Freestyle workshop – Wiesenwehr by Lane De Meulenaere | Oct 19, 2020 | Featured Post, Germany, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThanks to heavy rain in the beginning of the year, the kayak circumstances were prime! On a sunny Saturday we decided to organize a freestyle clinic on the Erft. The hole is located in a little village called Neuss, near Dusseldorf. It’s mostly rain dependent but runs...
First Jackson Antix 2.0 Ride on the Grand Canyon by kylethomas | Oct 16, 2020 | Antix, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI had the fortunate opportunity to test out the Jackson Kayak Antix 2.0 at one of the greatest American treasures, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. This was my first time seeing an Antix 2.0. What better than to take it on a 280 mile test drive? Having paddled...
Lady of the Fork by crystalgustin | Oct 14, 2020 | Blogroll, Creeking, Events, Featured Post, Instructional, Karma Unlimited, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesGet ready ladies, Jackson Kayak and Pyranha have teamed up with Paddle In Pink to put on its first-ever Lady of the Fork Confidence Series on racing featuring Dane Jackson and Chris Hipgrave as lead instructors on Saturday, October 17th. Does the idea of racing...
Waterfall Pit Stop by dianegaydos | Oct 13, 2020 | Creeking, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSince our big trips were cancelled this year, we’ve been going on more local trips. Last week, we went up to the Gauley River in West Virginia and had extra days off work, so decided to lengthen the trip and also go up to the Youghiogheny River in Maryland. The Gauley...
Roadtrip to Larcay | Whitewater Kayaking France by Lane De Meulenaere | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFor the people that are familiar with the European freestyle scene, might know that France has a bunch of amazing waves! Some are quiet famous others might not be as much. Last spring, we were in luck, one of the lesser known unicorns was running at prime level!...
How we started building a playspot near Moscow (Russia) [Video] Part 1 by JK Team | Oct 2, 2020 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Russia, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesPost by Stas Vasilev “Modern problems require modern solutions” This year dictates its own rules and we have to adapt to them. Usually, every early spring we started with roadtrip to Europe, where we returned throughout the season, visiting various spots...
Stretching Routine for Kayakers by capucinethomaslepine | Oct 1, 2020 | Featured Post, Fitness, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, Norway, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater InstructionDid you ever feel stiff or do you just want to give your muscle a nice flexibility to bring your kayaking even further ? I love stretching with friends through a yoga practice – online or physically together, outside in the summer times between kayaking runs or...
2020 Virtual USA Freestyle Nationals Ride [Video] Plus benefits of flatwater training by sethchapelle | Sep 28, 2020 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe 2020 USA freestyle nationals were originally planned to be a normal in-person freestyle competition surfing a river feature. The in-person nationals were cancelled due to covid-19. Instead of the in-person competition, a virtual (video submission) flatwater...
Jackson Antix 2.0 at ?Beaverfest? by JK Team | Sep 24, 2020 | Antix, Creeking, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines-Submitted by Jason Smith The Smith family was lucky enough to meet up with the northeast JK sales rep, Rob, and borrow the Antix 2.0 for a run on the Beaver river in upstate NY. Thank you Rob 🙂 We were able to demo a small and a medium. Most years the Beaver release...
The struggles of being DEAF for over 5 months and HOW TO AVOID it by Lane De Meulenaere | Sep 23, 2020 | Blogroll, Exploration Feature, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesI’m sure most of you have heard about surfer’s ear and that you should wear earplugs when kayaking or doing any watersports for that matter. Like me, you probably disregarded most of the comments and continued enjoying your time on the water without protection. Well,...
2020 Dam Release Savior – Cheoah River by dianegaydos | Sep 22, 2020 | River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines2020 has been a strange year. As was the case for so many, the majority of our fun whitewater travels were cancelled. Once our plans were officially shattered, we were left to pick up the pieces. Everyone has had different comfort levels this spring and summer with...
Whitewater Kayaking | Summer Creeking Report by Bartoz Czauderna | Sep 21, 2020 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater InstructionWith all plans flipped around we were at least blissed with ability to paddle in my part of Europe. Even just after the lock downs for the first time since I remember due to big storms it kicked off with sweet water levels for our rivers which does not happen very...
