Never ending Norwegian days by Mike Dawson | Jun 29, 2014 | Norway, WhitewaterThe international slalom season is on a break for the next 6 weeks so I decided to load up my Karma, pack my paddling kit and catch a flight a late flight out to Bergan, Norway to get there in time for the Extreme Sport Veko. I landed and headed straight to the river....
Paddling with a Purpose by Ken Hoeve | Jun 19, 2014 | Dynamic Duo, United States, WhitewaterThe GoPro Mountain Games are over. The largest outdoor action sports event of its kind and its held every year right here in my county. It draws in the greatest paddlers, climbers, runners, bikers, slackliners and other action sports athletes in the World. And not...
Colorful Colorado Tour 2014 by Courtney Kerin | Jun 17, 2014 | WhitewaterColorful Colorado is home to many great rivers, which to us paddlers means only one thing! Plenty of great paddling! Many whitewater events have become an annual occurrence in this state, influencing a lot of boaters of all abilities to tour round the river towns from...
First time with the SUPercharger in whitewater by Patrick Levesque | Jun 16, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, rivers, Team JK, WhitewaterAfter a year of owning a SUPercharger, I’ve finally give myself the chance to test it on whitewater. It’s not like I didn’t use it last year. Leaving on the side of Lac Saint-Jean, we spend amount of time playing around the boards (owning a SUPercharger and a...
Back yard run………… by Adam Swett | Apr 30, 2014 | WhitewaterThis local run, 15 minutes from my house, is called the Souadabscook. We just call it the Sow. It’s mostly class II, III with a class IV falls near the end of the regular run. At one time there was a steep, stout fish ladder below the falls that some people...
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,...
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...
“Just Paddling”- My Daily Bread- 24- An EJ Poem by ericjackson | Apr 3, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, the athlete, WhitewaterI wrote this in 2002… A reminder to stay true to your dreams, and to never make excuses, and never bow to another’s influence unless it is your will as well… or is it a story this is about Just Paddling? 10/23/2002 Long drive to the river. Short...
Karma Unlimited- Old School Playboating- Rock Island Rumble! by ericjackson | Mar 27, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Reviews, Video, WhitewaterWe finally have the production version of the Karma Unlimited! This is the boat that will make people re-think what a long boat feels like! Fast, but easy to control, fast, but paddles much like a creek boat, fast, but stable and not-edgy… Did I mention...
Hell Hasn’t Iced Over Yet – A winter kayaking article by Micah Kneidl | Feb 7, 2014 | UncategorizedThe following was published in the Boise Weekly last week and can be viewed at http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/hell-hasnt-iced-over-yet/Content?oid=3042937 “Hell Hasn’t Iced Over Yet – Kayaking Idaho’s Dangerous Waters In Winter...
The best is yet to come! by Jessie Stone | Jan 8, 2014 | Team JK, Whitewater, Wrap UpsMy Dad always used to say that life went by in the blink of an eye, one day you are 16 and the next you wake up and you are 60.”It will all be over before you know it, so make sure you are having fun!” he would say. It took me a long time to figure that out – I...
