5 Nutrition Tips to improve your kayak performance

by JK Team | Apr 26, 2022 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

submitted by Andi Brunner In this Blog I am showing you 5 easy nutrition tips that might help you getting a stronger kayaker. They only take very little preparation and effort but can have great benefits to your fitness! 1) Regular protein intake Other than fat and...

Paddling or Kayaking After Giving Birth

by capucinethomaslepine | Jul 29, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, JK Team Posts, River Running, Team JK, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Here is my experience about kayaking or paddling after giving birth. While being pregnant I was trying to get feedback how it would be but didn’t find much, so that is my motivation to write this article. It can be very different for different mothers, and for...

Outdoormix Winter Edition Snow Kayak 2020

by JK Team | Mar 5, 2020 | France, Internationalisation

C’était la 3ème édition de ce Boater Snow Kayak qui a lieu sur Vars, au coeur des Hautes Alpes. Entre coupes d’Europe de ski/snow Slopestyle, Freeride, Jumpline, et Dowhill VTT, on retrouve sur la piste de l’adroit un étonnant balai de kayak. 300 metres de longueur,...

Kayaking in Snow | Winter Outdoormix SnowKayak 2020

by JK Team | Mar 5, 2020 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, France, Nirvana, Outdoor Adventures

Kayaking in Snow | Winter Outdoormix SnowKayak 2020 This was the 3rd edition of our Snow Kayak Boater X Event which takes place in Vars, in the heart of the Hautes Alpes. A mammoth winter sports festival comprising of Slopestyle, Freeride, Jumpline, and Downhill MTB...

Growing up Kayaking

by JK Team | Jan 13, 2020 | Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Article by Ben Higson I have been asked countless times questions like how did you start kayaking? How long have you been kayaking? what is your favourite boat? Well let me answer them. I first went in a boat when I was just 9 months old. My mum was a Welsh Team...

5 tips for getting your boat through the Airport

by Mathew Huddleston | Nov 21, 2019 | Nirvana, Outdoor Adventures, Whitewater

Hey guys! Let’s face it flying with your kayak can be kinda of scary. Everyone has heard horror stories of getting shut down at the front desk and not getting their boat on the plane. Since Winter is coming, I thought that I would share some tips on how to get your...

Hummingbird Helix Fish Finder Mount

by Rocky Ly | Sep 19, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Rigging

There are a few options out there to mounting a fish finder and I chose to go with the Yak Attack Fish Finder Mount with Track Mounted LockNLoad Mounting System. This one is specifically for the Hummingbird Helix series, which will fit the 5, 7 and 9 units.  It...

Ned Rigging and the Rock Bass

by teamjk | Sep 15, 2019 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Freshwater Fishing, Uncategorized

I’ve been catching Rock Bass since I can remember. The first fish I ever caught in my life was a Rock Bass. Belonging to the family, Centrarchidae, our local waters here in the middle Tennessee region are home to many Rock Bass. Sometimes, during a fishing trip,...

Sharing the Magic of Kayaking

by katelyngreen | Aug 24, 2019 | Whitewater

2019 has been my best year of paddling so far. However‍, I haven’t run any new rivers yet, I haven’t had any breakthroughs in my freestyle tricks or paddling technique, and I haven’t paddled anything that really challenges my paddling ability. What have I been doing?...

Fail, because its the funnest…

by Maddie Kimmel | Feb 27, 2018 | Family Zone, Instructional, Uncategorized, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction

Fail Fail is a game that I never win. Fail is a game invented by my little sister, Brook Hess (an amazing kayaker and coach), and Peyton (my best friend who is learning to kayak). These ladies are masters at it. Here’s how you play: Wet exit TRY to stand on top of...

Ladies on the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium

by heatherherbeck | Dec 3, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Recreational/Touring

This past August, I was invited to be the “guest instructor” at the Ladies on the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium on Lake Superior in Munising, MI.  I don’t have much background in sea kayaking  (not sure I can even say I have ANY), but I was invited to share...

Freestyle Kayaking on Sky Sports

by Claire OHara | Oct 17, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Earlier this year I had the awesome opportunity to film with olympic medalist Helen Reeves for the Sky Sports Go Canoe kayaking production. The feature went out as part of the world championship slalom and sprint Sky Sports show and featured all the main paddle sport...