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...
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...
Boise River Park at its Best! by alecvoorhees | Apr 24, 2012 | Rockstar, Team JK, Whitewater We are within weeks of the grand opening of the long awaited Boise Whitewater Park! The first phase of constructions of the WaveShaper is finished and the scenic Boise Greenbelt paths have been repaved. The WaveShapers are advanced bladders systems that lift...
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...
Villain and Hero: Spring Break Charging! by Zach Fraysier | Apr 17, 2012 | jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, River Running, Team JK, WhitewaterTwo Jackson Kayaks, Two Bikes, and a Station Wagon Just before Spring Break, it hit me: I will never experience the wonders of Spring Break ever again. With this being noted, I immediately started brainstorming how to close out these beloved breaks in a respectful and...
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...
LKFC’s Marsh Madness Tournament – Cocodrie, LA by Tray Collins | Mar 28, 2012 | Cuda, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater Fishing, Team JKI arrived the day before the tournament and didn’t like what I saw. On the way down to Cocodrie, LA many home’s front lawns were flooded. It rained cats and dogs friday morning, seeing this I knew the water would be muddy! My new GoPro Hero2 arrived just...
Sweet Photos of the Zen 75! by Micah Kneidl | Mar 27, 2012 | Creeking, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, rivers, Team JK, WhitewaterHi everyone! My Zen 75 arrived a couple weeks ago and I’m obsessed with paddling this kayak. I will be telling you all more about this outstanding kayak soon, but for now I’d like to share some photos shot by my buddy John. Check more of John...
Fun Runnin’ on the Noli and Watauga Gorges! by wildwildwes | Mar 21, 2012 | Creeking, Reviews, River Running, Team JK, Video, Whitewater“The JK Fun Runner is an intriguing sporty boat design!” was my first thought when I saw the news about this new river runner from Jackson Kayak. Little did I know at the time how much I would grow to love this new boat! I picked up both sizes (60 & 70) of...
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”...
Johnson City Press Spotlights Local Pool Session by wildwildwes | Mar 14, 2012 | Clinics, Events, Featured Post, Instructional, JK Team Posts, Team JK, VideoAmanda Marsh from the Johnson City Press dropped in last Tuesday to our Freedom Hall Pool Session to check out what it was all about. She interviewed several of our local paddlers and shot some video & photos of the action. The story was published in...
