Fun Runner Review from the Best! Fraser Valley Whitewater. Skookumchuck Session!) by JK Team | Feb 9, 2012 | WhitewaterHere is an awesome review from the Fraser Valley Whitewater Group! Below is the post but here is the link http://fraservalleywhitewater.com/reviews/jackson-kayaks-fun-runner-review/ Jan 31 2012 Jackson Kayaks Fun Runner Review by Ryan Bayes Our first shipment of new...
Tyne & Upper Tees – Fun Runner Review in UK by JK Team | Feb 4, 2012 | Whitewater Tyne & Upper Tees – Fun Runner Review The Jackson Fun Runner has now been in the UK for a couple of weeks now so we decided to head up to the north east to try both sizes the Sixty and Seventy. The first river we tried the fun runner on was the...
Fun Runnin’ Chamberlain Falls by colinkemp | Feb 2, 2012 | WhitewaterWe are having a terrible winter out here in the Sierra and as a result out standard winter runs have not been flowing since all the storms have been tracking north into BC. Chamberlain Falls on the north fork of the American river has been on my brain ever since we...
Lower Yuba river by JK Team | Jan 30, 2012 | FunI am relatively new to kayaking and have tried a few different boats trying to find one that was comfortable and gave me confidence . I have always been in to skateboarding , snowboarding , and mountain biking , but at 35 … I’m a little more timid learning...
Bryan in his Fun1 by JK Team | Jan 30, 2012 | Fun, Kid's KayaksThis is my 6yo son, Bryan, in his FUN1 on Grandpa’s pond in Oneonta, NY. I paddle a Super Star Classic. Even though it is much more “playboat” then I’ll ever need I love the boat. It is very comfortable for me. I feel very much in control, even...
Hunter takes on Wolf Creek by Kat and David Levitt | Jan 7, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterAfter three successful runs on Johnnie’s Creek in Alabama, some of my friends and I decided we weren’t done for the day just yet. Zack a good friend of mine had mentioned earlier in the day about a little river called Wolf Creek about ten minutes away from Johnnie’s...
Zach sends in a hand paddling vid of the Villain by JK Team | Jan 4, 2012 | Creeking, Fun, Hero, Uncategorized, Video, WhitewaterHand paddling the Villain December in the southeast has been fantastic for creek boating! With moderate temperatures and some of the best rain conditions in years, steep creek classics have been running all month and micro creeks have seen action. Fortunately, these...
EF Lewis and the Robe Race by Brett Barton | May 2, 2011 | UncategorizedThe East Fork of the Lewis is a lovely bit of whitewater that PDX’ers hit up after work in the spring. And after the big logjam on Canyon Creek, the Northwest Creekin’ Comp got moved over to the EF. As we all know, rivers have the tendency to create...
JK Fun – a great teacher, and there to save your butt when needed! by JK Team | Apr 23, 2011 | InstructionalI wanted to get into whitewater kayaking after several years of flatwater paddling that just wasn’t doing it for me anymore. Everybody told me I needed to get out of my larger crossover boat and into something smaller if I was going to learn anything. A JK Fun...
How to be 62 and still have Fun in a Fun – Jim Farthing by JK Team | Apr 15, 2011 | UncategorizedMy wife got me into kayaking when I was 49-YOUNG I have had more boats in my 12 years than she has in her 25 + years [ she let me know about it too] Some of my favorite boats were fromWavesport ; when EJ was there and him and Knight were helping design. When EJ went...
Learn to Kayak in a Jackson Fun at Ottawa Kayak School! by Ryan Whetung | Apr 8, 2011 | Beginner Moves, Clinics, Instructional, JK University, WhitewaterWe use Jackson Kayaks here at OKS. We have a selection of many different Jackson Kayaks but the Fun’s work best for beginners and more. On the Ottawa River, we have the luxury of having one of the warmest, friendliest rivers on the planet. This location, combined with...
Droughts = Rarely Seen Sections of Rivers in California by sagedonnelly | Nov 10, 2009 | Photos, rivers, Star, WhitewaterFUN! What happens in California after a few years of drought. The reservoirs get low and sections of rivers normally underwater become runnable again. This weekend we did the Big Bend Run on the North Fork of the Feather River. This section is normally under 35 feet...
