First Descent of the Upper Rutor Waterfalls (Cascate Del Rutor) by JK Team | Aug 19, 2021 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, Italy, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Mylo Nicholas This was one of my biggest missions yet. And I didn’t even paddle very much XD. Running the Upper Rutor Waterfalls in Italy. The Cascate del Rutor are a famous series of 200m drops that fall down the mountain from the glacier into the...
My thoughts of the 2022 Freestyle World Championships Feature by JK Team | Aug 11, 2021 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, UK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by James Ward Over the past few weeks I’ve managed to paddle at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. This is where the 2022 Freestyle World championships will be taking place. The feature that it’s taking place has been made ready for the competition and I’ve had...
European Championship Extreme Kayaking by JK Team | Aug 3, 2021 | Australia, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Andi Brunner King of the Alps is one of the biggest kayak events in Europe and 2021 it was the european championship of extreme kayaking. The event took place on June 5th in South Tyrol, Italy. Luckily, most of the european countries eased up their travel...
Makinito Contest 2021 by JK Team | Jul 14, 2021 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Maja Kawczynska I have just come back from France where I took part in the first international competition in my life, in which I performed in the team colours of Czaplicki Fun. The contest took place over the weekend, July the 3rd/4th, in Makinito,...
Adventures with Erik Boomer in his Z3 by JK Team | Jun 28, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, River Running, WW DisciplinesExpedition paddling on Baffin island with the Nirvana and Z3. Submitted by Erik Boomer Last summer my partner Sarah and I got a chance to do two different expeditions in remote corners of Baffin Island. For the first trip our boats the Nirvana and Z3 were our means of...
Kayaking Elsey Run in Albright, WV by JK Team | Jun 22, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenElsey Run is the stoutest micro creek in Albright, WV – a mecca for micro creeks, also including Roaring Creek, Daugherty, Muddy Creek, Pringle Run and several more. Elsey Run is approximately 2-3 miles long, it is tough to catch, and has flashed on paddlers...
Rainy Spring Creeking – Rivière d’Ay and a Failed Mission on the Ozon by JK Team | Jun 19, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWe had a really rainy spring, meaning that we could go paddling on the winter runs in warm temperatures, it was so nice!!! Tom, Mateo and I ran 2 laps on a high water classic, the Rivière d’Ay, a full on 2km gorge with continuous rapids. After they left, my...
Little Shredder Maja checks in from Germany by JK Team | Jun 18, 2021 | Germany, Internationalisation, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Rock Star, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Maja Kawczynska Isar Welle in Plattling, Germany is my favourite place for kayak freestyle in Europe. You can use white water waves and holes there to perform surf and gymnastic-style manoeuvres and tricks. High water and the current allow me to surf and...
Isère Weekend Mashup by JK Team | Jun 3, 2021 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesMe and my crew, the ”Eggstream” boys, had a nice weekend on the Isère river in the french alps a few weeks back! The Isère river is one of the ones you can count on when nothing else is running thanks to regular dam controlled releases. My mate Paul is...
Demo Day in Oklahoma City = Total Success! by JK Team | May 24, 2021 | Clinics, Dealer News, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater InstructionAfter nearly two decades of working in a retail paddlesports shop, four years ago, I turned in my notice. This was quickly followed by a move to the mountains of Idaho, where I began my lifelong dream of living on a river. Then, COVID happened, kayak sales soared, my...
Skrew-Ups and Continuous Squirts by JK Team | May 17, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenSubmitted by Tommy Piros One of my most favorite moves, especially in the new half-slice Antix 2.0 is a Skrew-Up. What makes this move so neat is that not only does it feel really good, It also keeps you from flipping over when your stern squirts go too much and is...
Upper Vecchio | Low Water Corsica Part 1 by JK Team | May 12, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Mylo Nicholas This past April I spent 2 weeks in Corsica. The levels where super low, due to cold temperatures and the lack of snowmelt, however we still managed to have a good time and bag a few runs. The Upper Vecchio is one the more difficult sections...
