Fun J.A.W. Demo at Bay’s Mountain Lake by wildwildwes | May 11, 2012 | Coosa, Events, Featured Post, Freshwater, Fun, Journey, Recreational/Touring, Trip ReportsYesterday evening the J.A.W. teamed up with Tommy Clapp to have a great paddling event up on the Bay’s Mountain Lake in Kingsport, TN! Tommy brought his demo fleet of Jackson Kayak Recreational, Touring & Fishing boats for folks to check out and paddle. I...
2012 Alabama Mountain Games by nicktroutman | Apr 11, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, WhitewaterThe 2012 season has begun! The first event of the year is always the Alabama Mountain Games. It is an amazing event with tons of different competitions and sports aspects. Friday started off with the ‘Huckfest’ and freestyle of the lip of an 18 foot tall waterfall....
2012 Hometown Throwdown Southeast Championship by wildwildwes | Mar 30, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, Playboating, WhitewaterOne of our main goals over the past 5 years of coordinating and hosting the Hometown Throwdowns has been to get the infrastructure setup in our region to host a Championship Series of these events. All the pieces of the puzzle came together this year to make that...
LKFC’s Marsh Madness Tournament – Cocodrie, LA by Tray Collins | Mar 28, 2012 | Cuda, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater Fishing, Team JKI arrived the day before the tournament and didn’t like what I saw. On the way down to Cocodrie, LA many home’s front lawns were flooded. It rained cats and dogs friday morning, seeing this I knew the water would be muddy! My new GoPro Hero2 arrived just...
Green River Expedition Freestyle by JK Team | Mar 19, 2012 | EventsThe 2nd Annual Green River Expedition Freestyle Kayak event will be held in Green River, Wyoming on May 19, 2012. This is the second year we will be hosting a USAFK Point Series Event. Our community will hold a small one-day event that focuses solely on the art of...
Johnson City Press Spotlights Local Pool Session by wildwildwes | Mar 14, 2012 | Clinics, Events, Featured Post, Instructional, JK Team Posts, Team JK, VideoAmanda Marsh from the Johnson City Press dropped in last Tuesday to our Freedom Hall Pool Session to check out what it was all about. She interviewed several of our local paddlers and shot some video & photos of the action. The story was published in...
Freestyle Nationals- Kelly’s Whitewater Park by Devon Barker | Mar 4, 2012 | Events, WhitewaterJuly 7-8 Freestyle Kayak Nationals will take place in Idaho. I hope you can all come out to compete and support freestyle kayaking. Paddlers will be competing for $15,500 purse. The park has walking trails, beaches, and lots of great places to kayak and watch...
Ever Wonder How the French Do Competitions? At 3am! Check this Video Out! by Emily Jackson | Jan 15, 2012 | Events, Team JK, WhitewaterAfter the 2009 World Championships Nick and I postponed out trip home by visiting France to see all of our dealers and compete in an event that i will never forget! The Charnay Comp! The water doesn’t always come on at a set time during the day, so we literally...
Reno! and the Creeks that Followed by Clay Wright | May 18, 2011 | Creeking, Events, Hero, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, WhitewaterFlew out a full week early this year to train at the Reno Whitewater Park in hopes I could get as good at combo’s as Stephen Carbon Rockstar video (http://www.youtube.com/user/jacksonkayakvids#p/c/0/ODBI1D1yYY0) by the time of the Festival. In that respect I...
It’s Throwdown Time in Tennessee! by wildwildwes | May 12, 2011 | Events, Featured Post, Playboating, Whitewater2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #1 Event Registration is 1:00-2:00 P.M. on Saturday at Riverpark Campground – Nolichucky River, TN. The event kicks off at 2:00 P.M. at Big Rock. Event Website for all the details:...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Boater-cross: Rouge by nicktroutman | May 9, 2011 | Creeking, Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, Video, WhitewaterThe second event of the Grand Prix was the Boater-cross, though to spice it up some more they added a HUGE volume rapid. The rapid consisted of huge waves and holes where the line was pretty much straight down the middle, if you were lucky. The main crux move was the...
2011 NOC Shootout & Demo Days was a Great Time for All! by wildwildwes | Apr 18, 2011 | Dealer, Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap UpsThis past weekend at the NOC was a huge gathering of 68 compeditors to duel it out in the 2011 NOC Freestyle Shootout! See EJ’s post for complete results… The freestyle competition was filled with tons of huge tricks, laughs and good times! I spent most...
