Adventures with Erik Boomer in his Z3

by JK Team | Jun 28, 2021 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures, River Running, WW Disciplines

Expedition paddling on Baffin island with the Nirvana and Z3. Submitted by Erik Boomer Last summer my partner Sarah and I got a chance to do two different expeditions in remote corners of Baffin Island. For the first trip our boats the Nirvana and Z3 were our means of...

From the Pedal to the Pole | The Blue Sky 360 Angler

by JK Team | Jun 2, 2020 | Blue Sky, Featured Post, Fishing, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures

Pedal, Paddle or Pole Getting Started About a year ago, I demoed the BSB Angler 360 for the first time. Being a mirage drive guy for 9 years, I was very skeptical, but hey, try something new, right? It was a perfect summer day bass fishing on Lake Conroe. The drive...

Navigating the Corona Quarantine 2020 | Dr. Jessie Stone

by Jessie Stone | Mar 25, 2020 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures

Well here we are, Juerg and myself, in self quarantine at home in Switzerland after being infected by one of Juerg’s guiding clients. Today is day 9 of quarantine, things are going well. Switzerland went on lock down 1 week ago and all non-essential businesses shut...

Kayaking in Snow | Winter Outdoormix SnowKayak 2020

by JK Team | Mar 5, 2020 | Exploration Feature, Featured Post, France, Nirvana, Outdoor Adventures

Kayaking in Snow | Winter Outdoormix SnowKayak 2020 This was the 3rd edition of our Snow Kayak Boater X Event which takes place in Vars, in the heart of the Hautes Alpes. A mammoth winter sports festival comprising of Slopestyle, Freeride, Jumpline, and Downhill MTB...

European Guide to Transporting Your Fishing Kayak on Top of a Car

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Jan 27, 2020 | Exploration Feature, Germany, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, Outdoor Adventures

Transporting Your Fishing Kayak on Top of a Car Lets talk about loading your fishing kayak on your car… I would so much like to have a truck in my garage, install a truck bed extender and simply slide my kayak onto the truck bed every time before fishing trips....

Tibet – Exploring Himalayas Biggest Rivers

by JK Team | Jan 4, 2020 | Austria, Creeking, Nirvana, Outdoor Adventures, WW Disciplines

In July, me and a crew of well known and capable paddlers went east to explore some tibetian rivers. Besides me, there was Adrian Mattern, Bren Orton, Nouria Newman, Olaf Obsommer, Jochen Lettmann, Thilo Witzke, Matthias Deutsch and Giordano Farina. Tibet is an...

Packing Tips for Globetrotters

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Dec 12, 2019 | FD, Germany, Internationalisation, Outdoor Adventures, Saltwater Fishing

Packing Tips for Globetrotters. You can pack everything in your car while traveling in Europe, but as a kayak angler who wants to fly to another continent you are usually standing pretty helpless in front of your empty suitcase. What do I have to take with me and do I...

5 tips for getting your boat through the Airport

by Mathew Huddleston | Nov 21, 2019 | Nirvana, Outdoor Adventures, Whitewater

Hey guys! Let’s face it flying with your kayak can be kinda of scary. Everyone has heard horror stories of getting shut down at the front desk and not getting their boat on the plane. Since Winter is coming, I thought that I would share some tips on how to get your...

New Zealand Travel Hacks

by Hilde Schweitzer | Nov 13, 2019 | Exploration Feature, New Zealand, Outdoor Adventures, Trip Reports

Travel Hacks for New Zealand Winter in North America is prime time to travel to New Zealand. Whether boating, biking, fishing, hiking or just hanging out on some incredible beaches, November through April is the perfect time for New Zealand travel. Here are a few tips...

Salt Springs Kayak Camping

by Matt Davis | Aug 21, 2019 | Fishing, Kilroy, Kraken, Outdoor Adventures

For the past few years I’ve planned a kayak camping trip for my Dad and a few family friends. This years trip was quite the adventure! We got an early start Sunday morning so we could stop and fuel up on a big breakfast before driving up the hill. After not quite two...

Family River Fun

by teamjk | Mar 4, 2019 | Coosa FD, Family Zone, Fishing, Outdoor Adventures

We had every Jackson Kayak we own out on this particular day.   We had taken another family out with us who had wanted to try fishing from a kayak. Our kids who are no strangers to kayak fishing or just hanging out in the rivers were in the following kayaks,...

Spending 26 days in the winter, covering Florida’s longest river, The St.Johns River.

by Bart Swab | Feb 23, 2019 | Coosa FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Subjects, Kraken, Outdoor Adventures, Trip Reports, Trips

Fifteen days into a twenty-six day kayak fishing trip and it was finally happening. A bite!  At first picking up a couple nice large mouth bass, then the stripers turned on.  Most fishermen know Lake George as a great bass fishing lake, with miles of...