The 2022 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships – the Best Ever! by Jessie Stone | Jul 5, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Rockstar Carbon, UK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe 2022 Freestyle Kayaking World Championships finished yesterday in Nottingham, England and what a whirlwind week of Worlds it was! This is my 6th Worlds as a member of the US Women’s Freestyle Kayak team, and this year may have been the best! First off, the feature...
A Weekend At The CKS Paddlefest by JK Team | Jun 9, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, River Running, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Mateo Kowalczyk Hi my name is Mateo Kowalczyk and I’m a 15 year old kayaker from Boise, Idaho! I just spent the weekend in Buena Vista, Colorado participating in the CKS paddle fest! It was my first ever paddle fest and I want to tell you a little bit...
Freestyle Kayaking : How to Mcnasty by Emily Wade | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesHow to Mcnasty: The Mcnasty is probably one of my favorite tricks to do in a hole feature, although being honest…I love them all. The ICF defines a mcnasty as at least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop or space Godzilla,...
Ottilie Robinson-Shaw Q&A by JK Team | Feb 11, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Abby Holcombe Here is an interview with Ottilie Robinson-Shaw. Ottilie is not only a 2x Freestyle Kayak World Champion but she is an incredible athlete, role model, and continues to break so many barriers for freestyle! Q: You are such an inspiration to...
Freestyle Kayaking: How to Space Godzilla by Emily Wade | Dec 4, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesCover Photo credit: Matthew Centofanti How to Space Godzilla The Space Godzilla trick is one of my favorite freestyle kayak tricks to throw in a feature because it allows you to get maximum air like a huge loop but your boat does a neat twisting motion like a...
Kelly’s Whitewater Park: Worth A Visit by Anna Bruno | Nov 5, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesLiving in the PNW, in the land of cold water and waterfalls, does not make it easy to find consistent access to playboating fun. And while there is plenty of flatware around to play in, reliable features are few and far between. This is why, this summer, when the...
The Joys of Teaching by Hargrove Adventures | Sep 11, 2021 | Antix, Family Zone, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesEveryone knows, I LOVE kayaking. Freestyle and down-river paddling has opened a world of new experiences and adventures for me. Traveling to new places, paddling new rivers, and meeting new people, are all things that motivate me to continue to live this lifestyle of...
I am No Dane Jackson Fanboy by JK Team | Sep 9, 2021 | Dealer News, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines“I am No Dane Jackson Fanboy” Submitted by Dave Lindo Sports figure worship has never been my gig. Yep, I’ve never been the guy in line to buy a pair of Jordans, wear a person’s name on a sports jersey, or even asked for an autograph. I have crossed the paths of a...
A River in Flood…in July by Jessie Stone | Aug 27, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIts July 31st and I am looking back on the last 25 days of paddling right here in Connecticut – where I have been since July 6th. In a word, it has been Awesome, but that doesn’t describe the state of the rivers. The Housatonic, the closest local run to my mom’s...
Jackson Bees Knees Thigh Hooks | Review by Hilde Schweitzer | Aug 24, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenBees Knees First Impressions—Two thumbs up! To be perfectly honest my absolute first impression taking them out of the box was disappointment. They are smaller bumps than I had imagined, were a bit denser foam cushioning than I would have thought would be comfortable,...
My thoughts of the 2022 Freestyle World Championships Feature by JK Team | Aug 11, 2021 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, UK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by James Ward Over the past few weeks I’ve managed to paddle at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. This is where the 2022 Freestyle World championships will be taking place. The feature that it’s taking place has been made ready for the competition and I’ve had...
Can you really learn Whitewater Kayaking from videos? by Boyd Ruppelt | Jul 10, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenI recently reached out to a well known kayaker about helping in one of my instructional videos for Send School (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9ct4EC–BCCi8XoOtNWOw). Her response was simply, “…I don’t believe you can learn kayaking from...
