Cherry River Surf | Whitewater Kayaking by JK Team | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Shane Groves The Headwaters of the Gauley are easily overlooked by the vast amount of whitewater in the region. The multiple branches of the Headwaters take off with several runs offering dozens of miles of class 3 fun. This was my childhood home and...
Jackson Kayak Rockstar V Review by Emily Wade | Jan 27, 2022 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rock Star, Rockstar, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesJackson Kayak Rockstar V Review The Rockstar V is Jackson Kayak’s newest freestyle kayak out. This boat is by far the best freestyle boat I have ever paddled. It performs amazing on a wave, hole, flat water, and down river. Jackson has gone back and taken the best...
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...
Rockstar V at NOC by JK Team | Nov 29, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Adam Swett We have been heading over to the Nantahala River often since we moved to Tennessee and I really look forward to each trip as the freestyle feature at NOC is so much fun! Typically there are 3 or 4 paddlers that are usually there and that is the...
Guide to Kayaking Z Dam, James River, Richmond, Virginia by Emily Wade | Nov 19, 2021 | Featured Post, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesGuide to Kayaking Z Dam, James River, Richmond, Virginia Z Dam is one of my absolute favorite features for freestyle kayaking. As its name suggests, Z Dam is a dam located on the upper James River in Richmond, Virginia and it forms different features depending on the...
New England’s First Whitewater Park! by Beckham Bayreuther | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIt’s playboat season again in New Hampshire! Mill City Park is New England’s first-ever whitewater park and we are now seeing the plan become reality. The first feature to be constructed was just opened to the public early this November, and with high flows on...
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...
Super Swell Summer 2021 by Jessie Stone | Oct 12, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesHurricane weather has dumped lots of rain and produced huge swell off the East Coast this summer and fall. Earlier this month, a magical convergence of two hurricanes and some luck produced some gentle(ish) giant waves off the Maine coast. Coincidentally, Alex Nicks...
Issie’s summer in Nottingham & competing in the British Championships by JK Team | Sep 28, 2021 | Event Coverage, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, UK, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Issie Wormall This summer I have spent weeks paddling at Holme Pierrepont Nottingham training for the British Championships and for Team GB selections. My time training on inlet gate and twin since the start of the summer improved massively, on inlet it...
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...
2021 Competition season! by JK Team | Sep 10, 2021 | Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Maja Kawczynska Hello friends, It’s me again – Maja from Poland. I would like to share with all the exciting things that happened to me after my trip to France, which I wrote to you about previously. I spent the second part of my holidays in a...
Little Shredder Maja checks in from Germany by JK Team | Jun 18, 2021 | Germany, Internationalisation, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, Rock Star, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesSubmitted by Maja Kawczynska Isar Welle in Plattling, Germany is my favourite place for kayak freestyle in Europe. You can use white water waves and holes there to perform surf and gymnastic-style manoeuvres and tricks. High water and the current allow me to surf and...
