Big Water Technique – How to Paddle High Volume Rivers by Boyd Ruppelt | Nov 15, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, Zenphotos: Safari Par Excellence Despite the common misconception, Big Water doesn’t actually mean difficult water. It doesn’t directly mean hard rapids. Big water refers to the high volume whitewater found on high volume rivers. Big Water kayaking...
Oetz Trophy by Thomas Dolle | Oct 31, 2022 | Creeking, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesOne event I really wanted to go to this year was the Oetz Trophy. Which used to be called the Adidas Sickline back in the day, but since 2017 Adidas stopped doing this huge event. Luckily, some Austrian locals made it happen again, Big Ups to them because since we...
Pro Tip: What to Wear While Paddling, especially in the Winter by Boyd Ruppelt | Oct 28, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK University, Playboating, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW DisciplinesWith more and beginners learning how to kayak, the question keeps coming up: what do I wear in the winter? It may sound like a stretch, but maximizes your time on the water and your comfort in your kayak can dramatically boost your learning curve. Typically, when this...
Fall treats in the Gnarvana by Boyd Ruppelt | Oct 27, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI don’t know how it took so long for me to finally get to the Russell Fork, and we all have that run that eludes us. Over thirty years kayaking in the southeast and this year, I made it a priority to get over there and check it out while taking in a bit of fall...
New River Antix 2.0 by Adam Swett | Oct 21, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Team JK, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis spring and summer I made my way up to the New River in WV for a few shred sessions with some locals up there who are always stoked to paddle the New. In my opinion the New is fun at any level and I always bring my small Antix 2.0 because it is my favorite boat...
Big Laurel Creek by Adam Swett | Oct 17, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Adam Swett I really like Big Laurel creek. It is one of my favorite runs in the area as the put-in is only an hour from my house and many paddlers I know also enjoy it. My guess is that this creek is class III IV but in the top section at Stairstep rapid...
Nirvana on Wilson Creek by Adam Swett | Oct 14, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplinessubmitted by Adam Swett Wilson Creek is a federally designated Wild and Scenic River with Class III IV rapids and it is so awesome! I took my Nirvana over there on Memorial Day weekend this year to meet some friends from Asheville but quickly met new friends...
Unlocking New Locations!! | Paddling Australia by Jack Newland | Oct 5, 2022 | Antix, Australia, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesIv wanted to surf this wave for so many years, its not big but its a really good shape. The only videos I had seen of this wave were of Anthony Yap from way back in the day. Me and a good friend decided to go one weekend and had a blast, also some really fun rapids...
Throwback – Rio Claro by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 27, 2022 | Chile, Creeking, Featured Post, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesEvery year around October and November, the most spectacular little crack in the Earth opens up in the Andes Mountains of central Chile. Surrounded by desert mountains and plains, cacti, and rose hair tarantulas, the little canyon is packed with one of the highest...
How to plug and tuck waterfalls by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 18, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenOccasionally in whitewater we are blessed to have vertical ledges that are taller than the length of our kayaks, and for many of us, these waterfalls offer the pinnacle of the kayaking experience in freefall, flow, and technical difficulty. Kayaking waterfalls is one...
How to Control Your Freefall – Waterfall Technique part 2 by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 17, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenOccasionally in whitewater we are blessed to have vertical ledges that are taller than the length of our kayaks, and for many of us, these waterfalls offer the pinnacle of the kayaking experience in freefall, flow, and technical difficulty. Kayaking waterfalls is one...
An Introduction to Waterfalls by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 16, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenOccasionally in whitewater we are blessed to have vertical ledges that are taller than the length of our kayaks, and for many of us, these waterfalls offer the pinnacle of the kayaking experience in freefall, flow, and technical difficulty. Kayaking waterfalls is one...
