Water world.The Real World/Road Rules Challenge The Real World/Road Rules Challenge is a reality television series on MTV, that spun off from that network's two flagship reality shows, The Real World and Road Rules. has nothing on Emily Jackson. At 15, she's the youngest female kayaker to run the Nile and Zambezi Rivers in Africa. Her dad is World Freestyle Kayak champion Eric Jackson ''This article is about the Editor of The Panama News. For the kayak champion, see Eric Jackson (kayaker). Eric Jackson (born 1952 in Colon, Panama) is a politician, journalist, and radio talk show host. , who led Emily down the ferocious waters of the White Nile White Nile, river, one of the chief tributaries of the Nile, E Africa. The name is sometimes used for the 600 mi (970 km) long section of the river known as the Bahr el Abiad that extends upstream from Khartoum to the junction of the Bahr el Jebel and the Bahr el . Emily tackled the famous 20-foot Kalagala Falls and the Nile Special, a crashing wave that allowed her to perform aerial freestyle maneuvers such as the Loop. "You do a forward somersault in the air, push the kayak, do a front flip and come back down flat in the water," Emily explains. On the Zambezi, Emily surfed into a 15-foot crashing hole called Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. : "It's a large wave hold--it surges a lot. It's about 10 to 12 feet tall." Emily regularly participates in kayaking competitions and gives all her prize money to non-profit organizations: "I have donated $21,000 so far to help villages in Africa."
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