How to Stomp by Boyd Ruppelt | Feb 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHow to Stomp Whether you’re trying to use a landing angle transition to cushion the impact from a waterfall or you accidentally boofed a little more than you wanted, the boof to stomp is one of the more useful waterfall techniques to know. At the same time, it...
100 Paddling Days – Goal Set, Goal Achieved by kylethomas | Feb 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Whitewater100 Paddling Days – Goal Set, Goal Achieved 100 days of paddling on the water, I’d never done it in my 15+ years of paddling. Would I ever be able to accomplish such a feat? When I hop on social media it sometimes felt like everyone in my network was paddling...
Wesley’s 2024 Rain Gauge Report by wildwildwes | Feb 5, 2025 | WhitewaterWesley’s 2024 Rain Gauge Report The spread sheets below are data from my rain gauge I have installed at my home in Elizabethton, TN. It is a true nerdy rain gauge measuring precipitation to the nearest 1/100th of an inch daily. 2024 turned out to be another less than...
Home Water: Iowa by Hannah Ray | Feb 5, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHome Water: Iowa I spent the majority of 2024 around home. The water window this year was brief. Levels fluctuated drastically with large rain events. Charles City saw near record high water for 3 days, prompting sandbagging and moving to higher ground. Even though...
WV Surprise Run, Laurel Creek of the Elk by JK Team | Feb 5, 2025 | Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWV still has plenty of surprises West Virginia still has some great surprises if you are into searching out some class 3/4 after a big rain storm. The staple runs in WV never let you down. But there are those days when rain is too much or it just missed your...
Fishing Hot Spots by joey monteleone | Jan 31, 2025 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, FishingFishing Hot Spots Relying on your senses can be a simple dependable system for finding and catching fish throughout the year. The use of electronics in conjunction with a common sense approach has become common for kayak anglers. A quick glance and “reading”...
Expedition Paddling in Madagascar: The Mangoro and Namorona Rivers by JK Team | Jan 31, 2025 | Creeking, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesExpedition Paddling in Madagascar: The Mangoro and Namorona Rivers Madagascar, famed for its exotic wildlife and rugged landscapes, hides some of its greatest secrets in its wild rivers. Our team of seven—Brenton Petrillo, Cody Adams, Elsa Kelly, Luke Andraka, Nic...
The Art of Work-Kayak Balance by Emily Wade | Jan 31, 2025 | Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe Art of Work-Kayak Balance As a full-time bridge engineer and inspector in the transportation industry who travels extensively throughout the year, finding a balance between work and my passion for kayaking has been a challenging but rewarding endeavor. Over the...
How durable is a Jackson Kayak? by sdgfishing@gmail.com | Nov 30, 2019 | Featured Post, Fishing, JAdventures Main BannerHow durable is a Jackson Kayak? I can only speak from experience based on the absolute torture I have put my Jackson Coosa through to answer this question. My Coosa is the real OG to begin with. It was born at the Jackson Kayak factory in Tennessee way back in 2011....
Smallie Fishing 101 by Bill Schultz | Oct 1, 2019 | JAdventures Main BannerLet me flashback to a May day in 1994. I was on Delevan Lake in Southeast Wisconsin catching dozens of small walleyes, but in amongst those 100 or so walleyes were a dozen beautiful golden bass, which, I assumed were smallmouth bass. Having returned to fishing just...
10 Years of Travel by dianegaydos | Sep 21, 2019 | Media, Video, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesTo me, a decade has always seemed like a long chunk of time. However, as I get older, the time seems to pass more and more quickly. Somehow, my husband Daniel and I just celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary and 14 years of knowing each other. During this time, we’ve...
Brief History Of Black Bass Management in the US by teamjk | Sep 21, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Freshwater FishingThe management of black bass dates back to the early 1900s when many populations became depleted due to their importance as a food source and lack of regulations. This population decline was countered by stocking of bass across the United States. The Black Bass Act...
