Category: Getting Started, Whitewater Paddling Curriculum
Teaching kids to kayak 2/5: Choosing the Right Gear
Here is the second of the 5-piece mini series about teaching your kids to kayak. In this episode we talk about the gear that is need to get...
Trophy Moves
Check out this video featuring a variety of different trophy moves. To the best of my knowledge, I invented the back Jedi flip in the...
How to eddy turn and peel out – A beginners guide
For those starting out in paddling, turning into an eddy or peeling out of an eddy are often a big challenge which leads to many flips and...
Grit – Goal Setting and its role in helping you improve
The process by which we learn to kayak says a lot about how we deal with and define failure. The sport is failure: flips, swims, bad lines,...
Kids Camp on the Ottawa River
The list of priorities: 1) Safety, 2) Fun, 3) Kayaking. That is how we breakdown “Kids Week” here at the Ottawa Kayak School. Twice a...
5 Freestyle Kayaking Tricks with Dane Jackson
Dane Jackson has earned a worldwide reputation as one of the best freestyle kayakers in the sport — but what is freestyle kayaking?...
Jackson Kayak Outfitting Changes for a Small Paddler
Kate Hawthron talks us through how to complete seat and back band outfitting changes to the Jackson Kayak Karma RG to help it fit a smaller...
First Aid Kit
I have been wanting to write this post for a while but am finally getting around to it. I am currently a resident physician undergoing my...
Tips and Tricks for Your Karma UL
Hey guys! Over the past couple months, I have been playing around with my Karma Unlimited. I picked up the boat in November with the...
EJ’s- How to Squirt and Splat the Jackson Kayak Antix
How to Squirt and Splat an Antix The new Jackson Kayak Antix has hit a nerve among kayakers world-wide. Its sporty river...