How to Mc Nasty

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 10, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to MC NASTY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop or Space Godzilla. There are multiple ways to finish that trick. In this part, we will focus on hole style, and you...

How to Phonics Monkey

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 4, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to PHONICS MONKEY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Phonics Monkey is a pirouette initiated by a cross bow stroke in a front surf position and followed by a front loop in one fluid motion. While pirouette needs to be 330° horizontal angle rotation at...

Red Willow/Hugh Butler Lake Kayak Tournament

by Scott Brands | Jun 16, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Reports, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Tournaments, Video

In this video I travel to Nebraska to fish Hugh Butler Lake aka Red Willow State Recreation Area for Stop #3 of the Colorado Kayak Bassmasters Tournament Trail! The fish were in a bit of a funk but I figured a little something out, some giants were caught, and the...

The Instinctive Kayak Angler

by joey monteleone | Jun 14, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

The Kayak Instinctive Angler Electronic devices continue to evolve and be improved for every facet of life. The introduction of “live scope” and other electronic eyes below the surface of the water has created a following of fishing gamers. Searching for fish and then...

How to Pistol Flip

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to PISTOL FLIP by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop. Pistol Flip is like an Mc Nasty but it is done differently on the wave than in the hole. It takes quite a bit of...

How to Roundhouse

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to ROUNDHOUSE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? 180° horizontal angle rotation on the green water at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the paddler rotates around the bow of the boat landing in a backward...

Why Plastic Is Fantastic

by joey monteleone | May 17, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

Probably more fish, freshwater and saltwater are caught on soft plastic lures. Since the invention of plastic baits over 70 years ago they’ve changed shape, sizes and had a dramatic increase in colors and actions. Nick Crème of Akron Ohio had the idea which would...

How to Shuvit

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 15, 2023 | Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to SHUVIT by doing exercises in the video! What is it? A Shuvit is 2 consecutive 180° horizontal angle rotations of the boat at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°. Beginning in the front surf position to the back surf position, then returning to the front surf...

Broken Fishing Rod? Try This!

by Darrell Olson | May 12, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

We have all managed to break a fishing rod whether it was a tip in a doorway or ceiling fan. All we need to do is clean up the tip section and replace the rod eye tip. A few of us have also broken the fishing rod further down the rod by horsing a fish that was not...

How to Space Godzilla

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 8, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to SPACE GODZILLA by doing exercises in the video! What is it? An aerial loop with a 90º or greater rotation (twist) in the middle of the flip. Some of the most beautiful hole boating pictures are taken from kayakers doing Space Godzilla. It is also a newschool...

Kayak Tourney In The Snow!

by Scott Brands | May 4, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Tournament, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

Come along as Scott Brands competes in the Colorado Kayak Bassmasters fishing tournament on Chatfield Lake! The conditions were brutal with freezing temperatures and light snow! The bite was tough, but tune in to see how he...

The Other Fish

by joey monteleone | May 3, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

While bass get the bold headlines beneath the surface and willing to bite even sometimes easier to catch, crappie and bluegill could make your day. Bass boats, bass baits and bass tournaments dominate the freshwater fishing world but there are legions of devoted...