It’s all about FUN!

by nicktroutman | Aug 7, 2014 | Featured Post, Fun, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Team JK, Whitewater

Being 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...

Wrap Up: The 7th Annual Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament Kayak Division

by Matthew Trucks | Aug 1, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Coosa, Cruise 10 Angler, Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, JK Team Posts, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

Another tournament in the books but an incredible experience for myself as this was my first tournament that i had run mostly alone besides help from Gary Ward with Facebook posting promotions and making phone calls during the day. The Jersey Paddler and Pat Wooley...

Raymarine Dragonfly Installation on the Jackson Big Rig Kayak

by Darrell Olson | Jul 22, 2014 | Big Rig, Instructional, Team JK

How to install the Raymarine Dragonfly Fish Finder on a Jackson Big Rig using the Jackson Big Rig Transducer Kit. Installation of a fish finder is really easy with the Jackson Transducer Kit. There several options for installing a fish finder on the Jackson Big Rig...

Fishing Trip: Fluke aka Flounder Kayak Fishing the Navesink River New Jersey

by Matthew Trucks | Jun 20, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, United States

The Oceanic Bridge region of the Navesink River typically holds very large fluke (Summer Flounder) as they come into the river every spring to spawn. As the days warm up fishing gets better and better. With its high cliffs and extravagant mansions overlooking it the...

First time with the SUPercharger in whitewater

by Patrick Levesque | Jun 16, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Whitewater

After a year of owning a SUPercharger, I’ve finally give myself the chance to test it on whitewater. It’s not like I didn’t use it last year. Leaving on the side of Lac Saint-Jean, we spend amount of time playing around the boards (owning a SUPercharger and a...

JK Team Video Contest Winners!

by nicktroutman | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, Video, Whitewater

This spring during our JK Team Summit we launched a video contest for all our team to enter. Throughout the past 2 months team members has put their creative juices to work and created some amazing video master pieces.   Here are the over all Winners: Regional...

2014 Watauga Race

by wildwildwes | May 30, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Events, Featured Post, Karma Unlimited, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Video, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

The Race Start after passing under Guys Ford Bridge Photo by:  William Mauney Photography   This past Saturday one of my favorite events of the year went down on the Watauga River Gorge.  This is a really fun race, because of the friendly lazed nature of the...

Wrap Up: 2014 Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Classic

by Matthew Trucks | May 28, 2014 | Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

Another J-Bay Kayak Classic in the history books! As always a different story to go with the event. Weather good and bad. Broken gear and decent fishing! As my previous post stated, the weather wasn’t predicted to be fish able Thurs night into early Saturday...

How To Make a Wheel Chart: Tips for Improving Training

by Anna Bruno | May 14, 2014 | Instructional, Team JK

Cartwheels, loops, spins, mcnastys, godzillas, tricky woos…. With so many different free style moves out there, it is easy to become overwhelmed when wanting to improve your play boating and learn new tricks, and it can be difficult to know where to start. In...

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, Whitewater

We 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...

Jackson Kayak Levator Mount for GoPro

by wildwildwes | May 4, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Reviews, Rigging, Team JK

Yesterday, to my surprise, I found this great new toy packaged at my doorstep when I got home from work!  It was a Jackson Kayak Levator Mount, so I had to get the GoPro out to try out the new setup!!  I was fortunate to win this great new product from Jackson Kayak...

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, Whitewater

The 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...