Jessica Shares her Road to the World Championships, One Place at a Time!

by JK Team | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

Finally made it down to Nantahala Outdoors Centre. This is my favorite time of the quarter. My name is Jessica Droujko and I am on the Canadian National team. I’ve enrolled into New River Academy kayak school this semester to train for the World Championships....

Addiction! – Jeff Berner

by JK Team | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

My story??? Hmm… OK. I have naively blundered through trying all sorts of kayaks. I cluelessly bought a kevlar squirt boat off of Ebay to start things off. Why? Pure ignorance! I never even saw a kayak before that but thought it might be fun. For a paddle I duct...

Reno in the Rockstar by Brazil’s Own David Stefan

by David Stefan | Apr 13, 2011 | Rockstar, Rockstar Carbon, Whitewater

My first time in my brand new Rock Star: Boat is awesome!! Super fast , took me a bit to get use  to but once I did it was awesome. I was in Reno with my friend Bill for a day  of kayaking when I saw few locals coming, I was impressed with local guy Scott. He was very...

Cross Training…

by Lauren Burress | Apr 10, 2011 | Uncategorized

This winter has been crazy for me, starting public high school and enduring all the responsibilities that come with it. Although my family and I are residing in Stanley, North Dakota I’ve still been cross training for Worlds. Track is the seasonal sport right...

Searching for Smallies

by Matthew Lofton | Apr 9, 2011 | Coosa

With my brother getting married in less than a month, it was time for a goodbye-bachelor float trip. We headed up to the TN river in north alabama to float fish some feeder streams for smallmouth. The water was pretty chilly and so was the morning air temps, but we...

Spring in Hunnigue

by Jessie Stone | Apr 9, 2011 | Whitewater

On March 25th, Juerg and I made a little drive to Basel, Switzerland and crossed over into France to visit the play park in Hunnigue. It was a gorgeous, warm early spring day, and I was looking forward to taking my new Rockstar to this play park, which I had not...

Learn to Kayak in a Jackson Fun at Ottawa Kayak School!

by Ryan Whetung | Apr 8, 2011 | Beginner Moves, Clinics, Instructional, JK University, Whitewater

We 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...

Villains, Heros, Rockstars and Good water in Missoula, Montana

by Kevin Brown | Apr 8, 2011 | Whitewater

Missoula’s whitewater season is starting to go off! Strongwater Paddle Sports Missoula’s whitewater source has the new Villains, Rockstars and Hero’s to demo. Brennan’s wave Downtown Missoula is at a crazy good level, the Alberton Gorge and the...

Brazos River Texas – 7 lb Largemouth!

by Brady Sullivan | Apr 8, 2011 | Coosa

Hit the Brazos in the Coosa this weekend with some friends, the high was 90 degrees on Saturday with a south wind and Sunday it never got above 60 degrees with a north wind. I caught about a dozen fish Saturday, including a spotted bass and one 12” smallmouth. I...

Springs Fest- FUN in Texas!

by Joe Keck | Apr 6, 2011 | Dealer, Whitewater

  TG Canoes and Kayaks put on a great Springs Fest event this last weekend in San Marcos, Texas! On the banks of the San Marcos River, which runs with spring water at a temperature of 72 degrees year-round, TG brought out the entire Jackson Kayaks fleet for free...

Awesome New Colors for Kid’s Boats!

by sagedonnelly | Apr 4, 2011 | Kid's Kayaks, rivers, Uncategorized, Whitewater

Looping at the Reno Whitewater park. I just received my new Rasta (red, yellow, and green) Shooting Star kid’s playboat and I love it! Jackson Kayak also has Goth available (green, white, and black) as a standard color for boats now. The first thing I did was...

Chris Korbulic Reports from Venezuala- You Win Some, You Lose Some.

by christopherkorbulic | Mar 25, 2011 | Creeking, Team JK, Whitewater

  You win some. You lose some. Such is life, such is the story of adventure, and of filming a kayaking television series. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the difference between a win and a loss, and reason doesn’t always support what you think you have in...