Fine tuning your Bee’s Knees for optimum performance by stephenwright | Jan 4, 2022 | Accessories, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesFine tuning your Bee’s Knees for optimum performance Got a new JK boat? Congrats! You’ll notice the Bee’s Knees right away – it’s our biggest outfitting upgrade in a decade! Don’t forget these are 100% adjustable and may require...
Learn How to Stern Squirt with Stephen Wright! by stephenwright | Dec 11, 2019 | Antix, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater InstructionLearn How to Stern Squirt with Stephen Wright. Want to finally learn to spin around on your stern like all the cool kids? Want to finally unlock to potential of your trendy half-slice river runner? Want to make the river your playground??? Check out my latest...
River Safety Experiment: Underwater Color Visibility by stephenwright | Mar 5, 2019 | Video, WhitewaterAfter being around a few, and reading reports of many whitewater entrapment accidents, I noticed something. Rescuers regularly report that they struggled to see the trapped paddler underwater, even when they were within a few feet of them. This often complicates...
Stephen Wright’s Freestyle Fundamentals video #4: the Lean Clean by stephenwright | Sep 7, 2018 | Instructional, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesThis video teaches you to do the ULTIMATE freestyle fundamentals skill drill: the Lean Clean. This exercise will help you learn to do so many freestyle tricks: cartwheels, splitwheels, stern squirts, blunts, back blunts, air screw take-offs, pan ams, back pan...
Stephen Wright’s Freestyle Fundamentals Video #3: horizonal spinning by stephenwright | Sep 3, 2018 | Instructional, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesThis is the third video in my Freestyle Fundamentals video series. This focuses in on spinning the boat horizontally using forward and reverse sweeps. As always, practicing these skills in the flatwater will make you learn faster and help you to have more fun in a...
Freestyle Fundamentals Instructional Video with Stephen Wright #2 by stephenwright | Aug 29, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesCheck out the second video in my “freestyle fundamentals” video series! This one focuses on edge control, balance, and bracing. These drills will help you improve your ability stay upright, and to brace the boat to flat quickly and...
Check out this Freestyle Fundamentals Instructional video with Stephen Wright #1 by stephenwright | Jul 28, 2018 | Instructional, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesWant to learn to have more fun in a playboat? Check out my 3-part series on flatwater drills that will take you to the next level. These videos will focus on the fundamentals of freestyle kayaking with a series of fun warm-up drills to build the skills to...
What’s old is new: Diagonal Ledges in the 2014 Rockstar by stephenwright | Sep 27, 2014 | WhitewaterI was lucky enough to have had a chance to park and play Diagonal Ledges wave on the Lower Gauley this past weekend with some friends. Â I’ve been to this wave several times over the past 15 years, and I’ve always remembered it as a great spot for basic...
Upper Gauley FUN video with Stephen and Clay! by stephenwright | Sep 17, 2014 | WhitewaterI’ve always loved the Gauley river. Â It’s a great mix of big rapids, downriver play, rock moves, and surf waves. Â Here’s a video of Clay and I running lots of our favorite lines on this fantastic river. Â We were both stoked to get to paddle the new...
Iowa: a new Whitewater Mecca! by stephenwright | Jul 10, 2014 | WhitewaterI recently had the opportunity to travel through Iowa on my way across the country and stopped by to confirm rumors of whitewater amidst the corn fields. Â I was rewarded with a great 3 days of great kayaking, cool towns, and awesome happy people. Â To sum up my...
2014 Squirt Boating Mystery World Championships Report by stephenwright | Jun 2, 2014 | WhitewaterI know that this isn’t strictly a Jackson Kayak post (JK doesn’t actually make squirt boats), but a few Team JK paddlers and World Kayak people competed so I figured that it might be fun for others to hear about. FWIW, I also use a Jackson Happy Feet size...
Exploring Element’s fantastic write up with photos of JK Factory Tour by stephenwright | Apr 24, 2014 | WhitewaterCheck out what Bryon Dorr (of www.exploringelements.com) captured on his website: Clay and I recently paddled with him and have him a JK factory tour. Really cool write-up with fantastic images of a day in the life of the Jackson Kayak Factory! Bryon’s a great...
