Post Baby Kayaking Adventures of 2020 by dianegaydos | Nov 3, 2020 | Antix, Creeking, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIf you have kids, then you’ll appreciate how hard it is to get out on the water as much as you did before. Especially during the strange pandemic year of 2020. However, my husband Daniel and I recently had Grandma, then Nonna and Poppi, all out visiting for 2 weeks...
Skookumchuck Creek | Whitewater Kayaking by janekoopman | Oct 29, 2020 | Canada, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI moved to BC a year ago and have had the joy of exploring a lot of new rivers that are new to me in that time, especially over this summer. While Covid has been devastating no doubt, I have tried to note all of the silver linings it has also had. In the summer I am...
When in Doubt, Get Out: A Short Story About Instinct by JT Hartman | Oct 20, 2020 | Creeking, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIt was mid-September. Despite the sun gracing us with it’s afternoon rays, I was shivering a little. The water temperature in the Deschutes River had dropped notably over the previous weeks, developing that all too familiar bite indicative of the summer season drawing...
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...
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...
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...
Kayak Norway – from the classics to expeditions by JK Team | Sep 16, 2020 | Austria, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesKayaking Norway – from the classics to expeditions I have almost spent two weeks in Norway this summer. It is such an epic place for whitewater kayaking. The amount of snow they had was insane so we had super high flows almost all the time. We started our trip...
Printemps dans les Hautes Alpes by thomasneime | Aug 18, 2020 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, France, Internationalisation, NirvanaLe printemps dernier a été maigre en navigation dû au Covid19, cependant, quelques semaines après le déconfinement tout le monde a eu envie de rattraper les navigues perdues et on a été plusieurs à se retrouver dans les hautes alpes afin de profiter des fontes de...
The Glorious, 40th Annual, Upper Yough Race by JK Team | Aug 5, 2020 | Creeking, Karma Unlimited, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature40th Annual Upper Yough Race I’m a new observer of white water paddling and all that it entails. A year ago, I didn’t really know about these men and women with broad shoulders and calloused hands who regularly use the word ‘boof’ in conversation. During the time of...
Mindset: Growth or Failure?| Whitewater Kayaking by crystalgustin | Jul 14, 2020 | Creeking, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, ZenDo you ever have those moments where you do something on the river, mess up and replay it over and over in your head wondering how you messed it up and your self-talk isn’t all that positive? What if you could change that mindset and look at how you can grow and learn...
The paradise called Soca gorge by JK Team | Jul 6, 2020 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Austria, Creeking, InternationalisationMany people have told me good things about the Soca gorge. Eventhough it is only 5 hours away from my hometown, Innsbruck, I haven’t paddled it until now. The famous Soca has several sections, from super easy up to solid class V, with the Soca gorge being its...
