An afternoon trip on an oxbow

by Ben Roussel | Aug 20, 2014 | Cruise 12, Cruise Angler 12, Fishing, Freshwater, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, United States

Fished from the kayak this past weekend.  It was the first time I’ve been in one since Trout Challenge – which was in June, so it’s been a while.  Blake and I headed to a Mississippi River oxbow lake to do a little afternoon bass fishing.  Storms...

VIDEO: One Fish, Many GoPros: EPISODE 7, “Hero 2 Throwback”

by Drew Gregory | Jun 26, 2014 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Freshwater, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Video, Video

The only problem with filming all kayak fishing trips is the fact that you end up with SOOOO much footage that you almost get overwhelmed and don’t know where to begin with editing! I caught this nice river largemouth out of my Cuda 12 right when that kayak hit...

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...

Facing Waves TV show: Mexico

by nicktroutman | Apr 19, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Uncategorized, Video, Video, Whitewater

Mexico in the past couple of years has become one of the top hotspots for creek boaters and waterfall hucksters alike. Personally it is one of my favorite places to paddle, with jungles for river banks, warm weather, perfect waterfalls and tons of top class rapids it...

Africa- Uganda Wave Surfing Trip

by ericjackson | Mar 17, 2014 | JK Team Posts, Playboating, the athlete, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater

  The new Rock Star was well tested in holes, winning the World Championships for men and women in 2013 and just about every other freestyle event as well this season.    However, we had not been able to play it for any extended period of time on epic waves.   ...

Kayak fishing the Lost Coast of Panama

by Ben Roussel | Mar 4, 2014 | Big Rig, Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, United States

An opportunity to join Jim Sammons and James McBeath on a trip to Panama to film an episode of The Kayak Fishing Show with Jim Sammons came up and it was a no-brainer to hop on board. Our outfitter/guide was Hennie Marais with Paddle Panama who had his brother Peter...

So Cal Sun & Kayak Fishin Fun: PART 1, Operation Bonefish

by Drew Gregory | Feb 21, 2014 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Trip Reports, Trips, United States

So, every year in January or early February I try to head somewhere warm for a week to get some warmer winter fishing in, and to remember what the sun feels like! I know I know, a lot of you are rolling your eyes because you know I live in Charlotte, NC, where...

My First Trip to China- Kayaking the Nu River- Chenggang, China- Yunnan Province…

by ericjackson | Feb 16, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, River Running, Team JK, the athlete, the teacher, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater

I have paddled in many places around the world, but China was still virgin territory for me.   It is far away, and without a guide of some sort, getting around in Rural China is not easy as the language barrier is incredible.    Reading signs is impossible, and...

Thrive / Prospérer

by Patrick Levesque | Jan 27, 2014 | Creeking, JK Team Posts, River Running, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater

  Finishing 2013 in pictures and starting 2014 with philosophy. Thanks to my better half , I finished 2013 in beauty with a last minute creeking trip to Mexico. 10 days of class IV -V for myself, yeah!.   My 2013 season has been stifled by many important...

Good Karma in Mexico

by ericjackson | Jan 13, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, the athlete, Trips, Whitewater

Veracruz, Mexico is home to rugged mountains, jungle, wonderful people, and epic whitewater.     In 2006 a first descent Expedition lead by Ben Stookeberry, with Rafa Ortiz, Nick Troutman, Phil Boyer, Eric Seymore, Darin Mcquoid,  Heather Herbeck, and I opened up the...

2013 Alseseca Race: Video

by nicktroutman | Jan 22, 2013 | Featured Post, Trips, Video, Video, Whitewater

2013 was the 5th annual Alseseca kayak race. Competitors came from over 8 different countries to come race the amazing whitewater the Alseseca river has to offer. the winning time ended up being a tie at 13:21 with a record setting time. Check out the Race footage....

Bald Rock Canyon: Karma Video and Review

by christopherkorbulic | Jan 7, 2013 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, Trips, Video, Video, Whitewater

In November, Ben Stookesberry and I had the opportunity to paddle the new Jackson Kayak Karma. With low water and short days of winter we still wanted to paddle, and Bald Rock Canyon on the Middle Fork Feather still had enough water to be fun. We loaded up our Karma’s...