Fine tuning your Bee’s Knees for optimum performance

by stephenwright | Jan 4, 2022 | Accessories, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Fine tuning your Bee’s Knees for optimum performance Got a new JK boat? Congrats! You’ll notice the Bee’s Knees right away – it’s our biggest outfitting upgrade in a decade! Don’t forget these are 100% adjustable and may require...

How to Keep Warm Winter Playboating

by Hannah Ray | Dec 9, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

How to Keep Warm Winter Playboating When the water/air temps drop and the snow starts to fly…is it time to hang up the playboating gear? Nope! Not at all, if you have the right mindset, and the right gear to keep getting out there. Here’s how I stay...

Freestyle Kayaking: How to Space Godzilla

by Emily Wade | Dec 4, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Cover Photo credit: Matthew Centofanti How to Space Godzilla The Space Godzilla trick is one of my favorite freestyle kayak tricks to throw in a feature because it allows you to get maximum air like a huge loop but your boat does a neat twisting motion like a...

Rockstar V at NOC

by JK Team | Nov 29, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

submitted by Adam Swett We have been heading over to the Nantahala River often since we moved to Tennessee and I really look forward to each trip as the freestyle feature at NOC is so much fun! Typically there are 3 or 4 paddlers that are usually there and that is the...

Guide to Kayaking Z Dam, James River, Richmond, Virginia

by Emily Wade | Nov 19, 2021 | Featured Post, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Guide to Kayaking Z Dam, James River, Richmond, Virginia Z Dam is one of my absolute favorite features for freestyle kayaking. As its name suggests, Z Dam is a dam located on the upper James River in Richmond, Virginia and it forms different features depending on the...

New England’s First Whitewater Park!

by Beckham Bayreuther | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

It’s playboat season again in New Hampshire! Mill City Park is New England’s first-ever whitewater park and we are now seeing the plan become reality. The first feature to be constructed was just opened to the public early this November, and with high flows on...

Meet JK Little Shredder Dominic Morrell

by JK Team | Nov 10, 2021 | Creeking, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

JK Little Shredders Blog Post Dominic Morrell Date of Birth: 10/15/09 Favorite Boats: Shooting Star and XS Rockstar Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Social Media: @domshitz1—– Instagram Places Traveled: Maine, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland,...

Kelly’s Whitewater Park: Worth A Visit

by Anna Bruno | Nov 5, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Living in the PNW, in the land of cold water and waterfalls, does not make it easy to find consistent access to playboating fun. And while there is plenty of flatware around to play in, reliable features are few and far between. This is why, this summer, when the...

Another Whitewater Park in Iowa – Let’s Go!

by Hannah Ray | Nov 1, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Iowa is adding more whitewater to it’s waterways. Within the last decade Iowa has developed whitewater courses in Charles City and Manchester. Both of these cities have claimed an economic impact from their whitewater river amenities. Ty Graham, Cedar Falls, has...

Farewell to Little Shredders

by JK Team | Oct 27, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Submitted by Matteo Williams I have been on the Little Shredders since I was 11 and I am so grateful for all of the opportunities that I got to experience from being on the Little Shredders. I want to thank Jez and Mason for being such amazing people and getting this...

Issie’s summer in Nottingham & competing in the British Championships

by JK Team | Sep 28, 2021 | Event Coverage, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, UK, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Submitted by Issie Wormall This summer I have spent weeks paddling at Holme Pierrepont Nottingham training for the British Championships and for Team GB selections. My time training on inlet gate and twin since the start of the summer improved massively, on inlet it...

How to catch waves on the Fly. AKA Dropping in.

by sethashworth | Sep 13, 2021 | Beginner Moves, Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK University, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

This week I talk about how to drop in on waves as you are going down stream. Some tips and tricks to make it easier and hopefully help you catch more surfs. Let me know if it helps...