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 Disciplines

This 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 Disciplines

The 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...

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 Disciplines

After 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...

Norway | Whitewater Kayaking

by dianegaydos | Mar 2, 2021 | Creeking, Internationalisation, Karma, Norway, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

I’m sure I’m not alone when I say the past 12 months have had much less travel than normal for me. In addition to looking forward to when international travel will be safer again, I’ve been spending a lot of time looking back. Enjoy this video of when my husband...

Tips on Plugging a Waterfall

by eliottbertz | Dec 12, 2019 | Karma, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction

Plugging a waterfall with an abrupt 90 degree lip can be challenging. Rolling lips that transition from horizontal to vertical over longer distances tend to nicely set paddlers up for a vertical plug. However, not all waterfalls offer such as user friendly set up....

Cataract and Westwater Canyons

by Jair Cruiksh | Dec 10, 2019 | Exploration Feature, Karma, karma traverse, Nirvana, Whitewater

I have lived out of a backpack, car, raft, but I went on my first self support kayak trip last Fall down the Westwater and Cataract sections of the Colorado. This was an unforgettable experience and one I hope to embark on again next Fall. We had an itinerary of two...

Colorado Creekin’ Video

by eliottbertz | Sep 26, 2018 | Creeking, Karma, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Colorado has a diverse set of whitewater. Although it is always hard to pick favorites in whitewater, I have to admit Vallecito and Oh Be Joyful Creek may be my all-time favorite Colorado runs. I highly recommend going to experience either of these epic places if you...

The Salmon River – A Boaters Paradise Claire O & Jez take 22 kids down this amazing stretch of white water and capture it in an incredible film

by Claire OHara | Apr 5, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Karma, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

There is one place that I never had on my bucket list and having just been this summer I now highly recommend every kayaker out there add this trip to their list. The Salmon river in Idaho is stunning. It is without doubt a boating paradise, remote, pristine,...

Remembering warm weather!

by Jeremy Adkins | Feb 7, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Antix, Creeking, Internationalisation, Karma, Playboating, rivers, United States, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

So far in the southeast we had a dismal winter. Cold temperatures with very low rainfall. Fingers cross that will soon change. The past few months have been slow, cold, and not full of alot of adventure. That will soon to change. Here is a video that I put together of...

Medium Karma PNG

by teamjk | Jan 12, 2018 | Creeking, Karma, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Ben Stookesberry’s name doesn’t light up my phone often. When it does, I assume there is an adventure on its way. I met Ben properly for the first time in Kangiqsualujjuack QC. I knew him, knew of him, but had never paddled with him. I was able to join Ben, Chris...

Downriver racing – a great family activity!

by teamjk | Nov 8, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Antix, Family Zone, Karma, Karma Unlimited, Whitewater

This is our first year being exposed to downriver races and we have to say… they are a great family activity! If you pick the right ones they are a family bonding experience with high fun factors.   We dipped our toe into the world of Downriver racing at CKS...

Winter is Coming

by samantharuppelt | Nov 7, 2017 | Creeking, Karma, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Most people I know do not particularly like this time of year. Aside form the holidays which most do enjoy, they hate the cold, dreary weather and everything else winter stands for. I, however, absolutely love the Southeast in the winter. Mainly because of the rain...