How to Bow Stall

by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 30, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn how to BOW STALL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Ability to hold your boat vertical for at least 3 seconds. It shows control, balance and is a very fun thing to do. Also it is prerequisite for flatwater loop and later on macho move. Step by Step...

How to Cartwheel

by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 25, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to CARTWHEEL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least two consecutive ends in the same rotational direction with both ends at a vertical angle between 45° and 100°. One of the better recognized tricks in freestyle kayaking, when done one after...

Come Over to My Pad

by joey monteleone | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

Come Over to My Pad, the other Field of Dreams Fishing any kind of cover for bass is fun. Watching any bass emerge from below a dock, come out from under a submerged tree or ambush a bait in clear water from a bluff bank are all visual thrills. There is one kind of...

8 Steps for safely measuring a Kayak Musky

by scott.barton@ottawa.ca | Oct 23, 2023 | Canada, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

The Kayak Musky Challenge is an online tournament dedicated to the Muskellunge (Esox Masquinongy), a powerful Apex freshwater predator, and the unbelievable guys and gals who enjoy the challenge of catching them. The Kayak Musky mantra is simple; ‘Angler safety +...

How to Catch the Wave

by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 13, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to CATCH THE WAVE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Ability to catch the feature to start surfing. There are two main ways of entering wave or hole. You either drop on it from upstream or ferry into it from the side. When dropping from the top,...

Introducing the Jackson Kayak Underseat Utility Bag

by Henry Veggian | Oct 9, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

Introducing the Jackson Kayak Underseat Utility Bag! I first saw the new JK Underseat Utility Bag while working the Jackson Kayak booth at the Redcrest Expo in March of 2023. It was under the seat of a Knarr. It perfectly matched the seat fabric and fit beneath it so...

How to use Elevator Technique

by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 6, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to ELEVATOR TECHNIQUE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? ‘Elevator’ Technique is slow and easy way of getting to the top of the foam pile. It involves moving out to the greener part of the wave (getting on the elevator), waiting until you have slowed...

Beware of the Speed Trap

by joey monteleone | Oct 4, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional

Beware of the Speed Trap High speed zoom and rapid response just a few of the words our culture has adopted to denote quickness. Everyone is in a hurry and there’s an emphasis doing everything at top speed. While the quickest route may be a good thing in traveling it...

How to Entry McNasty

by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 2, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to ENTRY MCNASTY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Coming from a McNasty, we read a definition: At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop or Space Godzilla. It is a way to use the whitewater to help you...

How To Install Jackson Kayak Staxx Fishing Kit

by Trevor Thomson | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional

So you got yourself one of Jackson Kayaks sweet little rec boats, the Staxx! But you enjoy wetting a line ever so often, well, did you know Jackson Kayak has a sweet littlie solution to transform your rec boat into an amazing Run and Gun Fishing machine! Take a look...

How to Felix

by Bartoz Czauderna | Sep 19, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to FELIX by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Felix is a 360° spin with at least 180° of which the boat must be inverted. It is a very easy beginner move worth 40 points and you can do it at the Flat Water, hole or a wave! It is also a great introduction...

How to Fisher King

by Bartoz Czauderna | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to FISHER KING by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Fisher King is an elevated kickflip performed parallel to the seam line and stuck in a hole. Also called a ‘wingover’. If the boat is elevated around 45 degrees then it usually gets scored as Entry 2 in...