Gelato, waterfalls, and a diamond ring; paddling the alps by dianegaydos | Aug 15, 2014 | WhitewaterThis was a trip I will never forget. I visited Italy once in high school and have wanted to return ever since I left. To be able to return, and this time visit the mountainous regions and the whitewater, was truly amazing. This trip started out as an idea of Daniel...
World Kayak’s “Am I Ready for the Gauley yet?” contest by colinkemp | Aug 14, 2014 | WhitewaterFor the eighth year running World Kayak wants to help boaters answer this very important question. Pairs of world class guides will once again volunteer their time to help boaters step it up on this amazing river. Each team of guides will work with a group of 5 first...
Karma First Impressions by JK Fans | Aug 13, 2014 | WhitewaterKarma First Impressions Wow. Makes everything easier. Feels like it takes everything down a river grade. I am 5’6” and 155 pounds, and i am loving the Karma medium. The medium Karma paddles and feels smaller than its 86 gallons and 8’ 6’ length It does not matter what...
Payette River Games Wrap Up by Claire OHara | Aug 12, 2014 | WhitewaterHaving chosen not to do the World Cup series this year, to focus instead on developing my wave boating skills, ready for next years World Championships on Garb my biggest competition on this years schedule was the PRG’s at the Kelly’s White Water Park in...
Jackson Duo, Double the fun ! by nourianewman | Aug 11, 2014 | WhitewaterAfter a busy couple months on the road I was super excited to head back home for a few days.My home river ain’t big but I love it. It’s not super challenging or exciting but it’s a good playground and you can paddle any kind of boat. I was initially planning to paddle...
Idaho Adventures by Claire OHara | Aug 11, 2014 | WhitewaterAs I sit in Ottawa airport waiting for my next adventure, training on the Ottawa river for the 2015 World Championships, to begin. I have had chance to reflect on my time in Idaho since the PRG’s came to an end. Starting only a matter of hours after the games...
Help Save the Nile!! by Jessie Stone | Aug 11, 2014 | WhitewaterOn my most recent trip to Uganda, I arrived just in time for terrorist warnings at the Entebbe airport. Luckily, I had no idea about the warnings until well after I had landed, cleared customs, and left the airport. Since the first major and most devastating terrorist...
Jessie Stone- NYC City Kids Camp by ericjackson | Aug 10, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, Featured Post, Instructional, WhitewaterEvery year Jessie spends a week of her life implementing her dream to help one child at a time increase their chances of living a better life. She chose kayaking as her medium for teaching a variety of life skills that are hard to come by for anyone, but...
Twice the fun! Surfing with kids in the Dynamic Duo. by Holcombe Family | Aug 10, 2014 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterIf you want to teach someone to kayak the Jackson Kayak, Dynamic Duo is one of the best tools you can have and besides that they are really fun to paddle! We have been getting a lot of use out of ours this summer. On this day we were working with getting Abby (age 10)...
Bring on the new Jackson Kayak FUN by Jessica Yurtinus | Aug 9, 2014 | WhitewaterA couple weeks ago, a group of us were lucky enough to get our hands on the new Jackson Kayak FUN. We commandeered the boat and took it on our 5 day Yampa trip. What we found. . . it lives up to it’s name. The new Fun is the perfect river runner. The first thing...
Karma RG at Work and Play by Cate Hawthorne | Aug 8, 2014 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, WhitewaterSummer seems to be the busiest time of the year for those of us in the kayak business. Jeff and I are teaching and guiding 6 days a week. We have been using our Jackson Kayak Karma RG’s to guide Liquid Fusion Kayaking’s Whitewater of the Sea Adventures...
Jackson Kayak’s NEW Whitewater Kayaks unveiled at OR by jacksonkayak | Aug 8, 2014 | WhitewaterHey all, Spending day and night chatting to dealers and media about our new kayaks. Turning heads left and right, especially at demo day has been the two new whitewater products for 2015: the new Fun and Zen! Both kayaks have been redesigned to bring them to a...
