UNLEASHEDxUganda by kalobgrady | Jan 9, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesStage 2: The Dead Dutchman BoaterX Sponsored by: World Class Academy A name so ominous that only a quick mention is needed to instill a deep fear into even the bravest of athletes. The Dead Dutchman; a prestigious, intertwined collection of exploding...
UNLEASHEDxUganda by kalobgrady | Jan 7, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesUNLEASHEDxUganda Presented by: SEND Stage 1: Cuban Freestyle Sponsored by Jackson Kayak A glorious way to live. 29 athletes from 12 diverse countries have converged upon the longest river in the world to progress the sport of whitewater...
Update on Isimba Dam and the Nile by Jessie Stone | Jun 8, 2017 | Trip Reports, Trips, WhitewaterAfter a busy season in Uganda both on and off the water with many attempts to find out exactly how high Isimba dam would be, we finally have news! An official survey was done at the dam site and the Isimba dam will flood through Vengeance rapid and to the base of...
The Clock is Ticking on the Nile!!! by Jessie Stone | Mar 12, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLeaving the Nile and Uganda gets harder every time I come and go these days because I know the clock is now officially ticking on the life span of the free flowing Nile that we know and love. Water levels remain unpredictable at best, but that means good things- tow...
Kayaking the Nile… more than just the whitewater by Brooke Hess | Feb 23, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines I emerge from the bathroom for my 12th-ish time that day (I have lost track of the exact number on account of having spent the majority of the past four days lingering within 20 yards of the toilet…) to find my friends heading to the boat rack. “Are you...
Starting the Year Off Right in Uganda – The Nile River Festival by Jessie Stone | Feb 7, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis January marked the 14-year anniversary of my first trip to Uganda – wow has time flown by! Never in a million years would I have imagined how that trip would have changed my life. Today, 14 years later, I am still paddling as much as I can on the Nile which turns...
Africa- Uganda Wave Surfing Trip by ericjackson | Mar 17, 2014 | JK Team Posts, Playboating, the athlete, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater The new Rock Star was well tested in holes, winning the World Championships for men and women in 2013 and just about every other freestyle event as well this season.  However, we had not been able to play it for any extended period of time on epic waves.  ...
Soft Power Health’s 10th Anniversary and other news from Uganda by Jessie Stone | Feb 9, 2014 | Whitewater2014 has started off with a bang! After some great days back country ski touring with my boyfriend, Juerg, and our friend, Bruno, in the Berner Oberland, I made the journey back to Uganda. In some ways, it is really hard to leave that amazing winter culture of the...
Uganda Video- By the Irish! by davecrerar | May 21, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterHeres a quick film of the Irish going big in Uganda! Check it out! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?edit=vd&v=0Wqw1yTCJIQ[/youtube]
Story about Uganda by ericjackson | Mar 15, 2011 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Whitewater, Wrap Ups“It is the Nile, isn’t it?” I was close to two people who drowned on the Nile while we were here, both a little weird, and both a stones throw from where we were. A 24 year old went in the river at the top of the eddy at the NRE camp while we were...
Stephen’s Uganda Photo Update #1: Big Wave Action, monkeys, and bugs! by stephenwright | Mar 1, 2011 | jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Whitewater[nggallery id=187 blog=1]
Rocking Out in Uganda- Short and Sweet, Yes Mom I am Alive Update! by Emily Jackson | Feb 23, 2011 | Rockstar, WhitewaterHey Everyone. I hope all is well back in civilization! I am still in Uganda with 3 more weeks to go! It has been an incredible experience so far and like always I cant believe how amazing this country is. They Kayaking has been fantastic. While on the lemon we are...
