Upper Vecchio | Low Water Corsica Part 1

by JK Team | May 12, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Submitted by Mylo Nicholas This past April I spent 2 weeks in Corsica. The levels where super low, due to cold temperatures and the lack of snowmelt, however we still managed to have a good time and bag a few runs. The Upper Vecchio is one the more difficult sections...

Back to Business

by JK Team | May 11, 2021 | Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, UK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Submitted by Mike Shaw Being on lockdown since January has meant we havn’t been able to travel to paddle. But with the UK starting to release restrictions we got out on the water over the Easter break where I ran a weeks coaching during the school holidays for...

Maine Kick Off | Whitewater Racing

by Beckham Bayreuther | May 5, 2021 | Antix, Creeking, Event Coverage, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, United States, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Race season has sprung up here in Maine! Smalls to the Wall is the stoutest race in New England. Held on a short section of the Sandy River near Rangeley, Maine, it drops nearly seventy feet in under a tenth of a mile. It brings in quite the crowd of rowdy boaters and...

High Water On The Nile

by Jessie Stone | May 4, 2021 | Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

 High water on the Nile has all new meaning with the massive releases from Lake Victoria through Owen Falls Dam, the dam at the source of the Nile where Lake Victoria ends and the Nile begins. Though I had heard about it from Sam Ward of Kayak the Nile and seen a...

New Zealand Kayak Fishing for Yellowtail Kingfish

by Jim Sammons | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Kraken, New Zealand, Saltwater

This episode of The Kayak Fishing Show with Jim Sammons is from our trip to New Zealand in 2016, targeting yellowtail Kingfish and big snapper. We get to fish with Brent Klink and one of the best anglers I know, Kerry Flowers. Great fishing and great company is in...

From Jackson Monstar to Rockstar!?

by Philippe Lavallee | Apr 26, 2021 | Canada, Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, MonStar, Old Models, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater

Watch my first “highlight reel” please : https://youtu.be/_qsAdMqYYfM English will follow Qui est-tu? Moi? Je suis devenu kayakiste, de plus en plus, un coup de pagaie à la fois. Tout débute par l’émerveillement et le plaisir, qui nourrit la...

Galicia Creeking & freestyle in Paradise

by Bartoz Czauderna | Apr 22, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Poland, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

We visited Galicia in February/March and all the rivers were great and despite that our crew was spread in the level of difficulty that we were after – everybody has found something for themselves. Ranging from beautiful class III runs to challenging class V...

What Kayaking in Colorado Consists of

by Connor Gagliano | Apr 21, 2021 | Creeking, Intermediate Moves, United States, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, Zen

Although Colorado Kayaking is much different than any other state you’ll kayak in, it’s still one of the best for kayaking and here are some reasons on why that is. Most states have a lot of variety in how big you want to go but out here that is not the same. The...

Uganda High Water Freestyle 2021

by Bartoz Czauderna | Apr 19, 2021 | Antix, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Poland, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

After unprecedented flooding around the region and a year of low water releases through the dams, Lake Victoria was at its highest-ever levels. Emergency releases started to help drop that level were sending 2400 cumecs through the dams, double a normal high water...

Jackson Antix 2.0 First Impressions

by JK Team | Apr 16, 2021 | Antix, Featured Post, Internationalisation, Ireland, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Submitted by Barry Loughnane After a long wait with brexit and Covid-19 delays we finally got to get on the water with the Antix 2.0 here in Ireland. The headline changes have given us a faster, more comfortable boat with more length and a higher knee position. Less...

The Best Berner-Oberland Biathlon

by Jessie Stone | Apr 13, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

Ah, Spring! We wait for it all year. No matter what’s going on in the world, like for example a pandemic, the eruption of Spring energy, joy of flowers blooming, birds singing, animals jumping around their pastures and warm sunshine, lure us outside to soak up this...

French Winter Stouts | Creeking

by JK Team | Mar 22, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, France, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Despite rules and lockdowns in the last few months, me and the Eggstream crew still managed to fall off a number of cool french winter time stouts! This year had a particularly big snow pack, and with heavy rain on top, many rivers came to life for a couple of weeks....