by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 24, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines
Learn 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...
by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 10, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines
Learn 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...
by wildwildwes | Jul 6, 2023 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
Mid-March 2023 was a time of celebration in the small little town of Great Falls, SC! The grand opening of the Southeast’s newest whitewater park and recreational paddling releases were center stage thanks to a great collaboration of Duke Energy, S2O Design &...
by Bartoz Czauderna | Jul 4, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines
Learn 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...
by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 28, 2023 | Playboating, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
Learn to PAN AM by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Pan Am is an elevated aerial rotation on green water at a vertical angle greater than 90°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the freestyler rotates around the bow of the boat. This is an...
by Thomas Dolle | Jun 23, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
After 3 years of slalom boating and a flop at the last World Cup, I am back on the freestyle hustle. This year’s goal is to win the 2023 World Championships that will be happening in Columbus, GA. A place that I know pretty good as it was my home spot from 2016 to...
by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 19, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
Learn 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...
by Boyd Ruppelt | Jun 17, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
It’s hard to believe with over 30 years as a whitewater kayaker and more than two decades as a sponsored paddler that I never made it up to Canada until last year. The Ottawa River alone holds some of the best freestyle features on the planet and is without a...
by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 13, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
Learn to BACK DECK ROLL by doing exercises in the video! What is it? The Back Deck Roll is an alternative version of the Eskimo Roll where paddler goes towards the tail and rolls under it to come back on opposite side of the boat bringing the blade from tail towards...
by Bartoz Czauderna | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines
Learn 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...
by Bartoz Czauderna | May 30, 2023 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines
Learn to RAIL DRIVE by doing exercises in the video! What is it? Rail Drive is a way of taking off into the air by driving the rail into the water where the fast moving green water hits the hull of the boat and forces it up out the water. This is a foundation skill of...
by Bartoz Czauderna | May 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines
Learn 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...
