Little Shredder Lotte checks in from NZ by JK Little Shredders | May 23, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo far this year has been awesome! It started off with a big splash when I attended the Hawea Whitewater camp with Claire, Anna, Josh, Dennis and other awesome coaches. We had the pleasure of hosting 4 Aussies and had 50+ people attending the camp. During the camp the...
Competing in Freestyle Nationals by JK Little Shredders | May 20, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesA week has passed, and I’m back on the Potomac in Washington, DC after competing in the U.S. Freestyle National Championships in Columbus Georgia. I had a blast paddling with all my friends during the week before and then competing with them on Friday and...
JK Little Shredders Team announced by JK Little Shredders | May 15, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Team JK, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesSo we have spent the last few weeks going though over 30 applications to the Jackson Kayak Little Shredders Team. There is so many amazing kids doing such fantastic things out there all over the world, with applications from Europe, Oceania all over America, almost...
Failure by Maddie Kimmel | May 13, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesFailure Merriam Webster definition- lacking success Maddie’s definition- not doing your best Failure is something that happens to us all (no matter how it might seem). Last weekend, I failed terribly at the NOC Freestyle Shootout and it was soul crushing. ...
Little Shedder Holden: First Day Back Out Onto The River by teamjk | Apr 10, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, JK Little Shredders, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines April 22 is the first day this year that I have had the privilege to get back out onto the river. I would have much rather been on the river this winter but I injured my ACL playing lacrosse. So I was not mobile for a few weeks.I was more eager than ever to get...
One of my favorite places to paddle – Little Shredder Kaelin checks in by teamjk | Apr 3, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesOne of my favorite places to paddle is NOC, and it is even better when I can do my two favorite kinds of kayaking there. This weekend I completed in the US Open for slalom, and afterwards, I went playing in the hole in my Rock Star XS. While I was slaloming on the...
Calling all kids who love to kayak! :) by Jezz | Apr 1, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, JK Team Posts, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesJackson kayak is running a competition for 2 spots on the Jackson kayak Little Shredder team. We are looking 2 kids who love to kayak and we are opening these spots for kids under 15 years old. You can be a playboater, a creeker, a river runner or just a paddler doing...
Jackson Kayak- XS Rockstar Promo by teamjk | Mar 4, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, Reviews, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesJackson Kayak after 9 years finally comes out with another kids/small adult size playboat. For kids or small adults that just were too small to throw around the Small sized Rockstar or too big for the Shooting star. This boat fills that gap perfectly. Order yours...
Little Shredder Team Video by Jezz | Mar 2, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Family Zone, JK Little Shredders, Kid's Kayaks, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAlex, one of the little shredders have created a little shredders team video. These kids come from all over the world, they are super fun, excited and just packed full of energy. We can’t wait to see what they get up to this year! A big thank you to Alex for...
2016 Season Re-cap by teamjk | Feb 17, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOver the summer, I went to five competitions, The Golden games, CKS PaddleFest, Lyons Outdoor games, The GoPro games and I ended the season with FibArk. The first competition I went to this year was the Golden games. There I had a chance to really get back in my boat...