World Cup Final Summary! Photos coming soon! by ericjackson | Sep 11, 2012 | Playboating, WhitewaterBefore you read too far- total results listed tomorrow! The Nantahala Outdoor Center put on a great event for the World Cup final. Lots of spectators, TV screens everywhere to watch the results, live online streaming with the scoreboard as well, and a hole that...
Boise Whitewater Park by Micah Kneidl | Aug 13, 2012 | Fun, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, rivers, Shooting Star, Team JK, Uncategorized, WhitewaterWith each passing week this summer, the Boise Whitewater Park has increased in both traffic and popularity. Every water craft imaginable has been showing up, but it has been most popular with kayakers, surfers, stand-up paddleboarders, and boogie boarders. Mid-summer...
Kelly’s Whitewater Park: USA Nationals by nicktroutman | Jul 23, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, Playboating, RockstarThe 2012 USA Nationals were held in Idaho at Kelly’s Whitewater Park. It is a new park built just over a year ago. I had never been there before, but wow, incredible. The whitewater is outstanding, while the actually park is amazing with grand stand style seating and...
Prelims are Wrapped Up for USA National Freestyle Championships Today at KWP! by ericjackson | Jul 8, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, the athlete, WhitewaterToday was a long day of competing, watching, concerts, fireworks, and general fun in the sun here in Cascade, Idaho home of Kelly’s Whitewater Park on the North Fork of the Payette River. It is 11pm and I am just getting into the RV after a big day. The...
Biggest Loops on Earth? Kelly’s Nationals today! by Clay Wright | Jul 7, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, WhitewaterIn the middle of an Idaho meadow lies possibly the biggest loop spot on Earth. The Kelly’s Whitewater Center features several man-made rapids but the top one is the biggest and baddest and is where we are having the US Freestyle National Championships today....
Reno River Festival by nicktroutman | Jun 20, 2012 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, WhitewaterThis is one of the biggest events of the whole USA tour. Though this year there was a date change, it is usually in the spring and starts of the tour, while this year it was pushed back to mid June, the same weekend as FIBArk, another huge event. Though I was one of...
The Busiest Week of my Year! by nicktroutman | Jun 10, 2012 | Creeking, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Whitewater, ZenThe tour has been fully underway for almost 2 months now, and it have been packed with paddling, competing, and lots of driving. Though this past week is always the busiest of the year. It started off with last weekend the CKS PaddleFest. This event has been...
Bennett Smith Join’s the Local Hero Team by Jez Blanchard by JK Fans | May 31, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, rivers, Rockstar, Whitewater Hey Iʼm Bennett Smith! I live in Birmingham, Alabama and have been kayaking for about two years. After my first kayaking trip down the Coosa River in Wetumpka, Alabama in August of 2010 I fell in love with kayaking and it has been an extremely large part of my...
Surprise Wave Video by Galen Volckhausen | May 28, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, WhitewaterHidden away a couple miles above the put in for the New River Gorge is Surprise Wave. The rapid springs out of the flat water around it with large rollers. With the right water levels one of these rollers begins to break and creates Surprise Wave. Check it out as I...
West Virginia surprise… by nicktroutman | May 16, 2012 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, WhitewaterSo after the T’ville Triple crown my plan was to drop Emily off in DC, pick up Dane and head to California. This plan quickly changed over dinner when the word got out that the New River Dries waves might be in. So we packed up the RV and hit the road. A not so quick...
Reno Spring Meltdown by Jessica Yurtinus | May 9, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater The Sierra’s have been lacking a bit of snow this winter, however the weather in Reno has finally changed, and what little snow we have has starting to melt. The Truckee River has been between 800-1700 cfs, and Hole #3 has been amazing. The Rockstar is...
JKTV Episode #5 by nicktroutman | May 7, 2012 | Coosa, Creeking, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Video, WhitewaterHere it is the much anticipated JKTV episode 5. Make sure to check out Part 2 of Ben Stookesberry’s First Descent of Fall Creek. Ben also throws in a nice little surprise with a new First descent of 100 foot slide on the South Branch of the Middle Feather with...
