Reflections on the Jackson Kayak Zen by kylethomas | Oct 19, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, Reviews, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI know, I know. People often want to hear about the new stuff. But I figured I’d spend this blog post reflecting on 2015 Jackson Kayak’s Zen whitewater kayak. This kayak changed me as a paddler, my relationship with Jackson Kayak, and how I thought about sizing with...
The Same River Twice Part II by Hilde Schweitzer | Jul 24, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Antix, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe River… It’s my world, and I don’t want any other. What it hasn’t got is not worth having, and what it doesn’t know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we’ve had together! Kenneth Grahame Time doesn’t follow a linear...
Firsts and Lasts by Hilde Schweitzer | Jun 13, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Antix, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesYou cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.” -John Wesley Powell- To say I have spent a good portion of my...
An intro to self support kayaking on the the Wild and Scenic Jarbidge Bruneau by janekoopman | Jun 7, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThis spring I padded my first self support kayak trip! I am just a little embarrassed to admit that it took so long, but better late than never. I have only been inspired now to do more. Nestled in the seemingly flat BLM lands of south western Idaho are two incisions...
Late Spring Heavenly Highland Whitewater by wildwildwes | Jun 6, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Media, rivers, Video, WhitewaterThis past winter and early spring was starting to look like we were not going to have much of a creek season in the southeast. Warmer and dryer temperatures was the theme of the winter months in our region. Then spring sprung and we had a few showers here in there in...
Truck Life Tour 8.5: UNLEASHED Boater-X by sethashworth | Jun 5, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo last update dropped on Tuesday but I finished writing it on Monday evening right after we completed UNLEASHED Stage 2, a Boater-X run on the Rouge river. I really wanted to add it in to Tuesday’s update but the day was exhausting and I really couldn’t...
Wild & Free Tour: Outlet Falls by nicktroutman | May 11, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, JK Media, Media, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHanging out in the Pacific North West, which has been getting slammed with one of the wettest springs in history, finding whitewater is not a problem. Outlet Falls has been on my radar for a while, a gorgeous waterfall that I have wanted to run since I first saw it in...
The elusive first descent by chad | May 10, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOh the elusive “first descent”. If you have been kayaking for any length of time I am sure you have heard the term. Living in the Appalachian Mountains of TN, waterfalls and creeks that have not been run are very hard to find in this day and age. Most of...
A Year of Awesome Opportunities by Emily Jackson | May 6, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Family Zone, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesA Year of Awesome Opportunities! Today I am writing from the Sequoia National Forest- we are parked at the take out of Brush Creek. A Creek I ran 12 years ago but not since! My husband Nick and I have two kids and two dogs packed into my Sprinter RV, and a trailer...
Cuyahoga Fall Race by teamjk | Apr 29, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesA couple weeks ago, my friend and fellow Team JK member, Chad Christopher, asked me if I wanted to go to a whitewater race in Ohio. My initial response was, “There is whitewater in Ohio???”. As we found out, YES! There IS actually phenomenal whitewater and even better...
Truck Life Tour Episode 4: Cheoah and Nantahala Outdoor Centre. by sethashworth | Apr 18, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Media, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesTime spent in the Columbus whitewater park in Georgia, was super enjoyable but the weekend brought a release of a so called “South East Classic” the Cheoah river. So Brooke and I loaded up her #TruckLifeTour truck and rolled out of the car park/Gpysy camp we had...
Christmas in July by teamjk | Mar 31, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOver the winter of 2015 – 2016 I outgrew my Jackson Kayak Shooting Star, I was so big for it, I was practically sinking it. Though the smaller boat made it easier to control my tricks and it gave me more power, it also took away all of my buoyancy and air. So it...
