17th Annual Nolichucky River Cleanup & Celebration

by wildwildwes | Jun 28, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater

Saturday, June 22nd, the Appalachian Paddling Enthusiasts gathered again for the 17th Annual Nolichucky Cleanup. The APEs have been hosting this event nearly every year to help keep the Nolichucky River clean for paddlers, fishermen, and river-users alike! The summer...

Muskie Opener From The Jackson Mayfly

by Ivan Hamilton | Jun 27, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Mayfly, Video

Muskie opener was a tough go, but we got one and it made the day from a...

Equality in the extreme

by teamjk | Jun 27, 2019 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Nirvana, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Recently, I participated in an extreme kayak event called the North Fork Championships. This event has become quite prestigious among whitewater athletes. The event has been taking place for the last several seasons and has attracted international talent. This year...

Jackson demo day on lake Berryessa.

by William Pfingst | Jun 25, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing

Jackson demo day with some of the west coast team. We did a Jackson kayak demo event that took place on lake Berryessa in Northern California. It was held during the first KBF event of the 2019 season. I was not able to dedicate the time to pre fish so I wanted to do...

Kayaking competitions are fun for families

by Vincent Family | Jun 24, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Whitewater

We are not a competitive family in terms of competing with those outside our family. Competition inside the family is a different story and a great motivator to learn new skills in all areas of our lives. We first got involved with kayaking competitions when Hunter...

CKS PaddleFest

by nicktroutman | Jun 20, 2019 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Our weekend in Buena Vista Colorado for the CKS PaddleFest was filled with paddling and competing, and racing and tons of fun with family and friends. The freestyle event was held on the whitewater park in South Main as well as the annual Numbers race on the Numbers...

Underdogs of the 2019 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships

by Jezz | Jun 16, 2019 | Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

So with this years worlds coming up very fast I thought I would do my usual list of underdog athletes for this competition. Everyone loves an underdog, those who come up from nowhere and take the title, movies are made from this kind of thing. These are athletes who...

Giving back: SFA and AW

by Jessica Yurtinus | Jun 9, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Whitewater

In 2013 Jackson Kayak and California Canoe and Kayak teamed up to start the first annual Opening Day on the South Fork American.  The weekend starts with clinics taught by a variety of Jackson Kayak team members and ends with a BBQ party and raffle with proceeds...

NoliFest 2019 Beat Nightfall BoaterX Results

by wildwildwes | Jun 7, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater

On Friday evening of May 17th the river community came back together to continue the good times of NoliFest with the rescheduled gorge GO FAST event called #BeatNightFall! Extreme high water flows and safety concerns caused the event to be postponed during the...

Reno River Festival

by nicktroutman | Jun 4, 2019 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

We made our annual venture west again this year to take part in the Reno River Festival. It was an incredible year this year as water levels were high, the weather was hot, and the crowds showed up in the masses. The weekend was a total blast with live concerts, tons...

Road to Worlds With Team Jackson

by Zosia Tula | Jun 3, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Finland, Internationalisation, Playboating, Poland, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Name: Zofia Tuła What country are you competing for? Poland Favorite place to train? Makinito Spot (France) How many World Championships have you competed in before? 3 What are your previous placements at Worlds? 4th in K1W, 6th in K1SW – (San Juan,Argentina...

Unleashed 2019

by teamjk | May 30, 2019 | Austria, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

It was 6:00 am, my phone rang. Super sleepy I tried to grab it and checked what’s up. “SEND tagged you in a post”. What post did they tag me in? That’s worth a look! I opened it. “Congrats to all the people who are on the list above, you...