Villain S is Finished and Tested Today- EJ and Team are on Cloud 9 by ericjackson | Mar 23, 2010 | JK Team PostsYesterday, Dane drove to the factory to pick up the first two finished Villian S boats out of the new Aluminum mold. Molded while we were at NAWF, and the blue on assembled yesterday morning, we still had time to rally to Suck Creek, near Chattanooga for three laps...
NAWF a great time by all! by ericjackson | Mar 22, 2010 | JK Team Posts, WhitewaterThis year’s North Alabama Whitewater Festival combined with the Locust Fork Slalom Races, and added some biking events to become Alabama Mountain Games. There was live music each day, great fun in the form of kayaking, vendors, biking, and even sunbathing if...
Teleconverter by Darin McQuoid | Mar 18, 2010 | JK Team Posts, WhitewaterTamron 1.4 AF SP Teleconverter compared to Nikkor 50mm 1.8 AF-D Teleconverters are a small, light adapters used to extend the focal length of a lens. A teleconverter simply magnifies the center of the image circle on a lens, thus extending its respective range. The...
First ever trip report and product review on the Journey from Jon Tobiassen in CT. by teamjk | Mar 17, 2010 | JK Team Posts, JourneyTrip report… by Jon Tobiassen I went out with 6 other sea paddlers on a mild day this past weekend. We paddled out of Groton, CT over to Fishers Island, NY. The ocean is still and a bit chilly, perhaps 40F but the air was a respectable 50F. Not bad given the winter...
Video of kayakers disappearing underwater! by stephenwright | Mar 17, 2010 | JK Team Posts, WhitewaterThis is what makes squirt boating fun for me: exploring a clear underwater realm. This was shot at “The Buffet”, which is a sink spot near Portland. Local maestro Tim H. showed me the goods and demonstrated several 20 second rides. Don’t forget to...
EJ in Knoxville for Pool Session at UT- Friday March 26th- Bringing Villain S! by ericjackson | Mar 17, 2010 | JK Team PostsRiversports in Knoxville (Ed McAllister) invited me to come to visit the paddlers of Knoxville next Friday(March 26th). We’ll be bringing the first Villain S production boats there to try out too! AWESOME! Of course we’ll have All-Stars, Funs, Heros...
2010 JK Website Launches Today at 5pm! by ericjackson | Mar 17, 2010 | JK Team PostsI am very proud of our website, that started off before there was a Jackson Kayak with my friend Jeff Bennett from Hawaii creating and maintaining it for the past 8 years. Over the past few month, World Kayak’s web team has created a new World Kayak Blogspot...
Filters by Darin McQuoid | Mar 12, 2010 | JK Team PostsI promised this a little while back and an finally getting around to it. Read the original: Filters
Lluis from Roc Roi/Spain visits Rock Island TN by ericjackson | Mar 12, 2010 | JK Team PostsI have known Lluis for many years, and really got to know him best in 2001 as the organizer of the World Championships in Sort, Spain. This Worlds was the benchmark by which future worlds would measure themselves against in terms of the organization, and how fun it...
aiee by Darin McQuoid | Mar 12, 2010 | JK Team PostsShot some SUP stuff all day. And a tiny bit of kayaking. Nikon D700, Nikon 75-150 E Series, Tamron 1.4 TC @ 1/800 F5.6 (aka 8 with a TC) ISO 200 More on the teleconverter later… Go here to see the original: aiee
daily image by Darin McQuoid | Mar 11, 2010 | JK Team Postsincoming rain Nikon D700, Nikkor 300 4.5 EDIF + Tamron 1.4 TC @ 1/800 F8 ISO 220 – with some heavy post processing. Link: daily image
Stepping Stones: V+ Multi-days by Darin McQuoid | Mar 9, 2010 | JK Team PostsSome of the most amazing places in the world. Read this article: Stepping Stones: V+ Multi-days
