Essential Gear for Whitewater Kayaking by JK Team | Feb 8, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesEssential Gear for Whitewater Kayaking There are few sports that are as fun and exciting as whitewater kayaking. There’s so much to love! Whitewater kayaking is so unique in that you are able to travel down rivers in remote and beautiful places all over the world,...
Love the Jackson Antix 2.0! by JK Team | Jan 23, 2021 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWritten by Adam Swett I think I received my first Antix in the winter of 2016 or 2017 and started paddling the large version that winter in Blue Hill and on the ocean waves of Bar Harbor in Radio and Otter coves and southern Maine beaches. I was a big fan from the...
Tips when you are new to big water kayaking by JK Team | Dec 14, 2020 | Featured Post, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesBig rivers tend to be intimidating… at first. Everything is so much bigger than what most paddlers are used to. Huge waves, massive curlers and giant holes. Eventhough it might seem scary, it is actually super fun once you get the hang of it. Just because it is...
Flussguide Doubs by JK Team | Dec 12, 2020 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Germany, InternationalisationSobald die Französischen Grenzen wieder öffnen, ist es soweit. Dann muss bloß noch der Pegel stimmen und ab geht es ins berühmte Doubstal. Seit Jahren ist das eine der bekanntesten Adressen für enthusiastische Wildwasser Paddler, die nach einer Herausforderung der...
Kayaking in Pakistan by JK Team | Dec 4, 2020 | Creeking, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesNot many kayakers have explored the Pakistani rivers yet. David Sodomka is one of the few people that has been there already and he wanted to do it again! And we, five young folks, joined him and the trip started. David was our leader/daddy and we were the kids...
How we started building a playspot near Moscow (Russia) [Video] Part 2 by JK Team | Nov 23, 2020 | Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Russia, Whitewater, Whitewater FeatureHi everyone! Today I want to share with you the second series of videos dedicated to building a spot. Two weeks have passed since the events of the first episode.We gave water time to find new ways and wash away the cleansed bottom.After that, we returned to the spot...
Dynamic Duo with my 9 Year Old Son by JK Team | Nov 5, 2020 | Dynamic Duo, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater FeatureHey everyone, I hope everyone had a great summer. In spite of COVID-19, we had a pretty good year of whitewater kayaking. Here’s a video of an August afternoon with my son on the Main Payette River in the JK Dynamic Duo. We’ll see you out there next...
Whatchan River 5th Descent by JK Team | Oct 6, 2020 | Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Little Shredders, River Running, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by: Dane Menzies July 7th is the day we decided to drive to the Whatchan river for a 5th descent, we arrive at the ferry terminal and prepare for a scouting mission that we are about to go on. We find a trail that leads down to the river from a construction...
How we started building a playspot near Moscow (Russia) [Video] Part 1 by JK Team | Oct 2, 2020 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Russia, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesPost by Stas Vasilev “Modern problems require modern solutions” This year dictates its own rules and we have to adapt to them. Usually, every early spring we started with roadtrip to Europe, where we returned throughout the season, visiting various spots...
Jackson Antix 2.0 at ?Beaverfest? by JK Team | Sep 24, 2020 | Antix, Creeking, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines-Submitted by Jason Smith The Smith family was lucky enough to meet up with the northeast JK sales rep, Rob, and borrow the Antix 2.0 for a run on the Beaver river in upstate NY. Thank you Rob 🙂 We were able to demo a small and a medium. Most years the Beaver release...
Kayak Norway – from the classics to expeditions by JK Team | Sep 16, 2020 | Austria, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesKayaking Norway – from the classics to expeditions I have almost spent two weeks in Norway this summer. It is such an epic place for whitewater kayaking. The amount of snow they had was insane so we had super high flows almost all the time. We started our trip...
Lyons Still Rocks by JK Team | Aug 11, 2020 | Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater FeatureEven I. The world of Covid, the Lyons Kids Club has had a booming season. With the next generation of Lyons boaters hitting the water of the St. Vrain River, and several of the older members providing local instruction, it has proven to be an incredible season. As in...
