NOC Shootout- Rockstar takes the Podium by nicktroutman | Apr 25, 2012 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, WhitewaterThe ‘Fun Tour’ is now fully underway. This past weekend we hit the Nantahala Outdoor Center for the NOC Shootout. The Nantahala is a South East classic and is the host location for the upcoming World Cup Final and the 2013 World Championships. We showed up on...
Two EPIC weeks surfing one of my favorites… BUSEATER! by nicktroutman | Apr 17, 2012 | Allstars, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, rivers, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Uncategorized, WhitewaterSo it all started with a phone call…. “Nick, dude, get up here now, Bussy is in and it is 80 degrees outside!” This call came from my best friend Joel Kowalski up in Beachburg. He lives on the Ottawa River and got me started in kayaking 10 years ago. Now you have to...
2012 Alabama Mountain Games by nicktroutman | Apr 11, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, WhitewaterThe 2012 season has begun! The first event of the year is always the Alabama Mountain Games. It is an amazing event with tons of different competitions and sports aspects. Friday started off with the ‘Huckfest’ and freestyle of the lip of an 18 foot tall waterfall....
Training at Eternity Hole by nicktroutman | Mar 30, 2012 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Uncategorized, Video, Video, WhitewaterUpcoming 2012 season is approaching quickly. With some training in mind I headed up to North Carolinas Eternity Hole. I hadn’t been paddling there before though I had heard many great things. When I first saw the hole I knew it was going to be epic. The feature had...
2012 Hometown Throwdown Southeast Championship by wildwildwes | Mar 30, 2012 | Events, Featured Post, Playboating, WhitewaterOne of our main goals over the past 5 years of coordinating and hosting the Hometown Throwdowns has been to get the infrastructure setup in our region to host a Championship Series of these events. All the pieces of the puzzle came together this year to make that...
South Eastern Kids Group Checks in- First Loops, and Spring Plans! by Jezz | Mar 29, 2012 | Creeking, Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, Uncategorized, Video, WhitewaterCan you remember what its like to get your first few loops. Maybe you had a reaction like this one from Local Hero Southeast paddler Matt. Dude, that is one massive loop!!! Click here to view the embedded video. Can you remember what its like to get your first...
Trick Tip: The “Kick Start” by Micah Kneidl | Mar 15, 2012 | Fun, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Shooting Star, Team JK, WhitewaterThe “Kick Start” isn’t a trick, but rather a tool used for initiating cartwheels. Most cartwheels I see initiated are being done one of two ways. First, many cartwheels I see are initiated by simply smashing your bow into the “green”...
Rockstar and Eternity Hole= AWESOME! Tips for Freestyle Moves! by Emily Jackson | Feb 28, 2012 | Instructional, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, WhitewaterEmily’s Eternity Hole Update! I get to paddle in some pretty amazing places but what is very exciting right now is that I am only 4 hours from home and paddling in an entirely new place! That’s right it is my first time ever at Eternity Hole, in North Carolina....
Jules Domine’s Roadtrip from Mexico, BC, and Cali! One of the Best Paddling Films! by JK Team | Feb 26, 2012 | Creeking, Playboating, Whitewater[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/36761328[/vimeo] Jules Domine latest film, a kayaking road trip across North America from north to south (BC, Cali, and Mexico)… Feeling like getting outside? Or maybe like bushwalking for hours just to look around and see no signs of...
The French Know How Its Done! SICK Video from JK-France by JK Team | Jan 23, 2012 | Allstars, Playboating, Team JK, WhitewaterIf you haven’t checked out JK France you should, these guys make awesome videos, have a great time doing it, and run some serious whitewater! Check out the video of Jules Domine paddling hard and playing harder!...
Rock Star in Action, Big waves, Big tricks, Big Fun! by nicktroutman | May 26, 2011 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Video, WhitewaterDane, Joel, and I had a blast surfing some of Quebec’s largest waves these past two weeks while competing at the Whitewater Grand Prix. It was a great to get on some of these huge waves to truly see the new Rock Star’s potential for air time. There is no...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Freestyle by nicktroutman | May 14, 2011 | Featured Post, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWell we had our freestyle event on a new set of waves here in quebec, called ‘Pillars.’ It is a sweet set of two waves just under a train bridge. This made is easy for spectators to come and watch the show. It was impressive to see the air being thrown and...
