Top 10 Ways to Teach Kids to Love Kayaking

by kelloggfamily | Jul 24, 2020 | Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater

Kayaking really is for everyone. It’s a go at your own pace, do what you love, heart pumping adventure sport that is perfect for the old and young and everyone in between. Which is why kayaking is such a big deal for us … we get to have a blast WITH our kids. And it’s...

Bringing the FUN back into Freestyle Kayak Competitions

by Vincent Family | Jul 22, 2020 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, WW Disciplines

Freestyle Kayaking (aka playboating) is a relative newcomer in the history of whitewater kayaking, really coming of age in the 1990’s as boat designs started to lend themselves to playboating tricks. Playboating competitions grew and evolved in a similar manner as...

Beating the Heat During the Pandemic | Whitewater Kayaking

by kelloggfamily | Jul 17, 2020 | JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

“What is everyone watching these days on Netflix? Any great series that I can’t miss? I’m going crazy and need something to watch. Thanks in Advance.” This has to honestly be one of the top 5 questions posed on Social Media. I mean, how many Netflix series have you...

Mindset: Growth or Failure?| Whitewater Kayaking

by crystalgustin | Jul 14, 2020 | Creeking, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Zen

Do 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...

Little Shredder Introduction – Makinley Kate Hargrove

by Hargrove Adventures | Jul 12, 2020 | JAdventures Main Banner, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature

Hi, my name is Makinley Kate Hargrove and I am 12 years old. My home river is the Chattahoochee, at the RushSouth Whitewater Park, nestled between Phenix City, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia. How I Got Started: My dad was the first to start kayaking in our family, and...

Inner City Kids Kayaking – Increasing Diversity in Paddling

by Jessie Stone | Jul 9, 2020 | JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Despite kayaking’s origins in the Inuit communities of the far north, modern-day whitewater kayaking is a predominantly White sport and has been for a long time. Yes, there are paddlers of color worldwide, but the majority of kayakers out there are White. In the 17...

The paradise called Soca gorge

by JK Team | Jul 6, 2020 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Austria, Creeking, Internationalisation

Many 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...

Freestyle Groove | Whitewater Kayaking

by Hannah Ray | Jul 2, 2020 | JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Getting my Kayaking freestyle groove on at Charles City Whitewater. We have had great weather and awesome water for summertime playboating. I’m working on the phonics monkey. I’ve failed a lot and there will be more fails, but I’m making gains! Special thanks to the...

Rock Island Waterfall Playground

by eliottbertz | Jun 30, 2020 | Creeking, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater Feature, Zen

Rock Island’s Great Falls provide the perfect playground for vertical free falling in your kayak. The waterfall spans the entire width of the river and offers a wide variety of lines varying in difficulty. From tight and technical moves to wide open boofs, these...

Indoor Freestyle Kayaking training for Lunar Orbit and Air Screw

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 26, 2020 | Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction

Practice your lunar orbit and air screw while not leaving your home! Join Bartosz Czauderna in series with Jackson Kayak sharing indoor technique training that will help you stay fit and improve your kayaking through the coaching...

Rheinschlucht – The Grand Canyon of Switzerland

by Jessie Stone | Jun 16, 2020 | JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

With the opening of Switzerland internally from lock down, Juerg and I decided to make a paddling trip to Eastern Switzerland, back to the Foder – Rhein and kayak the Grand Canyon of Switzerland. Two years ago, we had come for our first visit and I really enjoyed it –...

Indoor Coaching with Bartosz Czauderna practice double pump, cartwheel, loop and Space Godzilla in your home!

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 15, 2020 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Poland, Rock Star, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Practice your double pump, cartwheel, loop and Space Godzilla in your home! Your Indoor Whitewater Paddling Coaching is here! Join Bartosz Czauderna from Love it Live it in his series with Jackson Kayak sharing indoor training work outs that will help you stay fit and...