A Hidden Gem of a River by Jack Newland | Nov 4, 2021 | Antix, Australia, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesHey Guys, last weekend I got the chance to paddle a river that not many people have done. We only new of one other crew that had done it. The Aire River is located in the South West of Victoria In Australia, most of the rivers we paddle are in the North East. Its only...
High Flows in Little River Canyon by eliottbertz | Nov 3, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLittle River Canyon is a true gem. The remote canyon provides a wilderness experience with high quality class V at the upper stretches and gradually declines in difficulty as it makes its way to Weiss Lake. The put-in of the “Suicide Section” offers a...
Creeking in the Nirvana! by JK Team | Oct 29, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Adam Swett BIG LAUREL CREEK IN THE JACKSON KAYAK NIRVANA! I’ve been lucky enough to catch Big Laurel Creek twice since I moved from Virginia to Tennesee and I really love running this class III-IV creek and the area surrounding it. This very pretty stream...
Learning To Fail: River Lessons by crystalgustin | Oct 25, 2021 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesI was finally able to cross one river off my bucket list: Overflow. It’s been a long time coming. It’s been on my bucket list for probably over 5 years. I just never had the right crew or the right circumstances. At least that is what I always told myself. This past...
The Only Way (OUT) is Up by JK Team | Oct 8, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, France, Instructional, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Mylo Nicholas In September when the rivers are low, there can still be sections left to explore. The Arc River, in the Maurienne Valley (French Alps), is not frequently paddled, due to restricted sections and dam controls, but can offer some incredible...
Kayaking my hometown Class V run – Deckers Creek (Pioneer Rocks Section) in Morgantown, WV by JK Team | Sep 22, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, Zensubmitted by Christina Kossis Decker’s Creek is my local run, just 20 minutes from my house. It’s a short, stout class V roadside section located in southeast Morgantown, WV that needs over an inch of rain to get pumping and often flashes quickly. It is ideal to catch...
Comparisons of the Generations of Jackson Zen by Connor Gagliano | Sep 17, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenComparisons of the Generations of Jackson Zen – With Jackson’s kayak model, the Zen, all three generations have different characteristics to make them fairly unlike each other. In my experiences I love them all for different reasons. The first gen was super easy...
The ‘Ultimate’Warm up routine for WhiteWater kayaking by sethashworth | Sep 13, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI say ‘The Ultimate’ pretty tongue in cheek. I down know if this is the best or not but it is what I do ‘most’ of the time I paddle. I should do it more often but I do my best. Hopefully you can use it to help your paddling, let me know if it...
The Double Drop | Riding the Melt on Tumalo Creek by JT Hartman | Sep 8, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesWednesday as I finished up at work I got a text from Orion Junkins: “So much water dude, highest I’ve ever seen it, get stoked.” We’d been hoping all week that high temperatures would push the snowline up on the surrounding mountains and raise the water level in...
Ekstremsportveko Extreme Kayak Race by JK Team | Sep 1, 2021 | Austria, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Andi Brunner Due to Covid, the Ekstremsport Veko lost the title of World Championship this year but fortunately, the event could still happen! Despite the fact that lots of people didn’t manage to get into the country, we still had around 40 racers...
A River in Flood…in July by Jessie Stone | Aug 27, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIts July 31st and I am looking back on the last 25 days of paddling right here in Connecticut – where I have been since July 6th. In a word, it has been Awesome, but that doesn’t describe the state of the rivers. The Housatonic, the closest local run to my mom’s...
Colorado Creeking 2021 by Cashion Porter Shirley | Aug 23, 2021 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFor many years, I dreamt about paddling the spring runoff in Colorado. I watched videos of Oh Be Joyful and Vallecito in aw of their beauty. Lucky for me, this year, I got to go, and it was awesome! On June 3rd, Brian and Landon Miller, Matteo Williams, and I set out...
