Kayaking When Life Gets in the Way by Mike McKay | Aug 22, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Fitness, Internationalisation, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesMost people I know aren’t like me. By that I mean most people don’t base their lives around kayaking. For me this is something I have spent the last 10 years doing nearly year round and have found a way to base my career around it. Therefore, it is quite often that my...
Rescue For River Runners: Putting Rescue Skills to Use on Water by Mike McKay | Feb 3, 2014 | Beginner Moves, Intermediate Moves, JK University, WhitewaterWrapping up this excellent series, swiftwater rescue expert Jim Coffey shows how the skills covered in the previous videos can be put to use on a typical day on the river with a mixed group of kayakers. One of the less skilled paddlers has to swim, and both he and his...
Rescue For River Runners: Episode 7 – Live Bait Rescue by Mike McKay | Mar 28, 2013 | Beginner Moves, Intermediate Moves, JK University, WhitewaterLive bait rescue, jumping into the water to help someone in trouble while tethered to a line from shore, is risky but it can be a life saver. Swiftwater expert Jim Coffey and team Jackson’s Mike McKay show several different live bait techniques and describes the...
Currents – Rio Alseseca (Teaser) by Mike McKay | Mar 8, 2013 | WhitewaterThe final episode of Currents comes out in April. Featuring Jackson paddlers Clay Wright, Eric Jackson, Nick Troutman, Dane Jackson, & Mike McKay. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/60022710[/vimeo]
Rescue For River Runners: Episode 6 – The Rescue Harness by Mike McKay | Feb 8, 2013 | Beginner Moves, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, JK University, WhitewaterThe quick-release harness on a rescue PFD is an important advancement in swiftwater safety. It allows you to tow a canoe or kayak and to perform “live bait” rescues in which the rescuer jumps into the water to pull a paddler to safety. In Episode 6 of...
Alseseca Race 2013 – Great times!! by Mike McKay | Jan 24, 2013 | Whitewater The state of Veracruz, Mexico has been steadily gaining a reputation as a world-class paddling destination for both intermediate and expert paddlers alike. A lot of its appeal centers around the various sections of the Alseseca River, ranging from Class II to...
Rescue For River Runners: Episode 5 – Access & Mobility by Mike McKay | Dec 23, 2012 | Beginner Moves, Intermediate Moves, JK University, WhitewaterThis episode deals with multiple ways of accessing a subject from paddling and swimming to various methods of shallow water crossing. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/48049894[/vimeo] Cheers Mike McKay
Rescue For River Runners: Episode 4 – Throwbagging by Mike McKay | Oct 23, 2012 | Beginner Moves, Intermediate Moves, JK University, Whitewater[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/46663407[/vimeo]
CURRENTS: The Creek Race by Mike McKay | Sep 29, 2012 | WhitewaterCreek racing is gaining even more momentum than ever. The source of this popularity is the paddlers that are organizing, supporting, and spreading word on these races. While these races continue to get bigger in scale and attention, they continue to be grassroots are...
R3 Rescue For River Runners: Episode 3 – Swimming, Self Rescue, Boat Rescue by Mike McKay | Sep 27, 2012 | Beginner Moves, Intermediate Moves, JK University, WhitewaterEpisode 3 focuses on the times when you are out of your boat. Swimming in moving water takes practice and this video will go over the basics. As well, self rescue is important for those times when you don’t plan on coming out of your boat and it is also...
Currents: The Ottawa River by Mike McKay | Aug 26, 2012 | WhitewaterIn this episode Currents explores what this river has contributed to the sport of whitewater paddling. See the history of the Ottawa River through the voices of the people who helped shape what it is today. Currents v2_7: The Ottawa River from Five2Nine on Vimeo....
6 Steps to Moving Past Class 3 With Confidence by Mike McKay | Aug 9, 2012 | Beginner Moves, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, JK University, Whitewater I’ve been running harder whitewater for about 5 years now. In the fall of 2007, I made the conscious decision that I wanted to start pushing the limits past running class 3 and 4. Since that time I have exceeded even my own expectations with where I took...
