Catawba Great Falls, SC Grand Opening by wildwildwes | Jul 6, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesMid-March 2023 was a time of celebration in the small little town of Great Falls, SC! The grand opening of the Southeast’s newest whitewater park and recreational paddling releases were center stage thanks to a great collaboration of Duke Energy, S2O Design &...
How to Phonics Monkey by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 4, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn 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...
Middle Fork Championship 2023 by kylethomas | Jun 27, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI strongly believe that competition builds community. The Middle Fork Championship on the Middle section of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River (aka “Middle Middle”) is no exception to that community-building for the Greater Seattle Area. This race is organized a...
My Tackle Box…Where Crankbaits Go To Die by joey monteleone | Jun 24, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerMy Tackle Box…where crankbaits go to die Cast it out, crank it back, and catch fish. So why do I despise bass fishing with a crankbait? So many reasons, yet they catch fish anytime (except when there’s ice on the water), they come in multiple sizes, and colors and...
Road to World – Ep 1 STAKEOUT by Tom DOLLE by Thomas Dolle | Jun 23, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesAfter 3 years of slalom boating and a flop at the last World Cup, I am back on the freestyle hustle. This year’s goal is to win the 2023 World Championships that will be happening in Columbus, GA. A place that I know pretty good as it was my home spot from 2016 to...
APE’s Nolichucky River Cleanup Back in Action by wildwildwes | Jun 21, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Recreational/Touring, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Tournaments, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesMy local paddling club, Appalachian Paddling Enthusiasts, has always kept the stewardship of the Nolichucky River near and dear to our hearts as one of our best natural resources in our area for whitewater paddling. Since the clubs formation in 1986 the group has...
How to Phonics Monkey by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 19, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLearn 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...
Stakeout by Boyd Ruppelt | Jun 17, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIt’s hard to believe with over 30 years as a whitewater kayaker and more than two decades as a sponsored paddler that I never made it up to Canada until last year. The Ottawa River alone holds some of the best freestyle features on the planet and is without a...
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, VideoIn 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...
Spring Paddling Locally by Jessie Stone | Jun 15, 2023 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesReturning to the US in early April at the beginning of a heat wave was really confusing. While snow was falling elsewhere in the country and in the alps, heat was blasting New York and New England. The good news was that everything was running and I had my first trip...
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 BannerThe 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 Back Deck Roll by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 13, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLearn to BACK DECK ROLL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The Back Deck Roll is an alternative version of the Eskimo Roll where paddler goes towards the tail and rolls under it to come back on opposite side of the boat bringing the blade from tail towards...