Freestyle Fun by Hannah Ray | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured Post, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer I took a little road trip to Salida, Colorado. The impetus for the trip was to river surf the new Scout Wave 2.0 and catch the boat ramp hole at prime playboating levels. The first few days I arrived, the level for the surf wave was great! The levels for...
How to Blunt by Bartoz Czauderna | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to BLUNT by doing exercises in the video! What is it? 180° horizontal angle rotation on green water at a vertical angle greater than 45°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the paddler blunt rotates around the bow of the boat, landing in a backward...
30 years paddling by Adam Swett | Nov 2, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesMy first kayaking experiences took place in 1992/1993 before my 3rd year guiding rafts in Maine. I was on Pushaw Stream paddling a Perception Mystic using a 220cm, 90degree Harmony Ridgeline paddle I had “borrowed” for the fall/winter season. I had tried to kayak...
How to Teach Rolling: A Video for Instructors by Boyd Ruppelt | Oct 31, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesFor nearly three decades, I’ve taught rolling for private clients, universities, outfitters, clubs, organizations, events, camps, demos, paddle schools, companies, and on three continents from every background imaginable. Along the way, I’ve worked with...
How to Bow Stall by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 30, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn how to BOW STALL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Ability to hold your boat vertical for at least 3 seconds. It shows control, balance and is a very fun thing to do. Also it is prerequisite for flatwater loop and later on macho move. Step by Step...
How to Cartwheel by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 25, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to CARTWHEEL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least two consecutive ends in the same rotational direction with both ends at a vertical angle between 45° and 100°. One of the better recognized tricks in freestyle kayaking, when done one after...
Diversify Whitewater Paddling Weekend – Greater Seattle Area 2023 by kylethomas | Oct 24, 2023 | Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI’m filled with gratitude and appreciation for Diversify Whitewater, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in paddlesports by removing the barriers that may exist for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)...
How to Catch the Wave by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 13, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to CATCH THE WAVE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Ability to catch the feature to start surfing. There are two main ways of entering wave or hole. You either drop on it from upstream or ferry into it from the side. When dropping from the top,...
Squirt boating by Adam Swett | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer was taken up mostly by squirt boating yet again thanks to Cowbell and a new Ninja designed by Jim Snyder and built by Ed at Murky Water Kayaks up in Canada. The process started sometime in December 2022 when a friend of mine from Asheville let me borrow...
How to use Elevator Technique by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 6, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to ELEVATOR TECHNIQUE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? ‘Elevator’ Technique is slow and easy way of getting to the top of the foam pile. It involves moving out to the greener part of the wave (getting on the elevator), waiting until you have slowed...
Gnarvana on Wilson Creek by Adam Swett | Oct 5, 2023 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer I got to catch the Wilson river gorge at a sick level with a great crew for 3 laps on this classic creek run in North Carolina. Since leaving the Northeast I think this this run is my favorite . The level was right around 7″ and I think I could have...
How to Entry McNasty by Bartoz Czauderna | Oct 2, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to ENTRY MCNASTY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Coming from a McNasty, we read a definition: At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop or Space Godzilla. It is a way to use the whitewater to help you...
