High, muddy water? Coosa don’t care! by Drew Gregory | Jun 20, 2014 | Coosa, Featured Post, Fishing, Freshwater, rivers, Trip ReportsIt was an awesome weekend up in the Pittsburgh, PA area for the River Bassin Tournament Trail regional stop held at the Rivers Edge in Leechburg. I had the pleasure of going up a day and a half early to fish with fellow team member Noah Heck and he was even cool...
North Fork Championships Training by nicktroutman | Jun 14, 2014 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, River Running, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWell the North Fork Championships Elite race starts tomorrow. This is my first year being able to compete and race here and it blow away any expectation. The race course is extremely demanding with tough big whitewater and 5 added slalom gates to make it even harder....
JK Team Video Contest Winners! by nicktroutman | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, Video, WhitewaterThis 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...
River Bassin Recap – Charlotte, NC by Drew Gregory | May 26, 2014 | Coosa, Events, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater, rivers, Tournaments, Trip ReportsWell, another River Bassin Regional event has come and gone! This time it was held in my home town Charlotte, NC at Great Outdoor Provision Company (GOPC). As always I fish before the event one day to put up a “Beat Drew Bonus Score” so that any angler who...
IFA Kayak Fishing Tour – Empire recap by Ben Roussel | May 22, 2014 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, JK Team Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Tournaments, Trip ReportsThe IFA Kayak Fishing Tour held it’s first Louisiana division tournament of 2014 this past Sunday down in Empire at Delta Marina. 52 kayak anglers signed up to compete in the event and were treated with excellent weather conditions which ultimately meant a lot...
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, WhitewaterWe 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...
Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 4: Big Wave Freestyle: Results/vide by nicktroutman | May 9, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterThe WWGP has completed the 4th Stage. A freestyle competition held on the wave Black Mass on the Mistassibi River. The format was 2 minutes rides with your best 3 tricks scored. It was a great day with tons of huge tricks, massive airs and some epic wipeouts. I had my...
Devils River Adventure by Drew Gregory | May 6, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Coosa, Featured Post, Fishing, Freshwater, rivers, Trip ReportsTired doesn’t begin to explain the way I feel after getting back from one of my longest road trips of the year – from Charlotte to west Texas, then to Georgia and back. We made many stops along the way, visiting with several awesome JK dealers, friends and...
WWGP Stage 3: Time Trial: Results by nicktroutman | May 6, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Trip Reports, WhitewaterThe Whitewater Grand Prix has always been known for it’s extreme stature, and this years Time Trial was no different.The Shawinigan River is steep and manky and made for a great Grand Prix race course. The race was 3 runs and your best 2 count. The line was...
WWGP Stage 1: Highlight Reel/ Full Results by nicktroutman | May 3, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, Trip Reports, Video, WhitewaterWell the Whitewater Grand Prix has begun. The first stage, the Best Trick Competition, took place on the infamous Gladiator wave on the Ottawa River. The format was two groups of 14 men each got 2 hours to do as many rides and tricks as they could and the single best...
When it gets real… a carnage management victory on the Green by Clay Wright | May 1, 2014 | Creeking, Instructional, JK Team Posts, River Running, Trip Reports, Whitewater“Go right, go right… paddle hard … grab on and push.. oh sh*t! Hold on! Hold on and don’t move we’re coming! ” We’ve got a tip-top crew of internationally experience kayakers all randomly coming together for a fun day on the...
Karma and Zen in the Redwoods by Cate Hawthorne | Apr 27, 2014 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Trip Reports, WhitewaterOur Karma RG’s arrived just in time for our annual Spring Run-Off Trip. We loaded them up with our Zen’s and camping gear and ran-off in search of whitewater and wilderness. It has been a record-setting dry year in California so we didn’t have many options. We opted...
