2012 Jackson Kayak Dealer Summit- Awesome! by ericjackson | Oct 27, 2012 | Dealer, Featured Post, Fishing, Jackson Dealers, Recreational/Touring, WhitewaterThere is something special about getting our dealer partners together in one place and having that place be at my home, our factory, and on the water at Rock Island. We had three nights and three days of action, plus fishing on the Collins River and an Ocoee River...
BCKFC Fall N Tide VII by Ben Roussel | Oct 24, 2012 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater, TournamentsThis past Saturday I participated in BCKFC’s Fall N Tide VII kayak fishing tournament. Fall N Tide is held in Plaquemines Parish and has lately been headquartered out of Delta Marina. FNT has seen a steady increase in participation since it’s inception and...
ARF Bayou Bash 2012 by Ben Roussel | Oct 19, 2012 | Coosa, Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, SaltwaterI spent this past weekend fishing in Grand Isle with some friends from Alabama River Fishing. I got hooked up with these guys when I lived in Madison for a year. We had a group of about 15 kayak fishermen, split between 2 camps in Chenier. The goal was to catch...
The Portal at Pictured Rocks by JK Team | Oct 17, 2012 | Recreational/Touring, RogueJackson Kayaks, As a long time resident of Michigan, I had never been to the Upper Peninsula, meaning Id never been to the largest lake in the western hemisphere. I bought the Rouge 9 (being a smaller guy), and was fully comfortable with the white water and river...
Who says the Journey’s not fast?!?! by Samantha Christen | Oct 10, 2012 | Journey, Recreational/TouringOpening weekend of the Chattanooga River Rocks Festival brought with it many exciting events for those in and around Chattanooga, and on the Tennessee River proper. With over 100 scheduled events stretching 10 days, this unique festival highlights the myriad natural...
Sunday Morning Surfing by JK Team | Oct 10, 2012 | JourneyDo you know what the first cold front of the Fall season the year does? It keeps you and your Journey in balance … with a slow-moving current.
The Training Journey by Samantha Christen | Sep 25, 2012 | Journey, Recreational/TouringThe Training Journey Training is for me, at times, easier than living life. In both, you are stretching your limits and pushing beyond what you can imagine; yet with training there is an end goal and a set purpose. Would that life were always that straightforward....
Wait For It by JK Team | Sep 24, 2012 | Journey, Recreational/TouringNo road access + no hiking trails + no cell phone service + no electricity = no problem. Me and my paddle partner were on our own. The location is paddle-in only, just over eight miles one-way. After the sun set, the Milky Way and thousands of stars painted the...
SUPerCHARGE-D Sunday by Ashley | Sep 20, 2012 | Recreational/Touring, United StatesWith a new JK SUPerCHARGER on hand and a beautiful late summer Sunday, what else would we do? Damon and I grabbed the Ibis and the SUPerCHARGER, a river stand-up paddle board (SUP) new for 2013. The Winooski river was running extremely low, but we made it without...
SUPerFishal on the water! by Ken Hoeve | Sep 17, 2012 | Recreational/TouringNearly everyone has a photo of themselves as a kid holding their first fish. Many have thousands of those photos collected over a lifetime. The addiction of hooking fish is equal to only one other of my pastimes, riding waves. The incredible sensation you get standing...
A Journey to explore Carters Lake by Samantha Christen | Sep 14, 2012 | Journey, Recreational/TouringThough I’ve lived literally an hour and fifteen minutes away from the place for the majority of my life, the fact that I’d only recently heard of Carter’s Lake made ME wonder what particular rock I’d been living under. Oh, wait… That’s right: I was climbing the...
Going Dark by JK Team | Sep 12, 2012 | JourneyThought a photo or two wouldn’t hurt while getting warmed up for a night paddle. The waterways, or at least most of them, are amazingly quiet after the sun falls below the horizon. When atmospheric conditions are cooperating and you’re in the right location, some...
