The Best Day Ever!

by teamjk | Oct 4, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Today was the best day ever. Today was big water beatdown Thursday, and it was epic! For those of you who don’t know what this is, it’s basically where all the keener’s do something that scares them. For many of us that was getting owned by the...

The Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp – 15 years and still going

by Jessie Stone | Aug 14, 2018 | Family Zone, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater

This past week was our 15th annual inner city kids kayaking camp! When I say the number 15, it’s hard to believe that the camp has been going on that long as every year we do the camp, it feels like a new, very fun, and exciting experience. This is true for me at...

First Descents

by teamjk | Aug 12, 2018 | Whitewater

At the beginning of the week we are each given a new name that only the people who were involved with that First Descents camp will remember us by.  I said my First Descents name, Malbec, with a half-smile as I tried to cover up the missing dental crown I had...

The Salmon River – A Boaters Paradise Claire O & Jez take 22 kids down this amazing stretch of white water and capture it in an incredible film

by Claire OHara | Apr 5, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Karma, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

There is one place that I never had on my bucket list and having just been this summer I now highly recommend every kayaker out there add this trip to their list. The Salmon river in Idaho is stunning. It is without doubt a boating paradise, remote, pristine,...

Trust – the Essential Ingredient for the Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp

by Jessie Stone | Aug 28, 2017 | Family Zone, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater

Trust is something that we often take for granted without even knowing it. I look at many things in my life and think about how many would not occur without trust both by me and with the people I am working/interacting with. The inner city kids kayaking camp is a...

Don’t ever paddle the Salmon

by Jezz | Aug 20, 2017 | Australia, Creeking, Family Zone, Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Basically because it will ruin your perception of all other rivers as the salmon river is one spectacular section of whitewater which has almost everything you could ever want in a river. The main Salmon has large safe rapids, spectacular scenery, wilderness adventure...

WIN a JK Antix at NoliFest this Saturday!

by wildwildwes | Mar 29, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

The Jackson Action Wagon is giving away brand new 2017 Jackson Kayak Antix at NoliFest this year! The JAW is proud to partner with USA Raft on Saturday (April 1 – NO FOOLING) at this event to give away JK’s hottest new whitewater design in a raffle to...

Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp 2014 – Our 10th Year!!

by Jessie Stone | Aug 22, 2014 | Whitewater

Teaching people to kayak is something I love to do, and exposing kids to kayaking who would never otherwise have the opportunity is a very special and unique experience that has been the highlight of my teaching career over the years. Add to that that these students...