Back To The Basics: Kelly’s Whitewater Park

by crystalgustin | Aug 4, 2014 | Whitewater

Being new to team JK, it takes some time to adjust to a new boat. I have to sometimes remind myself to slow down, remember the basics, and get in touch with a new boat. Kelly’s whitewater park is a perfect place for that. With three different features, it offers...

Competing at Night: World Cup Finals

by nicktroutman | Jul 26, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Whitewater

World Cup this year was an amazing trip. We had a lot of fun just traveling together in a big group with a lot of my close friends. We also pulled out some tourist stops and visited a couple beaches, ate some good sea food at the Mediterranean and did some good...

Playboating the Salween River- China

by JK Fans | Jul 24, 2014 | Whitewater

Playboating on the Salween River The Salween is one of the largest rivers in China, and one of the last free-flowing ones. I spent the spring living in the Salween Valley in Yunnan Province, China, working with Travis Winn and his company Last Descents River...

First time with the SUPercharger in whitewater

by Patrick Levesque | Jun 16, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Whitewater

After 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...

The New Eternity Hole

by Eric Bartl | May 19, 2014 | United States, Whitewater

As some of you already know Eternity Hole was destroyed at the end of last summer. Thanks to the efforts of the local paddling community we where able to rebuild and make it better then ever. I created this video to showcase the new Eternity Hole. I hope to see more...

Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 5: Freestyle: Results/video

by nicktroutman | May 11, 2014 | Events, Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, Whitewater

We just finished up the 5th Stage of the Whitewater Grand Prix. It was the last freestyle event on such an amazing feature. It felt like a slightly smaller but faster Skookumchuck wave. The format was everyone got four 1 minute rides, with your best ride counting. Out...

Whitewater Grand Prix: Stage 4: Big Wave Freestyle: Results/vide

by nicktroutman | May 9, 2014 | Featured Post, JK Team Posts, Trip Reports, Video, Whitewater

The WWGP has completed the 4th Stage. A freestyle competition held on the wave Black Mass on the Mistassibi River. The format was 2 minutes rides with your best 3 tricks scored. It was a great day with tons of huge tricks, massive airs and some epic wipeouts. I had my...

Whitewater Grand Prix- Stage 1 ‘Big Trick’ Gladiator

by nicktroutman | Apr 29, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar Carbon, Team JK, Video, Whitewater

The first Stage of the Grand Prix finished up with the Big Trick Competition on Gladiator yesterday. We were lucky enough to start the whole Gran Prix off with a bang: Big Water, Sunny Sky, and some huge tricks. Here is a little GoPro Teaser, stay tuned for the Stage...

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, Whitewater

My 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,...

White Nile, Africa: 1 Part Rockstar, 1 Part GoPro and a pinch of DJI: Video

by nicktroutman | Apr 8, 2014 | Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JK Media, JK Team Posts, Playboating, Rockstar, Team JK, Trip Reports, Video, Video, Whitewater

The Hairy Lemon on the White Nile was yet again our choice for a couple week stay this winter,’specifically for training purposes’, the hot weather, warm water, big waves and fun river run, well that is just a coincidence. This is training. We all had an...

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, Whitewater

We 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...

Full Circle with Jane Koopman

by janekoopman | Feb 20, 2014 | rivers, Whitewater

Ten years ago this fall I stood on top of a dam in Northern Maine taking in the stunning scenery surrounding me. I reflected on the paddling I had just done over the past 3 days on the waters that flowed from the base of where I was standing. Up in the North Maine...