Summer Recap Pt. 2: Colorado by Hannah Ray | Nov 28, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesAfter wrapping up the Charles City Challenge in Iowa, our travel crew (myself, SO Marty, and dog Bella) loaded up our self-outfitted van and prepared to embark on our summer road trip journey. For this trip we paired down our equipment a bit from our normal weekend...
Gnarvana Takes 2nd at the 2022 Benham Bash by JT Hartman | Nov 27, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe Benham Bash, Central Oregon’s premier downriver whitewater event, is about as grass-roots as you can get, even in the kayaking world. Typically consisting of 10 or so racers, the Bash is a great opportunity for Bend locals to get together, show off for their...
When Things Don’t Go As Planned by crystalgustin | Nov 26, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesAs an athlete, there are many points in our lives where things just don’t seem to work out. There are also an exceeding number of times when things not only work out but go better than planned. I’d like to discuss when they don’t go as planned. For the last month or...
Small Gnarvana On-River Review by crystalgustin | Nov 24, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI’ve been in the small Jackson Kayak Gnarvana just a few times and wanted to take it out on the “high water” release day on the Tallulah to start to get a better feel for it. Here are my quick impressions: Everyone has been saying how high and dry...
The Local Section by Jack Newland | Nov 22, 2022 | Antix, Australia, Featured Post, Instructional, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesMy Home River, The Barwon River finally has water. It’s been so long since we had proper flood stage flows in this short punchy section. honestly, it has to be my top 3 favorite sections iv ever done. the shuttle is short the white water is epic and the stoke is...
Gnarvana first impressions and sizing by Boyd Ruppelt | Nov 21, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWhen I found out Jackson Kayak was doing a high-rockered modern twist on my favorite boat ever, the Nirvana, I was stoked! Once I tried it out, I was not disappointed. Since I sit in a critical weight range, at 168 lbs (76 kg), I wanted to hop into my new medium...
Big Water Technique – How to Paddle High Volume Rivers by Boyd Ruppelt | Nov 15, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, Zenphotos: Safari Par Excellence Despite the common misconception, Big Water doesn’t actually mean difficult water. It doesn’t directly mean hard rapids. Big water refers to the high volume whitewater found on high volume rivers. Big Water kayaking...
How to Double Pump – Freestyle Unlocked by Bartoz Czauderna | Nov 9, 2022 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to DOUBLE PUMP by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Double Pump is a technique that allows you to submerge your bow under the water, starting a vertical end. This is a foundation trick for all wheeling based tricks done either in the Feature, downriver...
Relearning a New Pace and Place with the Best Community by JK Team | Nov 7, 2022 | Antix, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Susan Curtin The thrill of rain and checking gauges or looking for dam release levels to pick places to paddle- It’s all part of a bigger story with relationships with our kayaking friends, with ourselves, with the water and natural places that it takes...
We tried to get catapulted from a Raft to throw a backflip in a kayak by Thomas Dolle | Nov 2, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesBack in France for the summer, doing some raft guiding in St Pierre de Boeuf. There was one night where I was trying to think about some projects I could do, and I had this crazy idea. To take a raft down the first wave of St Pierre de Boeuf, and do what we call a...
Oetz Trophy by Thomas Dolle | Oct 31, 2022 | Creeking, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOne event I really wanted to go to this year was the Oetz Trophy. Which used to be called the Adidas Sickline back in the day, but since 2017 Adidas stopped doing this huge event. Luckily, some Austrian locals made it happen again, Big Ups to them because since we...
Diversify Whitewater – Greater Seattle 2022 by kylethomas | Oct 30, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis year I was fortunate to volunteer as a kayak instructor for Diversify Whitewater’s Greater Seattle Area weekend event. The mission of Diversify Whitewater (https://diversifywhitewater.org/) is to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in paddlesports by...
