Dane Jackson - Extreme Kayaking, Huge Waterfalls, Massive Rapids and More (Red Bull Athlete)

In this video we chat with Dane Jackson - extreme kayaker, white water expert, sender of huge rapids and waterfalls. Arguably the best white water kayaker on planet earth today. One of the best all-around whitewater kayakers on the planet, American Dane Jackson holds multiple freestyle and whitewater titles. Dane Jackson knows whitewater. The freestyle kayaker grew up travelling the USA in an RV with his family, getting homeschooled by his mother and chasing kayaking competitions with his father, Eric Jackson, an Olympic paddler and founder of the company Jackson Kayaks. Dane dominated nearly every junior world title early on in his career and by 2011 he’d started winning pro-level contests, including the Whitewater Grand Prix and the IFC Freestyle World Championships, distinguishing himself as more than just his father’s son. The paddling prodigy has been featured in Kayak Session and Rapid Magazine, launched first descents of waterfalls in Mexico and beyond, and has racked up more than 80 first-place f