Upper Yough Downriver Rodeo 2023

by sethchapelle | Jan 10, 2024 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Upper Yough Downriver Rodeo 2023 2023 marked the first official Upper Yough Downriver Rodeo. When I heard about this event, I knew I needed to make a strong effort to be there. It sounded right up my alley. The Upper Yough is one of my all-time favorite sections of...

Persistence, Determination, and Perseverance Leading to Nearly Lifelong Dream Being Realized – World Champion!

by sethchapelle | Dec 14, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Persistence, determination, and perseverance lead to nearly a lifelong dream being realized – world champion! I am a world champion!!! It still feels surreal to say. This has been a dream of mine ever since I started competing in freestyle kayaking nearly 25...

Jackson Antix 2.0 First Impressions | Review

by sethchapelle | Aug 10, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Team JK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

I was a little late to the Antix 2.0 party. When the launch of the new Antix was announced last summer, I was really excited and placed an order for my new Antix 2.0 immediately. Unfortunately, just before my shiny new boat arrived I had an accident and broke my...

Potomac River Play Boating

by sethchapelle | Nov 12, 2020 | JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

The Potomac River in Maryland offers year round paddling. It is a natural flow river that has a large variance in flow depending on rainfall and time of year. No matter how low it gets you can always paddle. The medium to high flows offer a range of different play...

2020 Virtual USA Freestyle Nationals Ride [Video] Plus benefits of flatwater training

by sethchapelle | Sep 28, 2020 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

The 2020 USA freestyle nationals were originally planned to be a normal in-person freestyle competition surfing a river feature. The in-person nationals were cancelled due to covid-19. Instead of the in-person competition, a virtual (video submission) flatwater...

Finding new (to me) local rivers [Video]

by sethchapelle | Aug 4, 2020 | Antix, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

Last fall my wife Annie and I moved back to Maryland from Colorado. This year we made a point of exploring our local creeks and rivers in Maryland after rain storms. We paddled a fun local drop that is able to be a park and huck in a local state park. This drop was...

Learning from a Low Key Quarantine | Whitewater Kayaking

by sethchapelle | Jun 10, 2020 | Antix, Creeking, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

2020 has been a crazy time in history, for sure. I hope this finds readers in good health and good spirits. This year has not been an average year on the kayaking front. With stay at home orders for many (at least for some period of time) and nearly all organized...

Big Thompson

by sethchapelle | Nov 29, 2019 | Creeking, Nirvana, Whitewater

This past summer was whirlwind of awesomeness. The snowpack in Colorado was really good and made for awesome paddling in the spring and well into the summer. I caught several new to me rivers and sections. One of my favorites was the Big Thompson. Below is a video of...

Low Water Lessons

by sethchapelle | Sep 18, 2019 | River Running, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Lessons learned from low water paddling Have you ever been set on running a particular river and you show up to the river only to find that the level is below optimal? Sometimes there are bail-out options to a larger river, or a dam release or another option with more...

Salida 3P Race – using multi-sport training to maintain overall fitness and paddling readiness

by sethchapelle | May 14, 2019 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Fitness, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

In mid April I competed in a really fun triathlon race in Salida, Colorado. It was not a traditional triathlon. This triathlon combines three of my favorite activities (kayaking, skiing, and mountain biking). The event is called the Salida 3P (Pole, Pedal, Paddle)....

Can’t get enough squirts and splats! Bailey fun in my Antix C-1.

by sethchapelle | Dec 17, 2018 | Antix, C1 Outfitting, Creeking, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

I have been having so much fun in my Antix this year. The combination of playfulness with river running/creek ability brings a huge smile to my face every time I paddle it. I love to splat, squirt, pivot and boof my way down the river. And the Antix is an awesome tool...

Oh Be Joyful

by sethchapelle | Oct 9, 2018 | Creeking, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Caught a run on one of my favorite Colorado creeks this spring. Was especially happy to show this run to my younger brother, Sean. Here’s the main drops on Oh Be Joyful (OBJ) condensed into 1...