Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 5: Freestyle: Results/video by nicktroutman | May 11, 2014 | Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWe just finished up the 5th Stage of the Whitewater Grand Prix. It was the last freestyle event on such an amazing feature. It felt like a slightly smaller but faster Skookumchuck wave. The format was everyone got four 1 minute rides, with your best ride counting. Out...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 4: Big Wave Freestyle: Results/vide by nicktroutman | May 9, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterThe WWGP has completed the 4th Stage. A freestyle competition held on the wave Black Mass on the Mistassibi River. The format was 2 minutes rides with your best 3 tricks scored. It was a great day with tons of huge tricks, massive airs and some epic wipeouts. I had my...
Win a Kayak and help me Raise $50k during my 50th for the Starkey Hearing Foundation by ericjackson | May 7, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, Featured Post, Jackson Dealers, WhitewaterAs you may already know, both Dane, and I have severe hearing loss, and KC has moderate loss. The issues this causes us and those around us if we don’t have hearing aids is immense. Dane and I are lucky however, as we have been able to function and get...
Devils River Adventure by Drew Gregory | May 6, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Coosa, Featured Post, Fishing, Freshwater, rivers, Trip ReportsTired doesn’t begin to explain the way I feel after getting back from one of my longest road trips of the year – from Charlotte to west Texas, then to Georgia and back. We made many stops along the way, visiting with several awesome JK dealers, friends and...
WWGP Stage 3: Time Trial: Results by nicktroutman | May 6, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Trip Reports, WhitewaterThe Whitewater Grand Prix has always been known for it’s extreme stature, and this years Time Trial was no different.The Shawinigan River is steep and manky and made for a great Grand Prix race course. The race was 3 runs and your best 2 count. The line was...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 2: Boater-X: Video/Results by nicktroutman | May 4, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, Video, WhitewaterWell just finished but the stage 2 event: Big Water Boater-X. It was an awesome event and a great day with perfect weather, awesome levels and big rapids. The course was set up on the Rouge river with a long set of standing waves and a bit of craziness at the bottom...
Jackson Kayak Levator Mount for GoPro by wildwildwes | May 4, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Reviews, Rigging, Team JKYesterday, to my surprise, I found this great new toy packaged at my doorstep when I got home from work! It was a Jackson Kayak Levator Mount, so I had to get the GoPro out to try out the new setup!! I was fortunate to win this great new product from Jackson Kayak...
WWGP Stage 1: Highlight Reel/ Full Results by nicktroutman | May 3, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWell the Whitewater Grand Prix has begun. The first stage, the Best Trick Competition, took place on the infamous Gladiator wave on the Ottawa River. The format was two groups of 14 men each got 2 hours to do as many rides and tricks as they could and the single best...
Whitewater Grand Prix- Stage 1 ‘Big Trick’ Gladiator by nicktroutman | Apr 29, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Video, WhitewaterThe first Stage of the Grand Prix finished up with the Big Trick Competition on Gladiator yesterday. We were lucky enough to start the whole Gran Prix off with a bang: Big Water, Sunny Sky, and some huge tricks. Here is a little GoPro Teaser, stay tuned for the Stage...
How-To Install a Power-Pole Micro Anchor on the Jackson Kayak Big Rig, Cuda 14, and Kilroy by Damon Bungard | Apr 28, 2014 | Big Rig, Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, JK Team Posts, Team JK, Video, Whitewater The Power-Pole Micro Anchor is no doubt one of the coolest innovations to hit the kayak fishing market. ‘Best In Show’ winner of the ICAST 2013 New Product Showcase, the Micro Anchor brings the proven ‘swift, silent, secure’ anchoring technology that dominates...
Whitewater Grand Prix- Training Video by nicktroutman | Apr 23, 2014 | Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, River Running, Rockstar, Trip Reports, Video, Video, Whitewater5 more days until the Whitewater Grand Prix begins. Top athletes from all over the world are beginning to flock to Eastern Canada to compete at the six stage event being held over the next two weeks. With high water on the rise and a huge pool of skills I’m sure...
Facing Waves TV show: Mexico by nicktroutman | Apr 19, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Uncategorized, Video, Video, WhitewaterMexico in the past couple of years has become one of the top hotspots for creek boaters and waterfall hucksters alike. Personally it is one of my favorite places to paddle, with jungles for river banks, warm weather, perfect waterfalls and tons of top class rapids it...
