Road to Worlds With Team Jackson

by Tomasz Czaplicki | May 25, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Uncategorized, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Road to Worlds Name: Tomasz Czaplicki What country are you competing for? Poland Favorite place to train? Plattling, Millau and Makinito spot and R.I.P. Nile Special How many World Championships have you competed in before? My first Worlds was in Thun in 2009 so Sort...

PAC Bayou Classic

by Chuck Bahan | May 25, 2019 | Events, Fishing

I really enjoy fishing saltwater tournaments and the spring offers quite a few opportunities to fish tournaments. On February 24, the PAC Bayou Classic was a tournament I was planning on fishing until a nasty front decided to come in the day before the tournament. I...

Reno River Festival: 2019 Recap

by Courtney Kerin | May 24, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, New Zealand, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Nestled in the desert on the southwest outskirts of Nevada sits “the worlds biggest little city”, and every spring kayakers flock to the manmade whitewater park in downtown Reno to test their skills in front of huge crowds in the snow melt waters of the Truckee River...

Paddle South event update

by nicktroutman | May 22, 2019 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

This spring we kicked off our Wild and Free Tour with our trip down south to Columbus Georgia. Columbus is an amazing little town on the boarder of Georgia and Alabama which is divided by the Chattahoochee River. The Paddle South event was held on the Chattahoochee...

NoliFest 2019: The Year of the Great Flood

by wildwildwes | May 20, 2019 | Antix, Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater

The 5th annual NoliFest will be a high water event to remember for the ages! The festival was scheduled during Easter weekend this year and it was more reminiscent of Noah’s flood. Heavy rain totaling 2-3” fell regionally most of Good Friday and the Nolichucky River...

Road to Worlds With Team Jackson

by Bennett Smith | May 18, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Name: Bennett Smith What country are you competing for? – The United States of America Favorite place to train? – A secret spot I found by my house. The “Cry Baby” Hole How many World Championships have you competed in before? – This will be my 3 rd...

Reno River Festival 2019

by Jessie Stone | May 17, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

This year the Truckee River was a terrific high flow with an enormous snow pack in the Sierras and warm weather arriving just in time for the 2019 Reno River Festival. With high water in the whitewater park, there were a number of great play features to choose from...

Erwin Great Outdoors Festival Recap

by wildwildwes | May 15, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

The Jackson Action Wagon teamed up with USA Raft and the Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute to host a very BUSY and successful pool demo on “May The Fourth Be With You” in downtown Erwin, TN. We opened the pool about 10:00 AM and a line formed shortly after that...

Salida 3P Race – using multi-sport training to maintain overall fitness and paddling readiness

by sethchapelle | May 14, 2019 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Fitness, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

In mid April I competed in a really fun triathlon race in Salida, Colorado. It was not a traditional triathlon. This triathlon combines three of my favorite activities (kayaking, skiing, and mountain biking). The event is called the Salida 3P (Pole, Pedal, Paddle)....

Charity Tournament Recap

by Justin Hausner | May 13, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments

When you think “Kayak Fishing”, philanthropy might not top your list. It might not even crack the top ten words you think of when this fast growing sport pops into your mind, that was not the case this past Saturday. NYKBF (New York Kayak Bass Fishing) came together...

The Battle at Boyd

by Scott Brands | May 12, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

The Colorado Kayak Fishing Club kicked off its tournament season on April 13 at Boyd Lake in Loveland, CO. Leading up to the tournament was a stretch of particularly bad weather as the “bomb cyclone” had hit the area just a few days before. Air temperatures went from...

4th Annual Cuyahoga Falls Race

by tommypiros | May 5, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

The stars aligned just right for the 4th annual Cuyahoga Falls Kayak Race with fluffy flows, perfect weather, jammin group of people and an overall high stoke vibe. This race has come a long way in the past 4 years and always amazes me to see the community so...