How to Pistol Flip

by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to PISTOL FLIP by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop. Pistol Flip is like an Mc Nasty but it is done differently on the wave than in the hole. It takes quite a bit of...

Big Moments from Toketee Falls

by JT Hartman | Jun 2, 2023 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

It was Tuesday. Just Tuesday. I awoke to none other than James Shimizu shaking my leg. “Dude, I’m really sorry,” he said. “Get up, it’s in. We’re going.” I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and glanced at my watch: 7:15am. I pulled myself wearily from the sheets and...

How to Rail Drive

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 30, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Learn to RAIL DRIVE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Rail Drive is a way of taking off into the air by driving the rail into the water where the fast moving green water hits the hull of the boat and forces it up out the water. This is a foundation skill of...

How to Roundhouse

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to ROUNDHOUSE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? 180° horizontal angle rotation on the green water at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the paddler rotates around the bow of the boat landing in a backward...

First time on the White Nile

by JK Team | May 18, 2023 | Creeking, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

I’m Ask Tidemann-Foldvik from Trondheim, Norway. Last year I was lucky enough to meet many new great people in the kayaking community, I got to kayak so many fun rivers and learn lots of new skills, thanks to all of the people that took me kayaking. I hope this...

How to Shuvit

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 15, 2023 | Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to SHUVIT by doing exercises in the video! What is it? A Shuvit is 2 consecutive 180° horizontal angle rotations of the boat at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°. Beginning in the front surf position to the back surf position, then returning to the front surf...

Montreal River Canyon

by Hannah Ray | May 10, 2023 | Antix, Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Winter was good to Northern Wisconsin this season. With spring’s arrival, the snow is melting and filling the rivers with great opportunities. On this trip we met up with Brian, from Menasha, WI, to show us the Montreal River Canyon section. The level for our...

How to Space Godzilla

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 8, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to SPACE GODZILLA by doing exercises in the video! What is it? An aerial loop with a 90º or greater rotation (twist) in the middle of the flip. Some of the most beautiful hole boating pictures are taken from kayakers doing Space Godzilla. It is also a newschool...

Kayaking Freestyle Unlocked – How to Spin

by Bartoz Czauderna | May 1, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to SPIN by doing exercises in the video! What is it? A Spin is at least a 360° horizontal angle rotation of the boat at an angle between 0° and 45° vertical angle. Spinning will come in handy when paddling in the current and changing direction that you want to...

How to Splitwheel

by Bartoz Czauderna | Apr 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Learn to SPLITWHEEL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? In ICF rules, we read, “Two consecutive ends at a vertical angle of between 45° and 100° linked together by at least a 160° horizontal rotation near the vertical point of the first end on the long axis.”...

Kayak Slalom in a Dynamic Duo

by kylethomas | Apr 22, 2023 | Creeking, Dynamic Duo, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

For me, being in a Jackson Kayak Dynamic Duo is directly connected with whitewater river racing. My first race in a tandem whitewater kayak was the Ocoee River Race in Tennessee, winning a gold medal with my good friend Sam. From that point on, I was hooked on racing...

The 5 Golden Rules of Whitewater Kayaking

by Boyd Ruppelt | Apr 20, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Whether you’re just getting into whitewater kayaking or you’re a long time river veteran and looking to raise your paddling game, these 5 golden rules are the fundamentals to get you there. I don’t necessarily think these are all inclusive, but when...