Green River Wyoming: Great Kayak and Great Lodging: The Feature and Hampton Inn and Suites Delivers!: by Emily Jackson | May 21, 2011 | WhitewaterGreen River Wyoming: Hampton Inn is the Place to Be! This is my first time paddling at the Green River Expedition Play park and all I have to say is that it is AWESOME! They have control over the feature using bladder controlled panels so that one minute you can be...
The Glenwood Wave with Nico Tonozzi by JK Team | May 20, 2011 | WhitewaterThe famous Glenwood Wave in Glenwood Springs, CO is getting to a good level! Right now it’s at around 11,600 CFS. The wave gets to epic proportions around 17,000 CFS. You can check the current flow at waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=09085100. The snowpack for...
Stephen Wright Signs with New River Academy by stephenwright | May 3, 2011 | Clinics, WhitewaterStephen Wright Signs with New River Academy What if you were assigned the task to produce the world’s best junior kayak high school both academically and athletically? What characteristics would you want to teach and model? More importantly, whom would you hire for...
Mexico: Chiapas Kayaking by nicktroutman | Apr 30, 2011 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Trip Reports, WhitewaterMexico is one of my most favorite places in the world to paddle. I love the warm weather and water, the mexico food, cheap beer, great rapids and waterfalls, it just has everything. Though most of the time I spend in the state of Vera Cruz. Though pretty much...
Toketee Falls First Descent by christopherkorbulic | Apr 29, 2011 | WhitewaterYou don’t have to go far from home to find some great adventure. Last week I had the good fortune of waking up to a surprising amount of water in the North Umpqua River at Toketee Falls. I had been to Toketee a few times before, never at a runnable water level,...
Sweet Cheeks Sure Are Sweet! by Erin Clancey | Apr 29, 2011 | WhitewaterLove Ya, Sweet Cheeks!! I’m sure many of you fellow Jackson boaters love your Sweet Cheeks and other JK accessories. For those of you in various other boats, the JK Sweet Cheeks is also a great way to outfit any brand of kayak. Here’s why I love my JK Sweet...
Happy Seat/Thruster Review by Ruth Gordon | Apr 19, 2011 | WhitewaterHappy Seat/Happy Thruster Combo EJ turns to me in the eddy and with a smile says, ‘Ruth, would you lend your happy seat/thruster combo to my friend here?’ I don’t realize it but he’s asking me because he certainly won’t part with his and he wants to know if I...
Stookesberry and Korbulic revel in final days in Venezuela by christopherkorbulic | Apr 16, 2011 | Creeking, WhitewaterRio Caroni, Bolivar, Venezuela We were sitting around a glowing fire that heated our dinner and lit the amphitheater of jungle around us as we leaned back on boulders or pieces of fallen trees. It was Pedro Oliva, Ben Stookesberry, and me waiting for what we were...
Africa Combos: video by nicktroutman | Apr 9, 2011 | Rockstar, WhitewaterTeam Jackson Kayak has been working hard to continue to push the sport of freestyle kayaking, and with the new rockstar it just got easier. Check out some combos that we have all been working on while on the White Nile in Uganda, Africa. Click here to view the...
New Carbon Rock Star is Lightweight Freestyle Heavyweight by Lee Hart | Mar 26, 2011 | Rockstar, Rockstar CarbonThe following is the official press release about the new carbon Rock Star Just in time for the competition season, Jackson Kayak introduces a carbon/Kevlar version of its new generation freestyle playboat, the Rock Star. Jackson Kayak founder and president Eric “EJ”...
Africa 2011: The Children by nicktroutman | Mar 24, 2011 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trips, WhitewaterWe decided to head back to Africa this year with the excuse that we would be training for the World Championships. To be honest I would probably have gone regardless of whether we were going to ‘train’ or not. I just love the White Nile and Africa. Now when I say...
Africa 2011: The Children by nicktroutman | Mar 24, 2011 | WhitewaterWe decided to head back to Africa this year with the excuse that we would be training for the World Championships. To be honest I would probably have gone regardless of whether we were going to ‘train’ or not. I just love the White Nile and Africa. Now when I say...
