Women’s Final Day at Rock Island World Cup by jacksonkayak | Aug 26, 2012 | WhitewaterThe final day for women’s K1 competition at the 2012 World Cup of Freestyle kayaking included a morning semi final session and a finals in the afternoon. The world’s top names mixed with some new names on the scene made their way down the rocks to the...
OC1 and C1 Final Day Results for Rock Island World Cup by jacksonkayak | Aug 26, 2012 | WhitewaterThe final day saw the OC1 top 5 men competing for the first World Cup finals straight after the women’s semis. The rides were lower in scoring as open boats will always take gentle set ups and lots of surfing before any moves. Immediately all boaters cruised...
OC1 and C1 Prelim World Cup Results by jacksonkayak | Aug 26, 2012 | WhitewaterToday was the 2nd day of the 2012 World Cup Stage 1 in Rock Island. I started off in the morning doing squirt finals and took 2nd in that behind Clay Wright who had a 21 second mystery move. Nice one. And as soon as that was finished i ran down to make OC1 prelims. I...
JR Men’s World Cup Semi Final Results by jacksonkayak | Aug 26, 2012 | WhitewaterThe juniors were impressive again with their semi final rides this afternoon as the up and coming talent was on display for the world to see. The Kellog family well represented with two entries and a tight race brewing between Paul Palmer, the tall Alec Voorhes and...
Men’s World Cup Quarter Finals (Rock Island) by jacksonkayak | Aug 25, 2012 | WhitewaterMen’s went off with the top 20 paddlers in the world, quite a few world champs (EJ, Nick, Dane, Pringle) along side many who aim at that next top podium. The heats were litteraly stacked! This day it was more about who took the biggest risk, who went for the...
Men’s Quarter Finals Results – World Cup 2012 (Rock Island) by jacksonkayak | Aug 25, 2012 | UncategorizedThe top men’s freestyle kayakers in the world converged onto the Rock Island wave and aimed for the stars. The heats were stocked with the best names and the action was of great international flavor with Peter Czonka from Czech, Nick Troutman and Adam Chapel...
World Cup Freestyle Squirt Finals by jacksonkayak | Aug 25, 2012 | WhitewaterThe day started out with two venues busy. At the top of the Caney Fork run, at the outrun of the dam was host to the men’s and women’s squirt finals. The OC1 and C1 event was simultaneously being hosted on the main feature down river. The audience...
World Cup Freestyle Results for Women’s K-1 Prelims- Schedule for SAT/SUN by jacksonkayak | Aug 24, 2012 | WhitewaterThe competition for the Women’s Class today was as nerve wrecking to watch as it was for them to compete.  The jitters is what I saw from so many of the competitors.   Getting a competition like this started in a spot with minimum training water is not easy.  There...
World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking Day 1 Mens K1 Summary-Results- Video by jacksonkayak | Aug 24, 2012 | WhitewaterThe Mens K-1 take center stage at Rock Island Tennessee amidst crowds, incredible backdrops, international flavor and a new scoring system- 2013 All Star takes top three spots! With thousands of pounds of equipment to carry down the back woods trails of Rock Island’s...
OR Madness, Zany Characters, Cool vids, SUP and New JK Innovations by jacksonkayak | Aug 7, 2012 | Fishing, Recreational/Touring, WhitewaterOutdoor Retailer or OR each year brings most every manufacturer together in a massive launch for the summer to come. It’s here we see the collective pants come down showing off new products coming for 2013. Meandering halls are retailers getting the skinny on...
2013 OR is upon us! by jacksonkayak | Jul 29, 2012 | WhitewaterEach year the summer sport outdoor industry gets together for the summer session of Outdoor Retailer (OR). Each year manufacturers announce their next year’s product line to the retail world in a frenzy of meetings and demos. Each year Jackson Kayak rolls out...
Ibis adventures on Lake Erie – An Emilie-Rose Tale by jacksonkayak | Jul 9, 2012 | Recreational/TouringThere are a lot of firsts this year for me. First time in my Ibis, first time with my daddy’s camera, my first blog post (with help) and definitely the first time going far in my kayak. One of my dad’s favorite sayings is “She gets that from her...
