Fun J.A.W. Demo at Bay’s Mountain Lake by wildwildwes | May 11, 2012 | Coosa, Events, Featured Post, Freshwater, Fun, Journey, Recreational/Touring, Trip ReportsYesterday evening the J.A.W. teamed up with Tommy Clapp to have a great paddling event up on the Bay’s Mountain Lake in Kingsport, TN! Tommy brought his demo fleet of Jackson Kayak Recreational, Touring & Fishing boats for folks to check out and paddle. I...
The Rogue hits the Grand Canyon – part 2 of 3 by Jenifer Jakub | May 11, 2012 | Rogue, WhitewaterThe Rogue hits the Grand Canyon – part 2 of 3 So by now, we’re getting into the expedition groove. We have our daily rituals of breakfast, taking down camp, packing our boats. I tape my hands. “Hey Carl, where’s the groover...
Bama Boy does Green River Narrows in Dynamic Duo by Jeremy Adkins | May 10, 2012 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterGood friend and paddling pal Jordan Sherman ran the Green River Narrows in a Dynamic Duo. The best thing is they even ran the big three. Check out the video here. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/40984477[/vimeo] SYOTR, Jeremy Adkins
Holden Boys Flying Off Lookout Mountain by Kat and David Levitt | May 9, 2012 | Creeking, JK Team Posts, Team JK, WhitewaterA few years ago, slalom paddling icon Horace Holden asked me to let his son Isaac tag along for some Chattanooga creek boating on Cain and North Chick. He paddled great and I knew that was only the beginning… Younger brother Simon was already paddling the Ocoee...
NOC New Wave Shaper by hunter katich | May 9, 2012 | JK Team Posts, WhitewaterI have recently gone to the Nantahala for a shootout and a hometown throwdown checking out the new wave shaper. A lot of hard work and changes have been done on it since the last time I’ve paddle at the NOC. The construction done on the wave has made it more...
Reno Spring Meltdown by Jessica Yurtinus | May 9, 2012 | Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater The Sierra’s have been lacking a bit of snow this winter, however the weather in Reno has finally changed, and what little snow we have has starting to melt. The Truckee River has been between 800-1700 cfs, and Hole #3 has been amazing. The Rockstar is...
Kayak River Fishing Etiquette by JK Team | May 8, 2012 | WhitewaterWith the open water season upon us up here in the Great White North it seems like a good time to talk about kayak fishing etiquette when it comes to river fishing.When kayak fishing a river you’ll encounter everything from other anglers in boats,anglers wading,non...
Fun Runners and Rockstars going big in China- VIDEO by JK Team | May 8, 2012 | Rockstar, Whitewater>Over the past year I have had the privilege to work with Bo. He has established distribution of JK boats in China! Recently he made a trip to boat with the local JK dealers and to teach some classes to bunches of excited new boaters. I know that after seeing some...
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...
JK Zen on Owyhee & Little Salmon Rivers by Devon Barker | May 7, 2012 | Whitewater, ZenSpring in the Idaho desert has been fantastic. I have paddle on the Owyhee and the Bruneau. Check out http://vimeo.com/user4939614/videos for video footage of the Zen as a self-support kayak on my Lower Owyhee trip. I was able to fit everything I needed to overnight...
Yorkville Whitewater Park and Paddle and Trail Make History and Fun! by ericjackson | May 6, 2012 | WhitewaterI had the pleasure of meeting a ton of new, super fired up people this week in Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Geneva Kayak’s owner Ryan Rushton picked me up in Chicago on Wednesday night and I learned all about the new Yorkville Whitewater Park, his...
Tallulah Festival 2012, with first video edit in 5 years, Enjoy! by JK Team | May 6, 2012 | WhitewaterTallulah Festival 2012 is a great festival in Georgia to celebrate the growth of the Tallulah River while raising money for American Whitewater. Without American Whitewater there would be no recreational releases on the great river. This video is of the Alabama crew...
