Choose your Weapon

by joshtidwell | Dec 17, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

As a kayak fishermen, I know the pleasure of using great gear. My Jackson kayaks are excellent well designed boats. The Coosa HD takes care of me in the rough stuff, and the Mayfly just seems to do everything else well. My Bending Branches Angler Pro does everything a...

Antix vs Mixmaster, the Slicey Boat Dilemma

by dianegaydos | Dec 16, 2018 | Antix, Internationalisation, MixMaster, United States, Whitewater

Slicey boats have made a huge comeback! First available in the 1990s, these boats are back for round 2. A few people are dusting off their old beat up boats that live under the garage, but most are searching for the newest, best designs. Why paddle a slicey boat? The...

Quick Tip- A Few Extra Fingers

by joshtidwell | Dec 15, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

Our Jackson fishing kayaks leave the factory with tons of attachment points. We have tracks, threaded inserts, and lots of flat real estate. The multiple hatches mean there is almost no spot inside a hull we can’t reach. But, sometimes even that isn’t...

Blue Sky Boatworks 360 Angler

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Dec 15, 2018 | Blue Sky, Germany, Internationalisation

Ich hatte mich schon wahnsinnig auf das neue Konzept aus den heiligen Hallen von Jackson Kayak in Tennessee gefreut und nahm das allererste in Europa eingetroffene Blue Sky Boatworks 360° Angler auf der PaddleExpo in Empfang, um es wenige Tage später ausführlich in...

Ski Rack Hack

by Sean White | Dec 14, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

Transporting all of your kayak fishing gear can be a challenge. Fishing rods are no exception. The advent of long rods for flies, jigs, and bobbers have only exacerbated the challenge. On a recent trip to Oregon one of my buddies had solved this dilemma with a...

How I Transport My Kayak or Paddleboard

by clinttaylor | Dec 12, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Internationalisation, United States

Kayak fishing can be a lot of fun, but the tricky aspect can be transporting my kayak or paddleboard to the water’s edge. This isn’t as hard as it might seem to some of you though. There are many different ways to transport kayaks and paddleboards, but for the sake of...

5 Tips to Stay Ultramodern on Waves

by David Silk | Dec 8, 2018 | Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Lots of people love surfing. Some of them love throwing tricks. But it’s a small and refined group which devotes their time and energy into looking constantly posh and stylish in all aspects of being on a wave. Here I will give five definitive steps to help transition...

The first date with Rock Star 4.0 / Pierwsza randka z Rock Starem 4.0

by Zosia Tula | Dec 8, 2018 | Finland, Internationalisation, Poland

During summer showed up the new freestyle model from Rock Star series. First Rock Stars 4.0 was medium size. Shape looked very interesting and I couldn’t wait to try the small one. At November Tomasz Czaplicki and me went to Nottingham to train on kayak course...

Magical places – Tree Trunk Gorge

by nourianewman | Dec 7, 2018 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, France, Internationalisation, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

When it comes to whitewater kayaking we often time focus on the hardest rapids, the tallest waterfalls, the bigger tricks, the highest scores, the fastest line…but paradoxically what makes whitewater kayaking so special isn’t necessarily whitewater itself. Of course...

My New Bucket List

by Hilde Schweitzer | Dec 4, 2018 | Antix, Internationalisation, River Running, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

OK, let’s face it.  I am never going to do that one Class 5 river that’s been on my bucket list since I started kayaking.  Probably never going to get that massive clean air loop or do some trick that most people can’t pronounce, not going to go on any...

Choosing the Right Paddle for Kayak Fishing

by Ben Roussel | Dec 4, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, JK Team Posts, Recreational/Touring

One of the most important decisions when folks first start kayak fishing is one that I think a lot of people overlook, and that is choosing the right paddle for them and their kayak. I know when I bought my first kayak I used whatever paddle it came with regardless of...

Bodden Bash 2018

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Dec 2, 2018 | Germany, Internationalisation

65 Kajakangler aus 6 Nationen kamen im September nach Rügen, um gemeinsam ein paar schöne spätsommerliche Tage beim 3. Jackson Kayak Bodden Bash zu geniessen, selbstverständlich wieder kombiniert mit einer riesigen Portion Spaß, leckerem Barbecue und vielen Stunden...