How to Loop by Bartoz Czauderna | Aug 8, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to LOOP by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The first thing people will ask you when you say that you are doing a freestyle is whether you can Loop. Put simply, it is a front flip in a kayak which is one of the bigger breakthroughs and a dream point for...
How to Macho Move by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 24, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to MACHO MOVE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Macho Move is a downstream Loop done from the peak of the wave performed on two peaks. It is a very impressive move that requires great balance on the bow but if timed well it will provide big air time...
How to Mc Nasty by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 10, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to MC NASTY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop or Space Godzilla. There are multiple ways to finish that trick. In this part, we will focus on hole style, and you...
How to Phonics Monkey by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 4, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to PHONICS MONKEY by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Phonics Monkey is a pirouette initiated by a cross bow stroke in a front surf position and followed by a front loop in one fluid motion. While pirouette needs to be 330° horizontal angle rotation at...
How to Pistol Flip by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to PISTOL FLIP by doing exercises in the video! What is it? At least 150° horizontal angle rotation or half a barrel roll flowing into a front loop. Pistol Flip is like an Mc Nasty but it is done differently on the wave than in the hole. It takes quite a bit of...
How to Roundhouse by Bartoz Czauderna | May 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to ROUNDHOUSE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? 180° horizontal angle rotation on the green water at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the paddler rotates around the bow of the boat landing in a backward...
How to Shuvit by Bartoz Czauderna | May 15, 2023 | Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to SHUVIT by doing exercises in the video! What is it? A Shuvit is 2 consecutive 180° horizontal angle rotations of the boat at a vertical angle between 0° and 45°. Beginning in the front surf position to the back surf position, then returning to the front surf...
How to Space Godzilla by Bartoz Czauderna | May 8, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to SPACE GODZILLA by doing exercises in the video! What is it? An aerial loop with a 90º or greater rotation (twist) in the middle of the flip. Some of the most beautiful hole boating pictures are taken from kayakers doing Space Godzilla. It is also a newschool...
Kayaking Freestyle Unlocked – How to Spin by Bartoz Czauderna | May 1, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to SPIN by doing exercises in the video! What is it? A Spin is at least a 360° horizontal angle rotation of the boat at an angle between 0° and 45° vertical angle. Spinning will come in handy when paddling in the current and changing direction that you want to...
How to Splitwheel by Bartoz Czauderna | Apr 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to SPLITWHEEL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? In ICF rules, we read, “Two consecutive ends at a vertical angle of between 45° and 100° linked together by at least a 160° horizontal rotation near the vertical point of the first end on the long axis.”...
The 5 Golden Rules of Whitewater Kayaking by Boyd Ruppelt | Apr 20, 2023 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesWhether you’re just getting into whitewater kayaking or you’re a long time river veteran and looking to raise your paddling game, these 5 golden rules are the fundamentals to get you there. I don’t necessarily think these are all inclusive, but when...
How to Sweep Roll by Bartoz Czauderna | Apr 18, 2023 | Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesLearn to SWEEP ROLL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? It is an alternative version of the roll where instead of getting up with the blade at a perpendicular spot, you keep sweeping it to the tail and bringing the hips up all the way from starting the sweep...
