Flash Kayak by Patrick Levesque | Jun 13, 2014 | WhitewaterPlaisir coupable, lorsque l’on reste à l’intérieur à regarder la télé au lieu de sortir dehors et de le faire. Hiver 2000, j’en étais à mon deuxième “blues’ d’hiver sans kayak. Julie Dion m’avait donné un VHS promotionnel de...
Fun in BV, Glenwood, and Lyons! by Jessie Stone | Jun 13, 2014 | WhitewaterAlthough I have been coming to Colorado to compete since 2000, this is the first year I made it to Buena Vista for the CKS Paddlefest. The altitude of nearly 8,000ft almost killed me the first day on the water – I was coming from sea level and acclimatizing takes at...
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...
Jackson Kayak on Lake Erie by Aaron Stiger | Jun 10, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Freshwater, Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterHello, my name is Aaron Stiger. I am a 27 year old teacher who lives in small-town Ohio, and kayak fishing is something I love. In this narrative, I am providing a first-hand account that represents a group of kayakers who went to Lake Erie in search of monster...
A Karma UL Fantasy by christopherkorbulic | Jun 10, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, United States, WhitewaterLong boats were always kind of a mystery to me. I thought of them as the old school of kayaking, and liked to paddle them on class three or four to spice things up a little. A fall day came a couple years ago that I paddled the class V South Fork Feather in California...
2014 GoPro Mountain Games Wrap Up… photos, video too! by ericjackson | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Karma Unlimited, the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap Ups2014 GoPro Mountain Games will go down on the record books for many factors. Most attendance- 75,000 people on Saturday. Best Water levels- Gore Creek hovered around 1,000 CFS all week without spiking and flooding, or dropping too low. Homestake creek was the...
Zen and the Art of Forgiveness by jacksonkayak | Jun 8, 2014 | WhitewaterIt took a long while of procrastinating, but its time the cobwebs drop to the floor on my whitewater paddling lifestyle. It’s been about 3 years since my last real river descent of any consequence (over class III) and more than that running bigger water. The...
Paddling with Giants by Sean Morley | Jun 6, 2014 | Jackson Dealers, WhitewaterOn a recent business trip to Montana, Wyoming and Idaho I was fortunate enough to meet and paddle with some true giants of paddle sport. I had arranged to meet Gary (The Edge) Edgeworth at Rendezvous River Sports the following morning. Gary is a Team Jackson paddler...
EJ’s Summary of Steep Creek Championships by ericjackson | Jun 6, 2014 | Creeking, WhitewaterJust t0 so you know the answer- I didn’t compete today, I watched and cheered from shore. It was a long day and hard to do, but I think I chose wisely as my shoulder injury yesterday in practice was severe enough that I was going to do more damage. However,...
Kilroy Wins a Coosa by Evan Howard | Jun 5, 2014 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater, WhitewaterThe Gadsden regional stop of the River Bassin’ 2014 Tournament Trail set up perfectly in my old stomping grounds. The two-hour boundary gave me numerous options to chase big river spots and largemouth, but I chose a flow I knew consistently held big spots. Although...
Outfitting a Jackson Kayak for a Smaller Paddler by Cate Hawthorne | Jun 4, 2014 | Instructional, Karma RG, Rigging, VideoI love the simplicity and functionality of Jackson Kayak’s outfitting. Jackson Kayaks are easily adjusted to fit different sized paddlers and easy to adjust on the fly (simply eddy-out or paddle into calm deep water, pop your spry deck and adjust). One...
Karma RG on a 10 days self-support down the White and Green rivers by frenchy | Jun 4, 2014 | Karma RG, WhitewaterI just got back from paddling the Karma RG on a 10 day self-support trip down the White river and the Green River, in Western Utah. Most of the run I paddled solo, then I met up with some friends on Desolation and Gray canyons on the Green River. After 10 days and 180...
