3 ways to improve your freestyle surfing by sethashworth | Sep 24, 2021 | Advanced Moves, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK University, River Running, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines3 ways to improve your freestyle surfing Here is a quick video on improving your freestyle kayaking. Moving around on the wave is a fundamental skill that these three tips can help you improve on. SO, make notes and most importantly let me know what I missed for the...
Kayaking my hometown Class V run – Deckers Creek (Pioneer Rocks Section) in Morgantown, WV by JK Team | Sep 22, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, Zensubmitted by Christina Kossis Decker’s Creek is my local run, just 20 minutes from my house. It’s a short, stout class V roadside section located in southeast Morgantown, WV that needs over an inch of rain to get pumping and often flashes quickly. It is ideal to catch...
How to paddle through breaking waves by sethashworth | Sep 20, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesHow to paddle through breaking waves A pretty straight forward break down of how to paddle through breaking waves ft Sattlers Wave on the Ottawa...
Comparisons of the Generations of Jackson Zen by Connor Gagliano | Sep 17, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenComparisons of the Generations of Jackson Zen – With Jackson’s kayak model, the Zen, all three generations have different characteristics to make them fairly unlike each other. In my experiences I love them all for different reasons. The first gen was super easy...
Gore Race 2021 by Connor Gagliano | Sep 15, 2021 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOn the last weekend of August of 2021, the Gore Race went down. Just outside of Kremmling, Colorado, around 85 total people (including everyone in rafts) came out for the race. For those of you unfamiliar with Gore Canyon, there are 4 miles of flatwater before 3 miles...
Recap: Maine Whitewater Championship by Alex Horne | Sep 13, 2021 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesA highlight of the New England paddling season, the Maine Whitewater Championship is a series of races that happen every summer on two of Maine’s most popular rivers. This year we gathered on the Kennebec River on June 20th for a time trial and mass start through the...
How to catch waves on the Fly. AKA Dropping in. by sethashworth | Sep 13, 2021 | Beginner Moves, Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK University, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesThis week I talk about how to drop in on waves as you are going down stream. Some tips and tricks to make it easier and hopefully help you catch more surfs. Let me know if it helps...
The ‘Ultimate’Warm up routine for WhiteWater kayaking by sethashworth | Sep 13, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI say ‘The Ultimate’ pretty tongue in cheek. I down know if this is the best or not but it is what I do ‘most’ of the time I paddle. I should do it more often but I do my best. Hopefully you can use it to help your paddling, let me know if it...
Jackson Kayak Antix 2.0 surfing and play! by JK Team | Sep 12, 2021 | Antix, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesJackson Kayak Antix 2.0 surfing and play! Submitted by Adam Swett I am still loving this Antix 2.0 and recently reasserted that in a evening paddle on the French Broad section 9 with a couple paddlers that knew the level really well and a trip to Columbus, Ga. to the...
The Joys of Teaching by Hargrove Adventures | Sep 11, 2021 | Antix, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesEveryone knows, I LOVE kayaking. Freestyle and down-river paddling has opened a world of new experiences and adventures for me. Traveling to new places, paddling new rivers, and meeting new people, are all things that motivate me to continue to live this lifestyle of...
2021 Competition season! by JK Team | Sep 10, 2021 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Maja Kawczynska Hello friends, It’s me again – Maja from Poland. I would like to share with all the exciting things that happened to me after my trip to France, which I wrote to you about previously. I spent the second part of my holidays in a...
I am No Dane Jackson Fanboy by JK Team | Sep 9, 2021 | Dealer News, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines“I am No Dane Jackson Fanboy” Submitted by Dave Lindo Sports figure worship has never been my gig. Yep, I’ve never been the guy in line to buy a pair of Jordans, wear a person’s name on a sports jersey, or even asked for an autograph. I have crossed the paths of a...
