The Upper Chehalis by janekoopman | Dec 12, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe Lower Chehalis is a beautiful canyoned class III run that gets frequented by Lower Mainland BC paddlers after a good rain or in snowmelt. Ideally you can put on a tributary, The Statlu if there is enough water and paddle some class III- IV- in a narrower river bed...
A Scenic Float on the Elwah by janekoopman | Jan 6, 2023 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWhen I planned a trip to the Olympic Peninsula in early November I expected to be working to find rivers that were not blown out and too high. But it has been a dry fall in the PNW so finding something with enough water and not up a closed road proved to be the...
Thanksgiving at the Thompson by janekoopman | Nov 30, 2022 | Antix, Canada, Exploration Feature, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesEach Canadian Thanksgiving, which takes place the second weekend of October, a group of kayakers meet for a gathering at the Thompson River outside of Lytton BC. The folks gathered come from through BC and Alberta but are connected through one women from Alberta who...
Coming to Terms with Being a Less Sendy Boater by janekoopman | Jul 7, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI have realized lately that my days of trying to paddle the hardest whitewater I can are over. I accept this with both some sadness and some relief. There was a time when I felt I needed to prove that women were just as good paddlers as men and that each time I went...
Skookumchuck Creek | Whitewater Kayaking by janekoopman | Oct 29, 2020 | Canada, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI moved to BC a year ago and have had the joy of exploring a lot of new rivers that are new to me in that time, especially over this summer. While Covid has been devastating no doubt, I have tried to note all of the silver linings it has also had. In the summer I am...
A Dreamy Summer Weekend at Skook by janekoopman | Aug 25, 2020 | Antix, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWarm, sunny, weather, great people, cheering spectators, spectacular scenery and a world class surf wave. Heaven? No – Skookumchuck Narrows. It was a dreamy summer weekend this past weekend at Skookumchuck on the sunshine coast in BC! The wave is tidal and sets up at...
Ode to the Whitewater Community by janekoopman | Dec 18, 2019 | Canada, Internationalisation, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOde to the Whitewater Community I recently moved. Not very far, just across the border with the great north. Transitioning from a nomadic lifestyle mostly in the American west for the past 5 years to having a house in the city, it feels big. Its been a little hard, I...
Finding clarity – A Weekend on the North Fork of the Lewis by janekoopman | Jun 15, 2019 | Creeking, Nirvana, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis spring I have paddled the least of any spring in the last 8 years. Not by choice, just work, snow, love, geography and it makes me a little sad. It has also made me consider a little bit my identity as a paddler. How can I be a “good boater” if its already June...
The Magic of T-Rescues by janekoopman | Mar 11, 2019 | Instructional, Whitewater, Whitewater InstructionYou have probably heard it said that we are all between swims. Truth! Whether you are Dane Jackson or just got in a boat for the first time yesterday it is just a matter of time before we all will find ourselves having another out of boat experience. The thing is,...
Summer PNWs (Personal New Waves) by janekoopman | Jul 23, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI cannot think of anything much better than warm summer afternoons spent with friends takings turns with surfs that make you giggle, basking on the rocks, cheering each other on, making new friends, eating snacks and not wanting to stop but also being exhausted by the...
High Water at the Futaleufu by janekoopman | Dec 18, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt snowed a lot in the Andes this winter and now that means high water for the paddling season in Chile! I write from the Futaleufu. It is mid December and the river is still fluctuating around 130 on the bridge to bridge put in visual gauge. (However when we put it...
5 Tips for Getting on a Surf Wave by janekoopman | Aug 10, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSome eddy serviced waves you can paddle onto without barely a paddle stroke. Others take a lot of effort and finesse to work across a current for a sweet surf. While eddy serviced surfing is certainly a luxury, some surf spots have unique idiosyncrasies that,...
