Skookumchuck Stardust

by katiejackson | Aug 22, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

I’ve always dreamed of how magical it would be to surf Skook, but somehow I’d never heard of the magic in the water. I’m fairly certain I’m not the only one either. In all of my time drooling over footage of the wave with friends no one ever mentioned it. During...

Event Recap: Beaters’ Boating Banger

by katiejackson | May 3, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Whitewater

I’ve heard rumors of times long, long ago when there were competitions between the southeastern collegiate kayaking clubs… Times when college clubs would travel around on a “tour” between schools’ home runs for races and freestyle competitions. Today, the southeastern...

How to Be Smooth

by katiejackson | Nov 4, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Instructional, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

According to wikiHow, to be smooth with the ladies you need to be playful, stay effortlessly in control of the situation, keep your reactions low-key, casually initiate affection, and be funny. I googled “How to be smooth” in hopes of finding a funny opening, but some...

2017 Green River Takeover- Event Recap

by katiejackson | Sep 1, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Amazing, spectacular, phenomenal, extraordinary, preeminent, astounding, … How could you pick just one adjective to describe this event? In the past, something has always come up the same weekend as the take over. This year, schedules aligned, and I had the honor of...

I _____ in my Antix.

by katiejackson | Mar 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Reviews, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

I _______ in my Antix. I found a couple words to fill in that blank during my PFD of the Suicide and Upper Two sections of the Little River Canyon in Alabama. I brought the Antix for the weekend expecting to make low flows more fun. Then Mother Nature blessed us with...

No Unhappy Babies Allowed

by katiejackson | Feb 15, 2017 | Whitewater

This is a lesson every kayaker should learn. The unhappy baby idea comes from one of Stephen Wright’s legendary speeches at Keeners. I thought every keener had heard it but recently learned it is a rarity. It’s pretty hilarious to look at pictures of unhappy babies,...