Jackson Kayaks and Camping Adventures by Maxwell DeRussy | Jun 25, 2017 | Accessories, Fishing, KilroyJackson Kayaks and Camping Adventures Some of my most memorable moments kayak fishing is when I go on camping adventures with my wife, friends and family. We love the thinking, planning, and executing some of our most adventurist times that include hitching up the...
Reno River Fest 2017 by sagedonnelly | Jun 11, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAfter training slalom for 6 months straight and winning both K1 and C1 Slalom Jr. Team Trials, in North Carolina, I flew home to compete in my local river festival after missing it for three years! We have been in a severe drought in Nevada to the point where the...
Summer Hot Spots by joey monteleone | Apr 15, 2017 | Big Rig, FishingWhile summer seems way off on the horizon it will be here before you know it. Along with summer comes soaring surface water temperatures. Faced with warm water, often times the bass location mystery begins. Where did they go? Just a few months ago we could almost...
The Open Road- Wild & Free Tour by nicktroutman | Apr 7, 2017 | Canada, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe are back at it again, as we pack up 6 kayaks, 2 dogs, 2 kids, and hit the open road for the next 10 months on our ‘Wild & Free Tour’. Follow along and share the adventures, as we bring you all with us for some trip reports, events coverage, tips...
Christmas in July by teamjk | Mar 31, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOver the winter of 2015 – 2016 I outgrew my Jackson Kayak Shooting Star, I was so big for it, I was practically sinking it. Though the smaller boat made it easier to control my tricks and it gave me more power, it also took away all of my buoyancy and air. So it...
Ottawa Valley Summer: video by nicktroutman | Sep 18, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Video, WhitewaterThe Ottawa Valley is where I was born and raised. It is where I learned to kayak, and still one of my favorite places on Earth to kayak. Summertime on the Ottawa is hard to beat; warm water, perfect levels, good fishing, fun waves. To me this is the definition of...
An Action Packed Summer in a Nutshell!! by Bennett Smith | Sep 17, 2014 | United States, WhitewaterSummer 2014 has been one of, if not THE best, summers of my life! A lot of things have happened that are hard to sum up in one short post. Before summer, I wasn’t kayaking as much as I would have liked to, but once school was out I headed to Colorado for the kayak...
Bennett’s summer by JK Team | Aug 19, 2012 | Coosa, Events, Uncategorized, Video, VideoBeginning of summer 2012 Since the summer has started, I have spent a lot of time kayaking in Alabama and North Carolina with Hunter and other friends. Beginning of summer 2012 Since the summer has started, I have spent a lot of time kayaking in Alabama and...
A great day for a river float in the Jackson Kayak Ibis… by JK Team | Jul 6, 2012 | Recreational/TouringWith summer officially going on in Vermont, we picked an early June day to float the Winooski River. A picnic lunch was packed in the cooler on the back of my Ibis where the dry bag normally goes (I tucked the bag behind my seat instead). Tripper, our 6 month old...
Bennett Smith Join’s the Local Hero Team by Jez Blanchard by JK Fans | May 31, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, Playboating, rivers, Rockstar, Whitewater Hey Iʼm Bennett Smith! I live in Birmingham, Alabama and have been kayaking for about two years. After my first kayaking trip down the Coosa River in Wetumpka, Alabama in August of 2010 I fell in love with kayaking and it has been an extremely large part of my...