Hobey Pollack Kid Kayaker by JK Team | Jul 26, 2012 | Kid's KayaksI was ten years old when I got my first Jackson Kayak (fun 1.5). It has always been my dad’s dream for me to kayak with him. This year I have started paddling class 3 and 4 rivers with my dad and were both learning how to play boat. The photo I have sent you is...
That Dam Loop Hole by Jessie Stone | Jul 26, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterThat Dam Loop Hole… The past week at T’ville gorge in Connecticut some pretty radical changes happened on the Farmington River! The broken dam that has been there for over 100 years is being removed as I write this. It’s wild to think that this “immoveable” part of...
R3 Rescue for River Runners: Episode 2 – Group Dynamics by Mike McKay | Jul 25, 2012 | Beginner Moves, JK University, WhitewaterEpisode 2 focuses on group dynamics while on the river. Communication skills within you your group on and off the river are an important first step to safety while on the river. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/44426483[/vimeo]
Post Spawn Swimbait Bass by JK Team | Jul 24, 2012 | Coosa, Fishing, Fishing ReportsThe post spawn can be a weird time to fish for everyone. The bass, having just finished their spawn, will move to nearby cover and hunker down. It can wear the patience, of any seasoned bass angler, down to the bone. The fish just seem to stop eating and dissapear....
Selway River- ID- Unplugged by Jessica Yurtinus | Jul 24, 2012 | WhitewaterI don’t know if I did something right in a past life, but I sure was lucky to get a last minute invite from Jon Fairchild to join an amazing Reno contingency, including fellow JK teammate Ruth Ebens, on a 5 five day adventure down the Selway River in Idaho....
Japan Part 2: Three Days on the Nakatsugawa, “A Wet State” by colinkemp | Jul 22, 2012 | Whitewater[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/jgn-nHExCog?fs=1&hl=en_US[/youtube] After the two warm-up days in the Minakami area, we decided to drive to the Nakatsugawa for some runs on it and its main tributary, the Zakogawa. On our third day in country, as we left the...
Sweet Spot – Slave River by saskiavanmourik | Jul 22, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterWhen the Slave River peaked this summer at roughly 6100 cms and started dropping we all assumed that was it. However, spring flooding in BC meant the Williston Reservoir at the Bennett Dam was flowing at over capacity. The taps went on and we found our river flows...
Spring on the Devils by Brady Sullivan | Jul 21, 2012 | Coosa, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Freshwater FishingThe Devils River is a special place to me, it claims more of my fishing days than any other body of water. This trip included myself, Dr. Clayton Vandergriff from Dallas, Ross Cox and Jake Quine from Midland. Clayton and I have done the Devils together before but this...
Women’s Week at MKC 2012 by Jessie Stone | Jul 21, 2012 | WhitewaterWomen’s Week at MKC For the second year in a row, I was lucky enough to spend the week of July 4th at the Madawaska Kanue Center teaching a women’s kayak course. It was such a great week! We had a number of returning ladies as well as a whole bunch of new faces. What...
Middle Kings: Trip of a Lifetime by Hunt Jennings | Jul 20, 2012 | WhitewaterIt is hard for me to describe the Middle Kings in words. Even after researching, and asking numerous people about the run in the weeks leading up to this trip, nothing prepared me for the journey that three friends and I began at the trailhead to Bishop’s Pass. The...
Mattawamkeag River by Adam Swett | Jul 19, 2012 | WhitewaterThe last time I ran this river I was in a Crossfire and was paddling with a couple of open-boaters whom i latched onto after leaving my friends upstream surfing. Back then we put- in at the bridge in the town of Mattawamkeag and paddled a few rapids, a big wave, then...
Sunrise at Ft Cobb, OK by JK Team | Jul 18, 2012 | JourneyMy Journey allows me to experience the most beautiful locales in nature. The sunrises and sunsets in SW Oklahoma allows me to see the majesty of Nature! Without my Journey my life would be so much more boring.
