The Double Drop | Riding the Melt on Tumalo Creek by JT Hartman | Sep 8, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWednesday as I finished up at work I got a text from Orion Junkins: “So much water dude, highest I’ve ever seen it, get stoked.” We’d been hoping all week that high temperatures would push the snowline up on the surrounding mountains and raise the water level in...
Ekstremsportveko Extreme Kayak Race by JK Team | Sep 1, 2021 | Austria, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Andi Brunner Due to Covid, the Ekstremsport Veko lost the title of World Championship this year but fortunately, the event could still happen! Despite the fact that lots of people didn’t manage to get into the country, we still had around 40 racers...
Not NoliFest 2021 Beat Nightfall BoaterX Results by wildwildwes | Aug 29, 2021 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Karma Unlimited, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOn Friday evening of April 16th the river community gathered to continue the good times of “Not” NoliFest although the festival was cancelled again due to ongoing pandemic concerns. Matt and I both agreed that our whitewater community could safely host the event again...
A River in Flood…in July by Jessie Stone | Aug 27, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIts July 31st and I am looking back on the last 25 days of paddling right here in Connecticut – where I have been since July 6th. In a word, it has been Awesome, but that doesn’t describe the state of the rivers. The Housatonic, the closest local run to my mom’s...
Dealing with Fear by Boyd Ruppelt | Aug 26, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOut of all the kayaking, skydiving, scuba diving, shark diving, snowboarding, surfing, caving, biking, wake boarding, skateboarding and everything else I’ve taken a moment in my life to enjoy, kayaking is the biggest mental challenge I’ve taken on out of...
Jackson Bees Knees Thigh Hooks | Review by Hilde Schweitzer | Aug 24, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenBees Knees First Impressions—Two thumbs up! To be perfectly honest my absolute first impression taking them out of the box was disappointment. They are smaller bumps than I had imagined, were a bit denser foam cushioning than I would have thought would be comfortable,...
Colorado Creeking 2021 by Cashion Porter Shirley | Aug 23, 2021 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFor many years, I dreamt about paddling the spring runoff in Colorado. I watched videos of Oh Be Joyful and Vallecito in aw of their beauty. Lucky for me, this year, I got to go, and it was awesome! On June 3rd, Brian and Landon Miller, Matteo Williams, and I set out...
First Descent of the Upper Rutor Waterfalls (Cascate Del Rutor) by JK Team | Aug 19, 2021 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, Italy, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Mylo Nicholas This was one of my biggest missions yet. And I didn’t even paddle very much XD. Running the Upper Rutor Waterfalls in Italy. The Cascate del Rutor are a famous series of 200m drops that fall down the mountain from the glacier into the...
The Return of the Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp 2021 by Jessie Stone | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured Post, Fun, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Karma, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis past week, the Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp made a come back after Covid nearly knocked it out for good! What a fantastic experience for all involved! This year’s camp showed what a little tenacity, hard work and collaboration can accomplish. Thanks to Sean...
2021 Captain Thurmond’s Challenge by wildwildwes | Aug 13, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, JK Team Posts, Karma, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe Captain Thurmond’s Challenge is an annual extreme triathlon that has been going for +5 years now. It is held in the center of beautiful downtown Fayetteville, WV at the Court House. The race consists of 29.5 miles of the most extreme mountain biking (16.5...
My thoughts of the 2022 Freestyle World Championships Feature by JK Team | Aug 11, 2021 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, UK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by James Ward Over the past few weeks I’ve managed to paddle at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. This is where the 2022 Freestyle World championships will be taking place. The feature that it’s taking place has been made ready for the competition and I’ve had...
Jackson Antix 2.0 First Impressions | Review by sethchapelle | Aug 10, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Team JK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI was a little late to the Antix 2.0 party. When the launch of the new Antix was announced last summer, I was really excited and placed an order for my new Antix 2.0 immediately. Unfortunately, just before my shiny new boat arrived I had an accident and broke my...
