Sickline- World Extreme Kayak Championships- 2014 by ericjackson | Oct 7, 2014 | Whitewater, Wrap UpsThe Alps are an impressive range of mountains. The Tirol section of Austria is a rugged, beautiful Alpine mountain area, with quaint villages, glacier fed rivers, like the Oetz, where the Sickline World Extreme Championships are held each year in early October.  It...
EJ’s Gauley Fest update 2014… Photos… by ericjackson | Sep 21, 2014 | Karma Unlimited, WhitewaterThis was a whirlwind Gauley for the Jackson family.  We left Rock Island on Thursday in time to eat at Pies and Pints that night, the Cathedral in the morning and then a Karma run on Friday for Nick and I on the Upper, while Dane, Emily, Courtney, and Alec paddled...
Fishing the Finesse Jig for Large and Smallmouth Bass by ericjackson | Sep 17, 2014 | Cuda, FishingI enjoy a wide variety of baits for bass fishing and often go for the faster baits, which match my personality a little better. Â Â Fishing slow can be hard for me sometimes, but not as hard as slow fishing! Â Â Â Sometimes getting on the bottom with a smaller bait,...
How to Train Your Body for High Speed Kayak Racing- Short Races by ericjackson | Sep 13, 2014 | Creeking, Fitness, Instructional, the athlete, WhitewaterRacing isn’t something everyone does, but training for racing is something everyone can do. Â Any motivation to improve the status of your body, improving strength, endurance, muscle mass, lowering fat, tightening up joints to withstand daily life and activities...
How to Train Your Body for High Speed Kayak Racing- Short Races by ericjackson | Sep 13, 2014 | Fitness, WhitewaterRacing isn’t something everyone does, but training for racing is something everyone can do. Â Any motivation to improve the status of your body, improving strength, endurance, muscle mass, lowering fat, tightening up joints to withstand daily life and activities...
Big Rig Pro- Bells/Whistles/Big Bass/Big Fun! by ericjackson | Sep 12, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, FishingI get super fired up when everything just clicks; and we do something really special at Jackson Kayak. Â Â Â The Big Rig Pro is one of those boats and this is one of those moments… Â Sometimes I like simplicity, quiet, and no frills. Â Sometimes, I like all of...
Results- Pan Am Freestyle Kayak Championships Wrap-Up! by ericjackson | Sep 6, 2014 | Whitewater2014 Pan Am Championships Wrap- Up Held at NOC- site of the 2013 World Championships- 6 countries competed. Prelims: Women: Emily Jackson took top seed in prelims this morning with a 550 point second ride and a 360 point first ride for an 880 point...
Jackson Family down at NOC in NC, after the Ottawa River events… by ericjackson | Sep 6, 2014 | WhitewaterThe Pan Am Championships are today at NOC.   Paddlers are here from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the USA.   The field is very small this year.  Many of the paddlers who are training/playing up on the Ottawa for next year’s Garberator World Championships are...
Pre-World Championships- Canadian Team Trials by ericjackson | Sep 2, 2014 | WhitewaterThe Pre-World Championships are finished and the Canadian Team is selected!  It will be an awesome Men’s K1 team and a good team overall, I think for the Canadians at their home spot.  This weekend was a good indicator of the type of rides we can expect for the...
EJ’s Canadian Team Trials/World’s Update for Freestyle Kayaking… by ericjackson | Aug 31, 2014 | the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap UpsThe World Championships on Garberator next year is becoming something that is a reality now… Â The Canadians have hosted their Team Trials on the wave, and the teams are almost completely selected for next year’s event! Â Â It is also the Canada Cup, so...
Check out GoPro Games TV #1 show by AT&T by ericjackson | Aug 17, 2014 | the athlete, Video, WhitewaterHere is a piece AT&T did on the GoPro Games… Â The games are one of our favorite on the “tour” and this year was no different (except for my shoulder injury and lack of racing in Homestake with the new Karma!) Thanks GoPro for the awesome support...
Jessie Stone- NYC City Kids Camp by ericjackson | Aug 10, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, Featured Post, Instructional, WhitewaterEvery year Jessie spends a week of her life implementing her dream to help one child at a time increase their chances of living a better life.  She chose kayaking as her medium for teaching a variety of life skills that are hard to come by for anyone, but...
