NZ 2014 Freestyle Nationals by Courtney Kerin | Apr 19, 2014 | WhitewaterThe New Zealand national championships happened over the last weekend of march at the hawea whitewater park, situated in the central region of the South Island. It is New Zealand newest freestyle location and without a doubt our best. Last years nationals featured as...
Facing Waves TV show: Mexico by nicktroutman | Apr 19, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Uncategorized, Video, Video, WhitewaterMexico in the past couple of years has become one of the top hotspots for creek boaters and waterfall hucksters alike. Personally it is one of my favorite places to paddle, with jungles for river banks, warm weather, perfect waterfalls and tons of top class rapids it...
Season Kick off in France by Mathieu Dumoulin | Apr 18, 2014 | JK Team Posts, rivers, Rockstar, Team JK, Video, WhitewaterSeason started last week in France, with our first event in Saint Pierre de boeuf. It was the first year of this awesome event where you can obviously kayak, but also SUP, slack line and.. chill! The freshly created team France rocked the Rock Star with podium in all...
Wrap Up: 3rd Annual Susky Flats Kayak Fishing Jamboree by Matthew Trucks | Apr 17, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Tournaments, Wrap UpsFor the past 2 years Jersey Cape Kayak Fishing (JCKF) a New Jersey based kayak fishing club has organized a Jamboree for kayak anglers to get together have fun camp and fish the Susquehanna River Delta at the Chesapeake Bay in Havre de Grace Maryland. The...
Jackson Hero – a Playboater’s View by JK Team | Apr 14, 2014 | WhitewaterI don’t really consider myself a “playboater.” Oh, I’ll admit I spend most of my paddling time in my Rock Star, but there are reasons for that other than just play. I like the light weight and short length of my Rock Star for transporting and carrying. Its short...
Culling the Herd- A “FUN” Review by Hilde Schweitzer | Apr 11, 2014 | Fun, WhitewaterIts spring and I stand before the boat rack determined to cull the herd. I survey the boats, some new, most old to older, and start to make a plan. I figure I can put boats into piles, categories, ones that are must keeps descending down to the give aways. The hardest...
How To: Install Sea-Lect Rudder on Cuda 14 by Matthew Trucks | Apr 10, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JKSince the Cuda 14 was released by Jackson Kayak paddlers have expressed that they felt the Smart Track Rudder was too small for the boat. There is now a solution for that. The SEA-LECT Designs Trucourse Rudder system. The function of the rudder on a kayak is to...
Oceans of Whitewater (Part 4) – Mastering the Pour-over by Sean Morley | Apr 9, 2014 | Instructional, Journey, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/TouringWhat, you may ask, is a pour-over? The short answer is “riding a wave over a rock”. I’m going to give you a longer version of the answer however and seek to de-mystify this apparently dangerous and flamboyant maneuver that combines the thrills of sea, surf and...
White Nile, Africa: 1 Part Rockstar, 1 Part GoPro and a pinch of DJI: Video by nicktroutman | Apr 8, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Media, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, Video, WhitewaterThe Hairy Lemon on the White Nile was yet again our choice for a couple week stay this winter,’specifically for training purposes’, the hot weather, warm water, big waves and fun river run, well that is just a coincidence. This is training. We all had an...
North Fork Payette Winter Boating in the ZEN 55 by Hayden Voorhees | Apr 7, 2014 | United States, Whitewater This year we got decent snow pack in Idaho, so as the snow starts to melt the rivers will start to rise and we should have good flows this summer for the the North Fork Championships and the Payette River Games in June. Here is an edit that my friend Shane...
Fun Running the RGJ by colinkemp | Apr 5, 2014 | WhitewaterCheck out World Kayak ambassador Noah Fraser making the best of our low water situation in his trusty Fun Runner. The news paper folks are obviously overly optimistic about our water situation. We have a potentially big storm heading our way for the next week, so do...
Poppies on the South Fork by Hilde Schweitzer | Apr 4, 2014 | WhitewaterPoppies on the South Fork American River Every spring the poppy bloom on the South Fork is eagerly anticipated. The poppies were out in full force this weekend on the South Fork American River in Coloma Calif. Temperatures are hitting the 70’s and we are starting to...
