The Kids Kayaking Camp Turns 20 Something! by Jessie Stone | Aug 1, 2024 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesTwenty plus years of inner city kids kayaking camps, and they keep getting better. Each year I think,” it can’t be better than this and can we pull this off again next year?” The answer is YES! Though I will be completely honest and say I ruminate like crazy about how...
Kayaker with a Doctoring Problem – Podcast by Jessie Stone | Mar 18, 2024 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesKevin Cripps is a terrific interviewer, and I had a blast doing this podcast. It was a real trip down memory lane that brought me right up to the present! https://talesfromthecripps.buzzsprout.com/2019097/14351580
New York Kids Kayaking Camp Returns to the Housatonic! by Jessie Stone | Aug 29, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesAfter doing this camp for 20 years, I ask myself what is it that keeps me and everyone coming back to keep doing every year? The camp is entirely voluntary i.e. no one is paid, there are tons of logistics to consider, van rentals, water levels, long shuttles, river...
The Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp Heads South to Georgia by Jessie Stone | Aug 25, 2023 | Creeking, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesAfter several trips to Columbus, Georgia in the past year, and having the good fortune to meet people who supported the idea, and could help make it happen, the inner city kids camp was inaugurated in Columbus this past week. With the support of Whitewater Express...
Spring Paddling Locally by Jessie Stone | Jun 15, 2023 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesReturning to the US in early April at the beginning of a heat wave was really confusing. While snow was falling elsewhere in the country and in the alps, heat was blasting New York and New England. The good news was that everything was running and I had my first trip...
20 Years on the Nile by Jessie Stone | Mar 9, 2023 | jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines“It all goes by in the blink of an eye!” This is what my dear old dad used to say about life, and I can say that the last 20 years here in Uganda have definitely gone by in a flash. Of course, a lot has happened since the first trip to the Nile in January 2003 with...
Trip to Crystal River and Escape from Tropical Storm Nicole by Jessie Stone | Dec 7, 2022 | Exploration Feature, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Journey, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Trip Reports, Trips, WW DisciplinesTrip to Crystal River and Escape from Tropical Storm Nicole! Kristine, Emily and Kathy H. picked me up in Gainesville, Florida, and from there, we travelled to the town of Crystal River, staying at the Plantation Hotel right on Crystal River so we could put in right...
The Kids Kayaking Camp – 20 years old and going strong !! by Jessie Stone | Aug 10, 2022 | Creeking, Emily Jackson, Eric Jackson, Events, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesYesterday, EJ, Emily, Nick, Andy K, Sean C, and I completed the 20th anniversary year of the Kids Kayaking Camp. The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers had inspired my original idea to start the camp for underserved inner city youth in NYC. In 2002, we did the...
The 2022 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships – the Best Ever! by Jessie Stone | Jul 5, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Rockstar Carbon, UK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe 2022 Freestyle Kayaking World Championships finished yesterday in Nottingham, England and what a whirlwind week of Worlds it was! This is my 6th Worlds as a member of the US Women’s Freestyle Kayak team, and this year may have been the best! First off, the feature...
25 Years on the Housatonic by Jessie Stone | Jun 7, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThere is no way it seems possible that I have been paddling the Housatonic for 25 years, but 2022 marks my 25th year of running the section from Bulls Bridge down. My first paddle down was in my trusty purple Dancer with my friend Dave Saaf, who was my first East...
Buena Vista Paddlefest – Better than Ever! by Jessie Stone | Jun 2, 2022 | Event Coverage, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesComing back to Colorado is always great. Arriving to the big expansive mountains and plains give you a feeling of freedom and possibility, and returning to paddle in Buena Vista is just like that too. The competition hole is one of the best holes I have played in and...
The 15th Annual Berner Oberland Biathlon by Jessie Stone | May 1, 2022 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, rivers, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesApril 15th was a sunny, hot day in Switzerland including in the Simmental valley and Saanen land! The week before, a two day logisitics – its easy and accessible. Under your own steam, you can have the most complete, all day, fun, play day outside. If you like to back...
