website were incredibly well written for someone with my extreme lack of intellect... Read