GoPro Photography by Micah Kneidl | Sep 23, 2014 | Creeking, JK Media, Karma Unlimited, WhitewaterOver the last year, I’ve really started using my GoPro camera more for photos and less for video.. It’s common knowledge that the GoPro shoots remarkable video, but if you look around on social media, a lot of the Jackson Kayak team has been producing outstanding...
FRENCH ALPS ADVENTURES by JK Team | Sep 22, 2014 | Creeking, Spain, WhitewaterSometimes it’s a good idea to have a break and forget the stress and pressure of the competitions for a few days. After this World Cup series, both Quim and me needed a few rest days so we joined our kayaking club, the Salt-ter kayak club on it’s summer trip as...
How to Train Your Body for High Speed Kayak Racing- Short Races by ericjackson | Sep 13, 2014 | Creeking, Fitness, Instructional, the athlete, WhitewaterRacing isn’t something everyone does, but training for racing is something everyone can do. Any motivation to improve the status of your body, improving strength, endurance, muscle mass, lowering fat, tightening up joints to withstand daily life and activities...
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....
Oh Be Joyful Creek9 by kelloggfamily | Jun 11, 2014 | CreekingEliot Berz, Hunt Jennings, Grady Kellogg and I decided to go check out Oh be Joyful – a 1 mile super popular Class V Colorado Creek. Before we headed out there we called a local outdoor shop and asked “if it was possible to get there?” They, of...
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...
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,...
2014 Watauga Race by wildwildwes | May 30, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Events, Featured Post, Karma Unlimited, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Video, Video, Whitewater, Wrap UpsThe Race Start after passing under Guys Ford Bridge Photo by: William Mauney Photography This past Saturday one of my favorite events of the year went down on the Watauga River Gorge. This is a really fun race, because of the friendly lazed nature of the...
Malad Gorge- Making the tough call by alecvoorhees | May 11, 2014 | Creeking, WhitewaterWith spring in full effect and rivers beginning to rise, paddling in Idaho is soon to be some of the best in the country. For the last month I have been checking a certain river gauge, not the North Fork Payette, not the Main Salmon, not the Lochsa, but the Malad...
Running The Green River Narrows by kelloggfamily | May 9, 2014 | Creeking, WhitewaterJust recently I accomplished a major goal of mine, to run the Green River Narrows, especially a rapid called Gorilla. Two good friends of mine helped with that. Jackson Kayak team members Hunt Jennings and Jeremy Adkins, rallied and ran it with me, my brother Brody,...
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...
Learning To Commit by Anna Bruno | Apr 25, 2014 | Creeking, Team JK, UncategorizedCrystal clear water reflected the vast wilderness back, the red of my boat framed by a splash of blue sky, towering grey rock walls, and the luxurious green of New Zealand moss and ferns. We were nearing the crux of the first gorge on the Waitaha River. Like most of...
