2nd Annual Meet the Mountains Festival Grows in Success! by wildwildwes | Sep 5, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Video, Whitewater, Wrap UpsNORTHEAST TENNESSEE’S OUTDOOR SHOWCASE https://www.mtmfest.com/ Mission: To enrich the region’s quality of life, health, and wellbeing by increasing awareness and use of our outdoor recreation resources. About: This free festival serves as an annual coming together of...
JK Factory Sale in PA? by colinkemp | Nov 28, 2018 | Events, Featured Post, Fishing, WhitewaterIf you happen to live anywhere close to the Pocono Mountains, Lehigh Valley, or generally the East side of PA you should have this event on your radar. JK factory staff and team will be on site to hang out, chat, and help educate folks on both WW and Fishing kayaks....
An Outing with Some Small Bass – Great Day Nonetheless by clinttaylor | Jul 26, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesIf fishing were easy, everyone would be making money winning professional bass fishing tournaments all the time, but as we all know this is not the case. I don’t fish tournaments too often, but I do try to catch big bass when I get out on the water. However,...
The elusive first descent by chad | May 10, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOh the elusive “first descent”. If you have been kayaking for any length of time I am sure you have heard the term. Living in the Appalachian Mountains of TN, waterfalls and creeks that have not been run are very hard to find in this day and age. Most of...
Earth Day 2017 by Herschel Finch | Apr 27, 2017 | Featured Post, Fishing, Trip Reports, TripsThis has been one of the craziest Springs I can remember in a long time for me. Lots of life-altering events, both small and large. And although we’re supposed to roll with the punches and we’ve all heard that old saying “that which doesn’t kill you makes you...
Huck Colorado – Taylor River by Jezz | Aug 29, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterToday we woke to a (mostly) cloudless sky and a beautiful morning sun, a nice change from yesterday evenings’ rainy, wet weather. We packed our boats in the vans and headed to the RMOC outpost. Once we decided on which river we would paddle, the Taylor River, and we...
The Snowy River flows again by Jezz | Apr 6, 2012 | Hero, jacksonkayak.com, Uncategorized, Video, WhitewaterChris ‘Darlo’ Darlington from down in the Australian Snowy Mountains sent in these awesome pictures of the Snowy River at 9,000 Megalitres. He has recently dislocated his shoulder but still doing what he can to get on the water. Chris ‘Darlo’ Darlington from...
The beast with 40 eyes… by Brett Barton | Jan 11, 2011 | WhitewaterLooking into the mountains where we shall find… the Beasts’ lair (not to mention bears and cougars) Small, infant Gorge Beasts are grown in these mountains. I had always wondered where the elusive Gorge Beast came from. I’ve heard the stories....
Switzerland Vacation by Dane Jackson | Sep 24, 2009 | JK Team PostsIt’s a weird feeling when the event you’ve spent the last days, weeks, months, years of your life training for is suddenly over. I needed a vacation. I thought of a beach, reading a book, drinking margaritas and floating in the ocean. See the article here: Switzerland...
Mission: Monkey steals the peach, boats arrive & “German words for 500 Alex.” by Billy Harris | Aug 24, 2009 | WhitewaterMission:… Monkey steals the peach, boats arrive & “German words for 500 Alex.”We have our own language here…. I have tried my very best to get a grip on the German Swiss language…. So when in doubt, guess your way though it and that has been a...
