Unclephil’s first post! by JK Team | Dec 16, 2019 | River Running, WhitewaterHi there, I’m Philippe Lavallée and this is my first blog post as a Jackson Adventures regional team member! With this blog, I will try and showcase all the amazing whitewater, events and people from the rich paddling community of La Belle Province, Québec....
Weekend In Quebec [Whitewater Fun] by sethashworth | Sep 4, 2019 | Canada, Internationalisation, Video, WhitewaterJoin Seth Ashworth as he attempts to journey to the Betiamites river in Northern Quebec....
Cold and Frustrated: Stories from Stakeout: Season 2: Episode 2 by sethashworth | May 23, 2019 | Video, WhitewaterSeth and Andi encounter 100yr flooding on the Ottawa river and do their best to pitch in to help save peoples homes, as well as some flood stage kayaking of...
The Magpie River should be on everyones bucket list by Jezz | Aug 23, 2018 | Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, WhitewaterI just got back from an amazing expedition on the Magpie River with a bunch of kids who really had a blast flying in on helicopters and paddling out. The Magpie River is a little known gem on the northern Quebec coastline that has a little bit of everything. It has...
Truck Life Tour 8: Getting UNLEASHED. by sethashworth | Jun 1, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis last week has been a rapid whirlwind of kayaking in the final build up toward stage one of the UNLEASHED competition. After the water level came down a little we were able to get back onto the Ruins wave in Ottawa. Last year I had a real love...
Rivière Rouge by chad | Jan 15, 2017 | Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesDo you love waterfalls that are low stress? Do you love the feeling of falling through the air? If you enjoy the weightlessness of falling and low stress drops, I have the perfect destination river for you! The Rouge, or Rivière Rouge in French, is located just...
Ninja Mission to Sept-Chutes, Quebec by Alex Toth | Sep 20, 2014 | United States, WhitewaterA couple weeks ago I headed up to Canada to visit my buddy Charles Arsenault. I didn’t know what we were going to get into but I was told there was water and that’s all I needed to know. When I got in Charles told me he wanted to go on a “Ninja” mission to...
Surfing the waves on Lac Saint-Jean by Patrick Levesque | Aug 2, 2014 | WhitewaterIt’s not very often that the condition are there to have surfable wave on the Lac Saint-Jean in Quebec. Yesterday night, it was possible. My first time in the 2 years I have been living here. Here’s a quick peak of my first surf....
SUP with kids, A SUPerNATURAL way to introduce paddling to kids! by Patrick Levesque | Jul 4, 2014 | Recreational/TouringHeat wave is hitting us. Zachary, my 2yo is pointing the kayaks and keep saying “Papa, ayak, ayak, ayak”. 2 days ago the Lac Saint-Jean had a northern wind blowing making some small wake so we went out for a quick paddle afterwork to play in the waves. He...
First time with the SUPercharger in whitewater by Patrick Levesque | Jun 16, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, rivers, Team JK, WhitewaterAfter a year of owning a SUPercharger, I’ve finally give myself the chance to test it on whitewater. It’s not like I didn’t use it last year. Leaving on the side of Lac Saint-Jean, we spend amount of time playing around the boards (owning a SUPercharger and a...
A journey with the whales by Patrick Levesque | Nov 15, 2012 | WhitewaterThis weekend I had the chance to bring my 13.5 Journey out on the St-Lawrence river in Les escoumins near Tadoussac in Québec. The area between Tadoussac and Les Escoumins is world renowned for whale watching. You can easily see the whale from the shore, but sitting...
Training freestyle game: K.A.Y.A.K. by Patrick Levesque | Oct 12, 2012 | Rockstar, Whitewater(la version française à la fin du texte) This summer I had the opportunity to coach the Quebec freestyle. During workouts, Jonathan Boily (member of the Canadian junior team) and I started to introduce simple games that allow us to measure one another without the...