2009 Season Starts Today! Welcome to Jackson Kayak's 2009 Season! by Will Richardson | Sep 30, 2008 | All-Water, Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Whitewater2008 was a challenging, successful, and very busy year for the Jackson family, and the entire Jackson Kayak factory team. It started off with our “Quality First” program which was a huge effort by the entire company to improve quality in every area of our...
The new Hero in the UK by Will Richardson | Sep 28, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 28, 2008 By Jon Best The new Jackson Hero has hit the UK and I took it out for a spin on the beautiful river Gamlan in North Wales. This was my first time on this particular river and we were exceptionally lucky with the water levels, although the river was...
Jackson Family and Team JK head to GAF tomorrow by Will Richardson | Sep 25, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterNOC is hosting their Guest Appreciation Festival this weekend and we are heading over with RV, KC, EJ, and Team JK, and the rest of the family. We are doing a big trick contest (for beginner-advanced paddlers), as well as a Wesser Falls Clinic with Clay Wright showing...
Middle Kings by Will Richardson | Sep 25, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid The Middle Fork of the Kings River is one of the most epic runs in the world. It drops over 7,000 feet in forty miles of wilderness, and requires an epic fourteen mile hike in over a 12,000 foot pass. Ben and I had just finished our first descent of...
Dynamic Duo and Little Hero are a GO!!! by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 Great news to all Jackson Kayak fans. We are moving forward with the Dynamic Duo- our two person whitewater kayak designed to bring whitewater to more people and makes learning easier! Based on our super successful Hero series, this boat is going to...
International Whitewater Hall of Fame, the write up by Will Richardson | Sep 23, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 23, 2008 Photos The International Whitewater Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held at NOC last week. There were a lot of grey haired people there; legends of kayaking. People that every paddler should have heard of, and would be impressed to get to know....
Weekend at the Moose Festival by Will Richardson | Sep 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 22, 2008 By Pikey I’ve been coming back to Canada/States for the past 3 years but always seem to miss out on the Moose festival, well this year I cruised down with a few good friends to run this true classic and enjoy the festival. Water levels were...
EJ photos and Judges USA Team Training in Augsburg by Will Richardson | Sep 21, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, WhitewaterAugust 21, 2008 Photos The air has been thick with European rivalry with North America being the target. It is something we aren’t used to when we are paddling in the USA. When Peter Czonka won the semi-finals in Prague, people from just about every European...
South Fork Feather: October Dam-Release Epic! by Will Richardson | Sep 17, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 17, 2008 By Stephen Wright Photos After a great September on the Gauley and Russell Fork, it was time to head to the West Coast. Fortunately, there’s a SICK dam-release creek run going-on in October on the South Fork Feather. It’s hours of mostly...
EJ Essay Hall of Fame Induction for Tomorrow Night by Will Richardson | Sep 10, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 10, 2008 I wrote this while waiting for Kristine at the hospital yesterday. She is fine… I am being inducted into the whitewater hall of fame… In the grand scheme of things, being honored by the International Whitewater Hall of Fame will not...
Russell Dalton Lovin his Super Hero- the "Man in Black" by Will Richardson | Sep 9, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterStill loving the Super Hero!
Selling off family members to get new Super star… Hero Review by Will Richardson | Sep 8, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 8, 2008 Hi EJ. Just a quick note! I bought the new hero 08 about a month ago, what a sweet boat. I have only been paddling about 3 months. My first boat was a Pyranha ammo m. I thought it was a nice ride until I had a demo in the hero.job done sold the Pyranha...
