19 Years Paddling in Uganda by Jessie Stone | Mar 23, 2022 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, rivers, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesUganda 2022 – 19 Years and always something to discover! This February marked my 19th year of paddling in Uganda! Though the river has changed much in that time – with two dams built on the amazing and wild first 50 kms of the river after it leaves Lake...
Great Moments of 2021 by Jessie Stone | Jan 28, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLooking Back on Great Moments of 2021! A lots of things happened in 2021 and like every year, there were many things that happened. 2021 provided many challenges and many learning opportunities and a whole bunch of firsts! The year started off pretty quietly and...
Super Swell Summer 2021 by Jessie Stone | Oct 12, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesHurricane weather has dumped lots of rain and produced huge swell off the East Coast this summer and fall. Earlier this month, a magical convergence of two hurricanes and some luck produced some gentle(ish) giant waves off the Maine coast. Coincidentally, Alex Nicks...
A River in Flood…in July by Jessie Stone | Aug 27, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIts July 31st and I am looking back on the last 25 days of paddling right here in Connecticut – where I have been since July 6th. In a word, it has been Awesome, but that doesn’t describe the state of the rivers. The Housatonic, the closest local run to my mom’s...
The Return of the Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp 2021 by Jessie Stone | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured Post, Fun, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Karma, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis past week, the Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp made a come back after Covid nearly knocked it out for good! What a fantastic experience for all involved! This year’s camp showed what a little tenacity, hard work and collaboration can accomplish. Thanks to Sean...
Flow State by Jessie Stone | Jun 24, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, JK Team Posts, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFlow State An incredible stroke of amazing luck allowed me to fully enter the “Flow State” in the last couple weeks. Fellow paddlers Andy Kuhlberg, Scott Barnes, Dave and Paula Saaf, and Brett Lanier joined me in some truly awesome late Spring paddling on the local...
High Water On The Nile by Jessie Stone | May 4, 2021 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines High water on the Nile has all new meaning with the massive releases from Lake Victoria through Owen Falls Dam, the dam at the source of the Nile where Lake Victoria ends and the Nile begins. Though I had heard about it from Sam Ward of Kayak the Nile and seen a...
The Best Berner-Oberland Biathlon by Jessie Stone | Apr 13, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerAh, Spring! We wait for it all year. No matter what’s going on in the world, like for example a pandemic, the eruption of Spring energy, joy of flowers blooming, birds singing, animals jumping around their pastures and warm sunshine, lure us outside to soak up this...
Paddling in the Swiss Alps…in February by Jessie Stone | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Norway, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWell since the weather is mirroring the World’s highly fluctuating state, I decided to embrace it rather than question it! And strangely enough, even though I am back in theoretical snow paradise here in Switzerland in the winter, I have really been missing my...
Bulls Bridge January – Welcome 2021 by Jessie Stone | Jan 22, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLast Tuesday on a cold grey day, I went for an afternoon paddle on the Housatonic. Scott B and Emilia were leading the charge to get out which was awesome because the water levels were ideal and temperatures were above freezing. The hybernation mood permeated the day...
Gifts from 2020 | Whitewater Kayaking by Jessie Stone | Jan 8, 2021 | River Running, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesTo say that 2020 presented many challenges is a giant understatement, but the flip side is many of these challenges turned out to be opportunities for learning and living a happier life in disguise. On reflection, it has been a really good year, crazy as that may...
Small Craft Warning | Ocean Playboating by Jessie Stone | Nov 30, 2020 | Playboating, Recreational/Touring, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater FeatureThere is nothing like a small craft warning to inspire you to take your playboat into the ocean. This Fall, the Maine coast has received the east coast flow of swell and wind from the multitude of hurricanes coming from the south Atlantic. As a result, there have been...
