How to hold a Basic Position by Bartoz Czauderna | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to hold a BASIC POSITION by doing exercises in the video! What is it? One of the critical elements in kayaking is your body position and posture. Your spine is the key that allows you to transmit force from your upper body to your lower body and vice versa. You...
How to control Your Edging by Bartoz Czauderna | Mar 20, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to control YOUR EDGING by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Edging is the ability to put your boat on edge while holding your centre of gravity over the boat’s centre. In moving water, it allows the water to pass under the boat easier and not catch on...
How to Power Stroke by Bartoz Czauderna | Mar 18, 2023 | Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to POWER STROKE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The Power Stroke is a basic stroke used to move forward, which gives you the most acceleration. The catch phase is reaching to put the blade in by your feet. The pull phase starts by pushing on the top...
Tips to Turn Your Space Godzilla and Loop tricks into a Combo by Emily Wade | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesJames River, Pipeline rapid The space godzilla loop combo is one of my favorite combo tricks. It allows you to go big on 2 tricks in a row and score some fast points in a freestyle competition. Knowing how to space godzilla and loop are prerequisites to learning this...
How to Rudder by Bartoz Czauderna | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLearn to RUDDER by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The Rudder is a technique when you leave your blade near the tail and “pull or push the water” with active and passive side. It can be used to go straight, break in and out from the eddy, or even control the...
Jackson Kayak Mixmaster by kylethomas | Mar 3, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI remember being jealous of my good friend’s Jackson Kayak MixMaster before getting my own. At the time, I owned a Wave Sport Ace and I had told everyone that it was the one kayak I’d never part with. …then I saw a MixMaster (uh oh!). I saw how effortlessly my friend...
Event Preview: New River Gorge Festival by Alex Horne | Mar 1, 2023 | Events, Featured Post, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFor the second year in a row, Ace Adventure Resort will host the New River Gorge Festival, showcasing all the amazing outdoor recreation opportunities the New River Gorge has to offer. This year’s festival is set to take place May 12-14th, with the fun kicking off...
How to Sweep Stroke by Bartoz Czauderna | Feb 27, 2023 | Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLearn to SWEEP STROKE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The Sweep Stroke is the second fundamental stroke and is used to turn your boat. It is a very useful correction stroke when paddling straight and is a faster way to change your direction when the boat...
How to Back Blunt by Bartoz Czauderna | Feb 24, 2023 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Featured Post, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLearn to BACK BLUNT by doing exercises in the video! What is it? It is a Blunt done backward. Started at the back surf 180° horizontal angle rotation on green water at a vertical angle greater than 45°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the freestyler...
How to Woo Tricky by Bartoz Czauderna | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to WOO TRICKY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Woo Tricky is three consecutive ends. It begins with a back Split Wheel followed by a rotation on the bow at a vertical angle over 60° in the same direction as the first rotation of the splitwheel. It is...
How to T-Rescue by Bartoz Czauderna | Feb 13, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to T-RESCUE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The first step to being able to get back upright is learning the T-rescue. The T-rescue is a way of righting yourself using another kayak (*or an obstacle!) by putting your hands on it for support and...
Rewind, the Mixmaster is back! by Alex Horne | Feb 10, 2023 | Featured Post, MixMaster, Playboating, Reviews, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesRewind, The Jackson Kayak Mixmaster is back! 2023 marks the return of the Mixmaster, our favorite full slice boat! Whether you’re a longstanding Mixmaster fanatic that’s been waiting for this day for years, or a kayaker that loves to have fun and is wondering what the...
