A Look Back Into Living A Dream by teamjk | Aug 16, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe 2019 ICF Canoe World Championships was an experience that I will never forget. It has been a journey that I started four years ago, when I first put on my dad’s gear and jumped into his whitewater kayak. Flash back to 2016, I took my first freestyle clinic with...
It’s all relative to me by teamjk | Aug 15, 2019 | Nirvana, WhitewaterRemember your first year of paddling? Everything was new, likely it all looked big and scary. You didn’t quite have the river experience you needed to make your way down the river stable in your boat, let alone have a dry hair day. It was all a completely new world....
Breaking down an unknown lake. by Roberto Briones | Aug 15, 2019 | FishingI’ve been kayak fishing for the last 6 years. I came from the bass boat tournament scene and due to personal circumstances I was forced to sell my boat. I wasn’t going to go back to “bank fishing” so I decided to keep some money from the sale of my boat to...
Freestyle in Mexico by David Silk | Aug 14, 2019 | Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIt’s a pretty typical start to a kayaking story. Drive to the airport, flight to Mexico City booked. Weasel your way into getting the boat on the plane. From North America, only a couple quick connections on a cheap flight, an overly expensive airport lunch, and...
Why I Still Love The Liska by teamjk | Aug 13, 2019 | Fishing, LiskaIn several of my previous blogs I have talked about my Liska to which I refer to most of the time as “Blue”. I’ve spent close to a year and a half in the Liska with a few other Jackson Kayak models sprinkled in between. As a matter of fact there are 2 newer, shiny...
Build a Kayak Rack by crystalgustin | Aug 13, 2019 | Instructional, Internationalisation, United States, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater InstructionA friend of mine was in need of a kayak rack and after numerous requests, I made it a priority and started my research. I could have made it easy on myself and built a sawhorse style rack, same as mine, but I am not really a big fan of it. With a fair amount of google...
The Dynamic Married Duo by kylethomas | Aug 12, 2019 | Creeking, Dynamic Duo, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOnce upon a time, a paddling dudette and a paddling dude decided to take their relationship to new heights. Get married? No, they already tied the knot. Get a dog? Nah, you probably already read about Oliver the Adventure Corgi in the Jackson Kayak Karma RG. They...
FIBArk- First in Boating the Arkansas by nicktroutman | Aug 11, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesFABArk is the longest standing whitewater event/ race in the United States, and has been going on for the past 70 years. It has been a staple on our event tour for the past decade, though in the most recent years there had been some scheduling conflicts, and I had...
Basic Gear For Spear Fishing by jimrussell | Aug 10, 2019 | Fishing, Internationalisation, Kraken, United States, VideoHuge thank you to Jameson Redding for putting together this awesome video and giving me a chance to talk about some of the basic gear I use for spearfishing out here in Northern California. Everyone has different ways of doing things so I encourage you to experiment...
Why is the kicking horse awesome??? by davecrerar | Aug 10, 2019 | Canada, Internationalisation, Video, WhitewaterLike most Canadian towns established in the late 1800’s, Golden is the product of the famed fur trade. David Thompson, “renowned fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (was) tasked by the North West Company to open up a trading route to the lucrative trading territories...
