Catawba Great Falls, SC Grand Opening

by wildwildwes | Jul 6, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Mid-March 2023 was a time of celebration in the small little town of Great Falls, SC! The grand opening of the Southeast’s newest whitewater park and recreational paddling releases were center stage thanks to a great collaboration of Duke Energy, S2O Design &...

Middle Fork Championship 2023

by kylethomas | Jun 27, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

I strongly believe that competition builds community. The Middle Fork Championship on the Middle section of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River (aka “Middle Middle”) is no exception to that community-building for the Greater Seattle Area. This race is organized a...

Road to World – Ep 1 STAKEOUT by Tom DOLLE

by Thomas Dolle | Jun 23, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

After 3 years of slalom boating and a flop at the last World Cup, I am back on the freestyle hustle. This year’s goal is to win the 2023 World Championships that will be happening in Columbus, GA. A place that I know pretty good as it was my home spot from 2016 to...

APE’s Nolichucky River Cleanup Back in Action

by wildwildwes | Jun 21, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Recreational/Touring, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Tournaments, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

My local paddling club, Appalachian Paddling Enthusiasts, has always kept the stewardship of the Nolichucky River near and dear to our hearts as one of our best natural resources in our area for whitewater paddling. Since the clubs formation in 1986 the group has...

How to Phonics Monkey

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 19, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Learn to PHONICS MONKEY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Phonics Monkey is a pirouette initiated by a cross bow stroke in a front surf position and followed by a front loop in one fluid motion. While pirouette needs to be 330° horizontal angle rotation at...

Stakeout

by Boyd Ruppelt | Jun 17, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

It’s hard to believe with over 30 years as a whitewater kayaker and more than two decades as a sponsored paddler that I never made it up to Canada until last year. The Ottawa River alone holds some of the best freestyle features on the planet and is without a...

Spring Paddling Locally

by Jessie Stone | Jun 15, 2023 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Returning to the US in early April at the beginning of a heat wave was really confusing. While snow was falling elsewhere in the country and in the alps, heat was blasting New York and New England. The good news was that everything was running and I had my first trip...

How to Back Deck Roll

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 13, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Learn to BACK DECK ROLL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The Back Deck Roll is an alternative version of the Eskimo Roll where paddler goes towards the tail and rolls under it to come back on opposite side of the boat bringing the blade from tail towards...

How to Pistol Flip

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to PISTOL FLIP by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop. Pistol Flip is like an Mc Nasty but it is done differently on the wave than in the hole. It takes quite a bit of...

Big Moments from Toketee Falls

by JT Hartman | Jun 2, 2023 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

It was Tuesday. Just Tuesday. I awoke to none other than James Shimizu shaking my leg. “Dude, I’m really sorry,” he said. “Get up, it’s in. We’re going.” I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and glanced at my watch: 7:15am. I pulled myself wearily from the sheets and...

How to Rail Drive

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 30, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Learn to RAIL DRIVE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Rail Drive is a way of taking off into the air by driving the rail into the water where the fast moving green water hits the hull of the boat and forces it up out the water. This is a foundation skill of...

How to Roundhouse

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to ROUNDHOUSE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? 180° horizontal angle rotation on the green water at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the paddler rotates around the bow of the boat landing in a backward...