The Leap of Faith by JK Team | Jan 5, 2012 | Creeking, Team JK, Whitewater After fall break this year, I packed up and headed down to finish out the semester in Chile with New River Academy. One of my main goals for this year has been to get better at running waterfalls, and controlling myself in free-fall, so that I would be able to...
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...
Clay and Owen in Cali–Summit Run in the Sun! by stephenwright | May 15, 2011 | Creeking, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, River Running, Team JK, WhitewaterI’ve been resting a strained back muscle, which is 90% healed–SO I was forced to perfect my shuttle-bunny skills as Clay and Owen had 3 days after the Reno River Fest to enjoy some California goodness. Enjoy these photos of the Summit Run on the South...
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...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Time Trial: Petit Bostonnais by nicktroutman | May 11, 2011 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, River Running, Team JK, WhitewaterYesterday I was able to be a part of probably one of, if not the gnarliest creek race EVER! The Race was held on the Petit Bostonnais, which is an amazing creek, and has had two previous races in 2008/09. Though this year there was record high water. This changed the...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Ruins by nicktroutman | May 6, 2011 | JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, WhitewaterAfter the big trick contest we started our trip north. Though we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to surf the epic wave in Ottawa called ‘Ruins.’ It was a tricky wave to catch, and if you missed a tight eddy below to bridge pylon it was a 10 minute...
Break(ers) time! By: Jonathan Meyer – Jackson Kayak Boat Builder by sonia | May 5, 2011 | Coosa, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Team JKIt was the end of April and until then I had still not gotten on the water all year, let alone get a line wet. To cure this I went to back to where I grew up in Safety Harbor, FL. After a long day of building boats at the plant, I packed up my truck with three Coosa...
Reno Hometown Throwdown Hilarity! by stephenwright | May 5, 2011 | Fun, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, WhitewaterThe 3rd Reno Hometown Throwdown of 2011 went-off last night with more than 30 competitors, lots of onlookers, and amazing antics. EJ may have won the paddling, but the show was stolen by “The Game of Brown” competitors–Klunker, The Yurt,...
Feeling the Imminent Front Approaching- Exciting Train- No Getting Off Now! by ericjackson | May 2, 2011 | Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, the athlete, WhitewaterEvery since I heard the Achtung Baby Album from U2 , with the one line in the song Zoo Station- “Time is a Train… Makes the Future the Past…” I like to imagine myself on a one way train with no exit that is barreling forwards through time...
Grand Prix Training- Buseater in the Rockstar!! by Dane Jackson | May 2, 2011 | Playboating, Team JK, WhitewaterAfter 20 hours of driving up to Canada for the Grand Prix we finally arrived. And buseater was in. We got a full day on it doing big tricks and lots of combos. Great day and can’t wait for some more big wave surfing over the next 2 weeks. [nggallery id=208...
Mexico: Chiapas Kayaking by nicktroutman | Apr 30, 2011 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Trip Reports, WhitewaterMexico is one of my most favorite places in the world to paddle. I love the warm weather and water, the mexico food, cheap beer, great rapids and waterfalls, it just has everything. Though most of the time I spend in the state of Vera Cruz. Though pretty much...
Hometown Throwdown #1 on the Payette River by Micah Kneidl | Apr 28, 2011 | Fun, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Team JK, WhitewaterLast Friday, I was able to get out on the Staircase section of the South Fork of the Payette River followed by a WorldKayak.com Hometown Throwdown event at “the gutter.” The turn-out wasn’t bad. There were about ten competitors and just as many...
