It’s all about FUN! by nicktroutman | Aug 7, 2014 | Featured Post, Fun, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Team JK, WhitewaterBeing that it has been a couple years since we have redesigned the Fun series, it has been a while since I have paddle a Fun (I have been loving my Rockstar, Zen and Karma). Though after taking this new Fun down the Ottawa I am a believer, this boat is joining the...
Competing at Night: World Cup Finals by nicktroutman | Jul 26, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, WhitewaterWorld Cup this year was an amazing trip. We had a lot of fun just traveling together in a big group with a lot of my close friends. We also pulled out some tourist stops and visited a couple beaches, ate some good sea food at the Mediterranean and did some good...
May Showers by David Silk | May 23, 2014 | Playboating, WhitewaterAround this time normally in Connecticut, rivers are going back to normal flows after April. This year though, we’ve been lucky to get rain… lots and lots of rain. In fact, my home playspot at Tariffville Gorge, which runs at usually around 2 feet, has...
Urban Kayaking Freestyle Move, Set to Street Musicians… by ericjackson | May 22, 2014 | Playboating, the athlete, the innovator, WhitewaterDominion River Rock Festival put on by the “Sports Backers” of Richmond, VA (Jon Lugbill, for those who remember this slalom legend), was another huge success with 100,000 people in attendance over two days and epic weather and water… While warming...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 5: Freestyle: Results/video by nicktroutman | May 11, 2014 | Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWe just finished up the 5th Stage of the Whitewater Grand Prix. It was the last freestyle event on such an amazing feature. It felt like a slightly smaller but faster Skookumchuck wave. The format was everyone got four 1 minute rides, with your best ride counting. Out...
WWGP Stage 1: Highlight Reel/ Full Results by nicktroutman | May 3, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWell the Whitewater Grand Prix has begun. The first stage, the Best Trick Competition, took place on the infamous Gladiator wave on the Ottawa River. The format was two groups of 14 men each got 2 hours to do as many rides and tricks as they could and the single best...
Whitewater Grand Prix- Stage 1 ‘Big Trick’ Gladiator by nicktroutman | Apr 29, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Video, WhitewaterThe first Stage of the Grand Prix finished up with the Big Trick Competition on Gladiator yesterday. We were lucky enough to start the whole Gran Prix off with a bang: Big Water, Sunny Sky, and some huge tricks. Here is a little GoPro Teaser, stay tuned for the Stage...
Whitewater Grand Prix- Training Video by nicktroutman | Apr 23, 2014 | Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, River Running, Rockstar, Trip Reports, Video, Video, Whitewater5 more days until the Whitewater Grand Prix begins. Top athletes from all over the world are beginning to flock to Eastern Canada to compete at the six stage event being held over the next two weeks. With high water on the rise and a huge pool of skills I’m sure...
My Life- the Next 50 Years- an EJ Essay and Inventory by ericjackson | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, EJ Thoughts, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Team JK, the athlete, the innovator, the teacher, WhitewaterMy Life- Chapter 1: 50 Years gone by: Intermission: Sorry there will be no time for intermission in this story My Life- Chapter 2: The Next 50 years Before I can really anticipate my next 50 years I need to take an inventory of the assets i have today. A wife,...
Spring and Big Loops have Sprung! by Clay Wright | Apr 17, 2014 | Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, WhitewaterSpring is in the air and so were our kayaks! Stephen Wright and I headed over to the Pigeon last week on the chance that we would catch a release – and got lucky. The 1600cfs flow proved perfect for getting the hard technical tricks and combos we needed to...
White Nile, Africa: 1 Part Rockstar, 1 Part GoPro and a pinch of DJI: Video by nicktroutman | Apr 8, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Media, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, Video, WhitewaterThe Hairy Lemon on the White Nile was yet again our choice for a couple week stay this winter,’specifically for training purposes’, the hot weather, warm water, big waves and fun river run, well that is just a coincidence. This is training. We all had an...
Karma Unlimited- Old School Playboating- Rock Island Rumble! by ericjackson | Mar 27, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Reviews, Video, WhitewaterWe finally have the production version of the Karma Unlimited! This is the boat that will make people re-think what a long boat feels like! Fast, but easy to control, fast, but paddles much like a creek boat, fast, but stable and not-edgy… Did I mention...
