Ready, Set, Go | Middle Fork Championship by kylethomas | Aug 9, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Karma, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesAfter a tough year I, like so many others, needed a distraction and something to look forward to. Along emerges an idea to put together an informal (and free) whitewater race on the popular after-work “Middle Middle” section of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River...
Charles City Challenge 2021 by Hannah Ray | Aug 5, 2021 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesPlanning for the Charles City Challenge event began in fall of 2020. Over the winter I assisted the event committee with planning the in-river events, scheduling, and securing prizes for the event prize drawing. Winter in Iowa was pretty good this past year, snow...
Bailey Canyon | Colorado Classic by dianegaydos | Aug 4, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenBailey Canyon is a classic section of Colorado whitewater located on the North Fork of the South Platte River. While on our Colorado vacation, we had hoped for this run, but until the day before it seemed unlikely. Luckily, warm weather brought the water level up to a...
European Championship Extreme Kayaking by JK Team | Aug 3, 2021 | Australia, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Andi Brunner King of the Alps is one of the biggest kayak events in Europe and 2021 it was the european championship of extreme kayaking. The event took place on June 5th in South Tyrol, Italy. Luckily, most of the european countries eased up their travel...
Surf Betsy “Mondrian Kayak” Art Advocacy by wildwildwes | Jul 28, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFor the past few years we have had a grassroots movement to launch a potential whitewater park project in my hometown. Recently a major goal was completed in the project with the Elizabethton City Council approving Engineering Studies for Phase 1 of ‘Surf Betsy’...
Upper Animas, Colorado by dianegaydos | Jul 26, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenWhen I asked around on what run to prioritize on our recent trip to Colorado, Upper Animas was one of the main answers. Originally, my husband and I didn’t think this run was going to work out for us. We were on a 2 week trip to Colorado with our 2 year old daughter...
OKC Demo Day and Clinics with Dane Jackson! by Emily Jackson | Jul 24, 2021 | Clinics, Dealer News, Emily Jackson, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Family Posts, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOn August 20, 21, and 22, OKC Kayak, Jackson Kayak, and Riversport Rapids will be hosting Dane Jackson at the Oklahoma Whitewater Festival and internationally televised Extreme Slalom event. After slalom, you can learn from one of the best WW paddlers of all time,...
Norwegian Quizz by capucinethomaslepine | Jul 22, 2021 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Norway, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesQuizz are very popular in Norway and here is one for you kayaker! 1. Which of those animals has not been observed while kayaking in Trondelag (middle Norway) this year ? A salmon B bear C lynx 2. How do you name a squirrel in Voss dialect ? A magic mouse (magiskmus) B...
How to Boof | The Basics by Boyd Ruppelt | Jul 16, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenAn essential skill for kayaking of all skill levels, the boof allows you to keep your bow high and dry as you continue to move downstream, full speed ahead. This is an introduction to boofing; for lean boofing and ear dips, check out the more advance lean boof video...
Makinito Contest 2021 by JK Team | Jul 14, 2021 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Maja Kawczynska I have just come back from France where I took part in the first international competition in my life, in which I performed in the team colours of Czaplicki Fun. The contest took place over the weekend, July the 3rd/4th, in Makinito,...
The Lock In | Kayaking Boily Whitewater by Boyd Ruppelt | Jul 12, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenI know we’re all taught to “keep loose hips” but what does that even mean really? In truth, kayaking is full body engagement and the idea of “loose hips” is really just learning to separate your upper and lower body movement… The...
Can you really learn Whitewater Kayaking from videos? by Boyd Ruppelt | Jul 10, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenI recently reached out to a well known kayaker about helping in one of my instructional videos for Send School (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9ct4EC–BCCi8XoOtNWOw). Her response was simply, “…I don’t believe you can learn kayaking from...
