USA Freestyle Team Trials: My First Competition in over Two Years by Cashion Porter Shirley | Mar 31, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOn March 19, the best freestyle kayaking athletes in the United States went head to head for a coveted spot on the US team for the 2022 ICF Freestyle World Championships in Nottingham, England. While the competition is stressful enough on its own, I had an added level...
Surf Betsy Podcast Update by wildwildwes | Mar 29, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSurf Betsy is an effort several years in the making to research the potential development for a whitewater park in Elizabethton, TN on the Doe and Watauga Rivers. The Phase-1 draft proposal prepared by River Restorations recently has generated great interest for the...
19 Years Paddling in Uganda by Jessie Stone | Mar 23, 2022 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, rivers, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesUganda 2022 – 19 Years and always something to discover! This February marked my 19th year of paddling in Uganda! Though the river has changed much in that time – with two dams built on the amazing and wild first 50 kms of the river after it leaves Lake...
2022 JAW Fleet Rolls into Action! by wildwildwes | Mar 16, 2022 | Company Info, Dealer, Events, Featured Post, Jackson Dealers, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, Recreational/Touring, River RunningNortheast, TN, Southwest, VA & Western NC are you ready for FREE Jackson Kayak demos in 2022? They’re here now from the Jackson Action Wagon! The JAW picked up the new fleet this past snowy Saturday (3/12/22). We are preparing these boats to be ready for the...
Interview with Abby Holcombe by JK Team | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Team JK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Ottilie Robinson-Shaw Interview with Abby Holcombe Meet 17 y.o Abby Holcombe from the USA. You’ll find Abby travelling the World in a Winnebago and throwing tricks better than most seniors all whilst smiling from ear to ear. Q: Firstly, why do you...
Freestyle Kayaking : How to Mcnasty by Emily Wade | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesHow to Mcnasty: The Mcnasty is probably one of my favorite tricks to do in a hole feature, although being honest…I love them all. The ICF defines a mcnasty as at least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop or space Godzilla,...
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...
PNW’s New ACA Instructor Trainer Kyle by kylethomas | Feb 28, 2022 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesMy experience with the ACA dates back to my days volunteering as a sea kayak and whitewater kayak instructor and trip leader for Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT). I started volunteering with ORGT back in 2009 as an Instructor-in-Training (IiT). While in that...
2021 recap : Kayaking life with a baby in Norway! by capucinethomaslepine | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Norway, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesA recap of year 2021 In total 95 days kayaking in 2021, most of them right home on Gaula river and its tributaries, and 13 trips in Bua canyon. Out of homerun adventures were followings: trips in Trondelag region, to Stjørdal, kayaking the Sona and to Oppdal kayaking...
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...
Cherry River Surf | Whitewater Kayaking by JK Team | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Shane Groves The Headwaters of the Gauley are easily overlooked by the vast amount of whitewater in the region. The multiple branches of the Headwaters take off with several runs offering dozens of miles of class 3 fun. This was my childhood home and...
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...
