Jackson demo day on lake Berryessa. by William Pfingst | Jun 25, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, FishingJackson demo day with some of the west coast team. We did a Jackson kayak demo event that took place on lake Berryessa in Northern California. It was held during the first KBF event of the 2019 season. I was not able to dedicate the time to pre fish so I wanted to do...
Giving back: SFA and AW by Jessica Yurtinus | Jun 9, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, rivers, WhitewaterIn 2013 Jackson Kayak and California Canoe and Kayak teamed up to start the first annual Opening Day on the South Fork American. The weekend starts with clinics taught by a variety of Jackson Kayak team members and ends with a BBQ party and raffle with proceeds...
CCK Opening Day by Hilde Schweitzer | Apr 12, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterIt’s been a long winter. The rain and cold weather were relentless, and actually still are relentless. Last weekend California Canoe and Kayak and AW kick started Spring with their annual fundraiser, Opening Day on the South Fork and the sun actually made...
2019 Opening Day on the S. Fork American by Jessica Yurtinus | Mar 21, 2019 | Clinics, Event Coverage, Events, Instructional, rivers, Whitewater, Whitewater InstructionIt’s that time of year again, flowers are starting to bloom, birds are chirping, and the snow is melting. That means one thing. . . Opening Day on the South Fork of the American River. https://www.calkayak.com/classes/whitewater-kayak-classes/ ...
Shoshone NYD 2019- The First Day of the New Paddling Season! by Holcombe Family | Jan 14, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterNYD-Shoshone 2019 My wife Kathy keeps telling me this is ridiculous. We are driving away from the winter paddling Mecca of the South Eastern US to the frozen river winter wasteland of Colorado to go kayaking on New Years Day. Now I know exactly what I’ve gotten myself...
Adventure, Angling and Advice by teamjk | Sep 3, 2018 | FishingKayak fishing in Michigan has grown rapidly in the last few years. I can remember first starting out kayak fishing as a teenager never knowing at the time that there where anglers just like myself fishing out of kayaks. Finding out later that there are like minded...
APE’s Celebrate 16 Years of Cleaning Up the Nolichucky River by wildwildwes | Jun 29, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap UpsSaturday, June 23rd, marked the 16th Annual Nolichucky Cleanup. The Appalachian Paddling Enthusiasts have been hosting this event nearly every year to help keep the Nolichucky River clean for paddlers, fishermen, and river-users alike! The summer is a very popular...
John Day River by teamjk | Jun 25, 2018 | Dynamic Duo, Family Zone, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, WhitewaterSince having first one then two little munchkins join our lives a few years ago, we’ve toned down the Class 5 Cali creeking and have been on the hunt for good family friendly river trips. Places where you can load up the raft, bring a hodgepodge of assorted...
Small River Fun In The Liska by teamjk | Jun 4, 2018 | Fishing, LiskaSmall rivers can be a blast when the hot, humid summer days get cranked up. Over Memorial Day weekend we got an early taste of the 90’s and that southern Indiana humidity. Knowing we had 3 full days to fish we opted to head to the Blue River and chase down a few...
JK Moms Shred by Jessica Yurtinus | May 10, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, WhitewaterWith Mothers Day upon us, I thought this would be a great opportunity to focus on some of our Jackson Kayak athletes that compete/charge on the water, and they just happen to be mom’s. Being an athlete is hard. It takes time, discipline, focus,...
Opening Day on the South Fork of The American. by colinkemp | Apr 20, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Antix, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater5 years ago, I got to be part of a group of folks looking to create a new WW event on the West coast. With the folks at CCK we came up with a great event that incorporated kayak instruction, super sweet prizes at a raffle, a party with tasty Ninkasi beer, and it all...
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 6 – Finals Day – A smashing good round by Claire OHara | Mar 28, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Australia, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis was it, 10 years on from watching the freestyle finals live in Canada* wishing that I could be out there throwing down, here I was in Argentina about to go into my 4th Freestyle Kayak World Championships finals and amazingly I was going into it in 1st place....
