5 Benefits to Going to Roll Sessions this Winter by JK Team | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Christina Kossis 1. Muscle Memory – whether you’re new to rolling or an “expert” who never flips it’s important to keep your body in tune. You can dial in all the moves, whether it’s your first roll or advancing to on and offside sweep and back deck...
River Safety Resources That We All Need When Paddling by Vincent Family | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesAmerican Whitewater (AWA) has been knocking it out of the park this year with regards to their focus on river safety. This is above and beyond all of the amazing work that they do protecting rivers in the United States as part of their day job. In May of 2021 AWA...
2021 Dirty Bird Event by crystalgustin | Dec 12, 2021 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesPhotos courtesy of Rob Giersch It was a breath of fresh air to be able to run the Paddle In Pink annual Dirty Bird event at the end of July this year. For most of us, the last year has been an incredibly hard year. As a kayaker, I really missed the closeness that the...
Don’t Let The Jangle Jangle You by Cashion Porter Shirley | Nov 24, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSometimes things don’t go to plan. We try to avoid it, but it inevitably happens, so it’s important to be ready for it. I’m going to share an experience awhile back that really tested my nerves, and I hope you can learn something from it. Back in early September, I...
Reflecting on my first “creek” race by crystalgustin | Nov 22, 2021 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Karma Unlimited, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLet’s just get this out of the way. I have never considered myself a racer. I have competed in the freestyle world. I have competed in the kayak portion of the Captain Thurmond Race (on the New River in WV) and I did a couple of mass start races in Idaho many moons...
13th Annual Ocoee River Race by wildwildwes | Oct 21, 2021 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe 2021 edition of the Tennessee Valley Canoe Club Ocoee River Race went down on 10/9/2021 and we had some extra flow in the river with 1,800 CFS to make it even better. The race course starts at the put-in for the Middle Ocoee at the Roger’s Branch launch ramp. The...
Unlikely Paddlefest by Vincent Family | Oct 15, 2021 | Antix, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenUnlikely Paddlefest is an unofficial paddling festival, organized by paddlers for paddlers. Really – it’s more like a gathering of friends, old and new, for an amazing four days at the end of the paddling season. It is based out of the Quesnel Forks...
The Lower Yough Is Actually Quite Fun by Will Wanovich | Oct 13, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIn the summers, I work and paddle on the Yough River. Since I only live 10-15 minutes from the Lower Yough put-in and I’m usually too busy with work on the weekends, I spend a lot of time paddling that section. It can sometimes get a bit boring running the same...
Super Swell Summer 2021 by Jessie Stone | Oct 12, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesHurricane weather has dumped lots of rain and produced huge swell off the East Coast this summer and fall. Earlier this month, a magical convergence of two hurricanes and some luck produced some gentle(ish) giant waves off the Maine coast. Coincidentally, Alex Nicks...
Inner City Kids Camp 2022 by Emily Jackson | Sep 30, 2021 | Emily Jackson, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Family Posts, Kid's Kayaks, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesInner City Kids Camp 2022 Inner City Kids Camp or Jessie’s Kids Camp are the two names for one week of my year depending on who you ask, they represent a week of kayaking for kids from disadvantaged homes. Through the years, since 2002 to be exact, Jessie Stone, my...
3 ways to improve your freestyle surfing by sethashworth | Sep 24, 2021 | Advanced Moves, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK University, River Running, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines3 ways to improve your freestyle surfing Here is a quick video on improving your freestyle kayaking. Moving around on the wave is a fundamental skill that these three tips can help you improve on. SO, make notes and most importantly let me know what I missed for the...
How to paddle through breaking waves by sethashworth | Sep 20, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesHow to paddle through breaking waves A pretty straight forward break down of how to paddle through breaking waves ft Sattlers Wave on the Ottawa...
