French Broad River Academy: Schooling the Future of Kayaking

by Cashion Porter Shirley | Jan 25, 2023 | River Running, WW Disciplines

When most people think of afterschool, extracurricular activities, they picture such things as theater, chess, football, etc., but a middle school out of Asheville, North Carolina, decided to switch it up a bit. While the French Broad River Academy (FBRA) offers the...

Summer Recap Pt. 6 – Finale: Tongue River Canyon and HOME!

by Hannah Ray | Jan 20, 2023 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Continuing our journey towards home we dropped down into Wyoming to find a place to work remotely for a few days. I found a couple of promising boondocking spots not too far off of I-90 near Sheridan, WY. The first spot was alright, but a little too close to town and...

Summer Recap Pt. 5: Alberton Gorge

by Hannah Ray | Jan 13, 2023 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Finishing up our visit in White Salmon, WA we started making our way towards home. We took a northern route, crossing eastern Washington, the top of Idaho and making our way into Montana. We found another great boon docking spot near Lolo National Forest in western...

Wesley’s 2022 Rain Gauge Report

by wildwildwes | Jan 12, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

The spread sheets below are data from my rain gauge I have installed at my house in Elizabethton, TN.  It’s a true nerdy rain gauge measuring precipitation to the nearest 1/100th of an inch daily. 2022 turned out to be a less than an average year for rainfall for our...

Summer Recap Pt. 4: White Salmon River

by Hannah Ray | Jan 7, 2023 | Antix, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

From Boise, Idaho we made our way to Oregon. Our furthest western destination on our summer road trip. After spending time with family in Portland, we headed back to Hood River to try some wing surfing. Gale force winds roared up the Columbia River Gorge creating...

A Scenic Float on the Elwah

by janekoopman | Jan 6, 2023 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

When I planned a trip to the Olympic Peninsula in early November I expected to be working to find rivers that were not blown out and too high. But it has been a dry fall in the PNW so finding something with enough water and not up a closed road proved to be the...

We Paddled 4 Rivers in 1 Day

by JK Team | Dec 15, 2022 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Norway, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

submitted by Tom Dolle On a beautiful day in Norway, we took advantage of the 22hour day lights a day and decided to paddle Four rivers in One day. Woke up early and went straight to the famous Park and Huck called « Nose Breaker ». A nice 30ft drop with maybe...

Whistler Triple Crown

by eliottbertz | Dec 14, 2022 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Whistler, Canada is known worldwide as an epicenter for outdoor sports and kayaking ranks high in this regional assemblage of thrill seeking activities. To kayakers, a Whistler Triple Crown means a run down 3 sections of classic whitewater just outside of Whistler in...

Trip to Crystal River and Escape from Tropical Storm Nicole

by Jessie Stone | Dec 7, 2022 | Exploration Feature, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Journey, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Trip Reports, Trips, WW Disciplines

Trip to Crystal River and Escape from Tropical Storm Nicole! Kristine, Emily and Kathy H. picked me up in Gainesville, Florida, and from there, we travelled to the town of Crystal River, staying at the Plantation Hotel right on Crystal River so we could put in right...

Thanksgiving at the Thompson

by janekoopman | Nov 30, 2022 | Antix, Canada, Exploration Feature, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Each Canadian Thanksgiving, which takes place the second weekend of October, a group of kayakers meet for a gathering at the Thompson River outside of Lytton BC. The folks gathered come from through BC and Alberta but are connected through one women from Alberta who...

Gnarvana Takes 2nd at the 2022 Benham Bash

by JT Hartman | Nov 27, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

The Benham Bash, Central Oregon’s premier downriver whitewater event, is about as grass-roots as you can get, even in the kayaking world. Typically consisting of 10 or so racers, the Bash is a great opportunity for Bend locals to get together, show off for their...

When Things Don’t Go As Planned

by crystalgustin | Nov 26, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

As an athlete, there are many points in our lives where things just don’t seem to work out. There are also an exceeding number of times when things not only work out but go better than planned. I’d like to discuss when they don’t go as planned. For the last month or...