How to Teach Rolling: A Video for Instructors by Boyd Ruppelt | Oct 31, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesFor nearly three decades, I’ve taught rolling for private clients, universities, outfitters, clubs, organizations, events, camps, demos, paddle schools, companies, and on three continents from every background imaginable. Along the way, I’ve worked with...
How to Bow Stall by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 30, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn 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 DisciplinesLearn 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 BannerCome 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...
Diversify Whitewater Paddling Weekend – Greater Seattle Area 2023 by kylethomas | Oct 24, 2023 | Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI’m filled with gratitude and appreciation for Diversify Whitewater, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in paddlesports by removing the barriers that may exist for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)...
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 BannerThe 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 +...
Catching GIANTS On Red Willow! by Scott Brands | Oct 19, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Reports, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerTeam member Scott Brands gets the Jackson Knarr out for a little largemouth bass fishing on Red Willow SRA in...
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 DisciplinesLearn 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,...
Squirt boating by Adam Swett | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer was taken up mostly by squirt boating yet again thanks to Cowbell and a new Ninja designed by Jim Snyder and built by Ed at Murky Water Kayaks up in Canada. The process started sometime in December 2022 when a friend of mine from Asheville let me borrow...
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 BannerIntroducing 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 DisciplinesLearn 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...
Gnarvana on Wilson Creek by Adam Swett | Oct 5, 2023 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer I got to catch the Wilson river gorge at a sick level with a great crew for 3 laps on this classic creek run in North Carolina. Since leaving the Northeast I think this this run is my favorite . The level was right around 7″ and I think I could have...
