My Birthday, Today, I turned 48…

by ericjackson | Mar 3, 2012 | EJ Thoughts, Whitewater, Zen

Clearly there was a bunch of turmoil surround the preparations for my birthday last night.   Massive thunderstorms, rain, and tornados everywhere… all hell was breaking loose, it seemed, and just as it looked like evil was going to triumph over good, I woke this...

A Jackson Family Affair… Review of the Past 21 years…. Decisions, Challenges, and the Future

by ericjackson | Jan 8, 2012 | EJ Thoughts, the athlete, the innovator, the teacher, Whitewater

Being Me is the only person I would want to be, and I hope everyone feels the same way.   Being yourself comes with strengths that only you have, weaknesses, friends, family, and thoughts that are all uniquely yours.    My brain seems to be a little weird in how it...

World’s Training- May

by ericjackson | May 11, 2011 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, the athlete, Whitewater

Training for the World Championships in Plattling, Germany is heating up for me, as we draw near to the actual event.   Unlike many sports, Freestyle Kayaking World Championships only take place one time every two years!  This really makes each World Championships a...

Story about Uganda

by ericjackson | Mar 15, 2011 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

“It is the Nile, isn’t it?” I was close to two people who drowned on the Nile while we were here, both a little weird, and both a stones throw from where we were. A 24 year old went in the river at the top of the eddy at the NRE camp while we were...

Out of Africa- Jackson’s Head Home

by ericjackson | Mar 15, 2011 | EJ Thoughts, Playboating, Rockstar, the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

Out of Africa- Jackson’s Head Home I remember our first trip to this continent in 1999. Neither Emily or Dane paddled as they were only 6 and 9 years old. Things sure have changed over the years as Emily just had her 21st birthday, and Dane is 17, and they each...

Riviera Makes the Best Snow Sled of all time!

by ericjackson | Jan 11, 2011 | EJ Thoughts, Recreational/Touring, Riviera, Whitewater

I am a sledding man.  My dad and I built a steaming box for the ash we cut for the toboggan pieces that needed bending.   We built the best tobaggan of all time. i have had a flexible flyer, and countless other “sleds” but never have i had a Riviera...