Ten Years of Maine Whitewater Championship by Alex Horne | Sep 7, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer the Maine Whitewater Championship (MWWC) celebrated its tenth year of racing the waters of the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers. Over the past ten years, these races have become a staple of the whitewater season for paddlers in New England, and have continued...
White Salmon 2022 by JK Team | Aug 18, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenSubmitted by Judah Franczyk We packed up our boats and all our gear then started our Journey to the PNW. When we got to White Salmon we meet up with Tyler Bradt and Dave Fusilli. We arrived late and grabs some food at the local brewery Everybody’s then stayed the...
The Kids Kayaking Camp – 20 years old and going strong !! by Jessie Stone | Aug 10, 2022 | Creeking, Emily Jackson, Eric Jackson, Events, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesYesterday, EJ, Emily, Nick, Andy K, Sean C, and I completed the 20th anniversary year of the Kids Kayaking Camp. The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers had inspired my original idea to start the camp for underserved inner city youth in NYC. In 2002, we did the...
Mountain State’s Highest Put In by JK Team | Jun 22, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Shane Groves The Mountain State has its fair share of put ins and take outs. But there can be only one that is higher than all the others. That put in happens to be at a beaver pond inside a high mountain bowl surrounded by lush forest off the Scenic...
King of the Alps by JK Team | Jun 13, 2022 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, Italy, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Andi Brunner One of the biggest whitewater Events in Europe is in the books for 2022 – King of the Alps. It was the tenth edition of the extreme kayak race in northern Italy. Over 150 people are fighting for the title King and Queen of the Alps. The...
25 Years on the Housatonic by Jessie Stone | Jun 7, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThere is no way it seems possible that I have been paddling the Housatonic for 25 years, but 2022 marks my 25th year of running the section from Bulls Bridge down. My first paddle down was in my trusty purple Dancer with my friend Dave Saaf, who was my first East...
Medium Jackson Kayak Antix 2.0 Full Interview (Review) with Scooter by crystalgustin | May 25, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Reviews, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe Antix 2.0 is no doubt one of the hottest boats in the Jackson Kayak lineup and I often get asked to borrow either my medium or small. A Long Creek, South Carolina local, Alma Alberghini, AKA “Scooter” took my medium out a number of times to the Tallulah River and...
Launching the ACA River Kayak Hand Paddling Curriculum by kylethomas | May 20, 2022 | Clinics, Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesPaddling with your hands? What’s that all about? Probably a decade ago, I was presented with a silly contraption at a pool session that was made from plastic, strapped to your hands, and made it super easy to hand roll a whitewater kayak. Someone called them hand...
Ohio Whitewater by Lucien Shreiber | May 10, 2022 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOhio is typically not the area I think of for destination whitewater kayaking. However with the right weather and river flows, Ohio can deliver. With a new baby, a toddler, and a cold winter, we’d been having trouble getting out to many rivers this year. But with...
Built for Longevity: 100+ River Days in my Nirvana by kylethomas | Mar 2, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI completed my first lap in my pink Jackson Kayak Nirvana whitewater kayak on July 27, 2017 on the Skykomish River in Washington state. Since then, I own the same pink Nirvana and have completed 100+ river trips on the same hull and that number keeps going up. It was...
How to get multiple uses from a tube of Aquaseal by Clay Wright | Feb 22, 2022 | Creeking, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesI love the water – but I hate leaky stuff. That’s why I paddle a Jackson Kayak – and make sure to get quality skirts and gear to top it off. I stay vigilant patching small pin-holes in my outerwear, to keep my fleece dry and my boat nice and light...
Dreams do Come True by JT Hartman | Feb 15, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesDreams really do come true in this sport. For as long as I’ve considered myself a whitewater kayaker (going on 8 years now), I’ve fantasized relentlessly about running the pristine waterfalls of Eagle Creek, OR. Some of the first kayaking videos I watched included...
