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...
Roadtrip to Larcay | Whitewater Kayaking France by Lane De Meulenaere | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFor the people that are familiar with the European freestyle scene, might know that France has a bunch of amazing waves! Some are quiet famous others might not be as much. Last spring, we were in luck, one of the lesser known unicorns was running at prime level!...
Whatchan River 5th Descent by JK Team | Oct 6, 2020 | Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Little Shredders, River Running, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by: Dane Menzies July 7th is the day we decided to drive to the Whatchan river for a 5th descent, we arrive at the ferry terminal and prepare for a scouting mission that we are about to go on. We find a trail that leads down to the river from a construction...
How we started building a playspot near Moscow (Russia) [Video] Part 1 by JK Team | Oct 2, 2020 | Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Russia, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesPost by Stas Vasilev “Modern problems require modern solutions” This year dictates its own rules and we have to adapt to them. Usually, every early spring we started with roadtrip to Europe, where we returned throughout the season, visiting various spots...
2020 Virtual USA Freestyle Nationals Ride [Video] Plus benefits of flatwater training by sethchapelle | Sep 28, 2020 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe 2020 USA freestyle nationals were originally planned to be a normal in-person freestyle competition surfing a river feature. The in-person nationals were cancelled due to covid-19. Instead of the in-person competition, a virtual (video submission) flatwater...
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...
The struggles of being DEAF for over 5 months and HOW TO AVOID it by Lane De Meulenaere | Sep 23, 2020 | Blogroll, Exploration Feature, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesI’m sure most of you have heard about surfer’s ear and that you should wear earplugs when kayaking or doing any watersports for that matter. Like me, you probably disregarded most of the comments and continued enjoying your time on the water without protection. Well,...
2020 Dam Release Savior – Cheoah River by dianegaydos | Sep 22, 2020 | River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines2020 has been a strange year. As was the case for so many, the majority of our fun whitewater travels were cancelled. Once our plans were officially shattered, we were left to pick up the pieces. Everyone has had different comfort levels this spring and summer with...
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...
Jackson Whitewater | Graz Freestyle 2020 by Bartoz Czauderna | Sep 10, 2020 | Australia, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater FeatureOn 22 of August one of very few freestyle competitions took place in Easter part of Europe. So many events got cancelled and so many plans flipped around that lust and longing for friends, paddling together, challenge and chance to share weekend with other fellow...
