Whitewater Grand Prix- Stage 1 ‘Big Trick’ Gladiator by nicktroutman | Apr 29, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Video, WhitewaterThe first Stage of the Grand Prix finished up with the Big Trick Competition on Gladiator yesterday. We were lucky enough to start the whole Gran Prix off with a bang: Big Water, Sunny Sky, and some huge tricks. Here is a little GoPro Teaser, stay tuned for the Stage...
My Life- the Next 50 Years- an EJ Essay and Inventory by ericjackson | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, EJ Thoughts, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Team JK, the athlete, the innovator, the teacher, WhitewaterMy Life- Chapter 1: 50 Years gone by: Intermission: Sorry there will be no time for intermission in this story My Life- Chapter 2: The Next 50 years Before I can really anticipate my next 50 years I need to take an inventory of the assets i have today. A wife,...
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...
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...
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...
For Immediate Release: by ericjackson | Apr 1, 2014 | JK Team Posts, Whitewater, Wrap UpsApril 1, 2014 Eric Jackson President- Jackson Kayak 325 Iris Drive Sparta, TN 38583 Jackson Kayak no longer has control over its brand. I am sorry to say, that as of 5pm last night, while I was out celebrating my Dad’s 80th birthday and my 50th birthday here...
Nickelodeon News Films the Kellogg Family by kelloggfamily | Mar 30, 2014 | WhitewaterWe just had the incredible experience of traveling across the country from Colorado to Alabama with the Nick News film crew and it was crazy fun. They spent 9 days filming everything we did and for the most part, they just blended in, they didn’t bark orders, they...
Alabama-Mountain-Games 2014- Bennett Smith’s Recap! by Bennett Smith | Mar 19, 2014 | United States, WhitewaterI had a great time this weekend paddling on a couple of my local rivers for the annual Alabama Mountain Games. The weekend started off with a drive up to Short Creek Falls in Guntersville, Alabama. AMG’s signature event known as “Huck Fest” is held here every year off...
Moving On Up by Rocky Ly | Feb 25, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, FreshwaterIt’s late Febuary and the weather is warming up here in Georgia. Could this mean we are in for a pre-spawn bite with these Largemouth Bass? I got out on the lake and immediately notice a change in the water temperature. Just within a week the water temperature...
Short Creek With Family by kelloggfamily | Jan 26, 2014 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterWe are renowned for bringing the rain everywhere. We could cure droughts in the driest of places. And sure enough last week we brought the storms to Alabama. When we arrived, the rivers were too low and then the next day they were gushing. And you know what that...
Get your kids on the water! by Andy Graham | Feb 7, 2013 | Beginner Moves, Dynamic Duo, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterEight years ago, after turning forty and countless years of being in kayak every free minute, picking up and travelling the world at the drop of a hat, and making every minute an adventure, my wife and I accepted an adoption referral for a baby boy from Korea. The...
New Jackson Kayak Outfitting Review by Joe Keck | Dec 17, 2012 | WhitewaterI just received my brand spankin’ slick new Karma Large. There are lots of great reviews discussing the amazing stability and speed, but I wanted to mention the new outfitting. For comparison, I have my old Villain. Of note, both the Karmas and new Villains come...
