4 Corners River Sports Gear Swap by teamjk | Apr 26, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, WhitewaterThis weekend is the 4 Corners River Sports Gear Swap in Durango, Colorado. Sell your old Jackson and buy a new Jackson. Demo the Antix. Run the Piedra. Run Vallecito Creek. Practice your loops and cartwheels at the 29th St park. Surf Smelter and Corner Pocket. Just...
Does Durango have the world’s coolest poo plant? by teamjk | Apr 21, 2017 | Playboating, Reviews, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesYears ago, Moab held a contest to see who had America’s most scenic dump. Well, Durango’s whitewater park runs right along the city’s treatment facility. There is a playground to drop off the kids, a soccer field, basketball and beach volleyball...
Grand Canyon in the Antix by teamjk | Mar 14, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Uncategorized, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesI recently had to joy of taking the JK Antix down the Grand Canyon on a 13 day raft support trip. Our launch date was Dec. 21 (the shortest day of the year). My first time paddling the Antix was the day we launched. I was a little worried about how the Antix...
Durango Whitewater Park is like a box of chocolates by teamjk | Mar 5, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAs Forrest Gump would say. We never know what we’re going to get until the spring runoff. We first started dredging out old cars and shopping carts from Smelter Rapid about 30 years ago. Smelter was so shallow if you did an ender (remember those?) you could...
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...
One More Year by David Roberts | Jan 26, 2017 | Fishing“WRITE IT ON YOUR HEART THAT EVERY DAY IS THE BEST DAY IN THE YEAR” -RALPH WALDO EMERSON A new year a new me? Nah not this guy… I plan on being the same ol’ Dave. 2016 has come to an end and we are greeted with a fresh new year. We often look...
Shoshone NYD 2017- A New Year of Paddling in Colorado by Holcombe Family | Jan 5, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThere is a really amazing tradition in Colorado. Every New Years Day a gathering of the most passionate paddlers in the rocky mountain region converge on the Shoshone section of the Colorado River. This section has the most consistent flows of un-frozen whitewater in...
A Chilly New Year Day Paddle with a 9 Year Old Kayaker! by kelloggfamily | Jan 3, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesEvery year since I was really little, my family has paddled the Shoshone section of the Colorado River on New Years Day. Last year was my sister,Maddy’s, first trip down when she was 10 and this year I got to do it at 9. Everyone said I was the youngest paddler...
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...
Fun in BV, Glenwood, and Lyons! by Jessie Stone | Jun 13, 2014 | WhitewaterAlthough I have been coming to Colorado to compete since 2000, this is the first year I made it to Buena Vista for the CKS Paddlefest. The altitude of nearly 8,000ft almost killed me the first day on the water – I was coming from sea level and acclimatizing takes at...
Colorado Play Daze by Jezz | Aug 15, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, Uncategorized, WhitewaterThis morning started like most mornings here in Colorado with Jez blasting music from the van before yelling “GOOD MORNING COLORADO!”. We stopped and picked up cereal for break feast and Jez asked if we had enjoyed our sleep in, which in reality was only waking up at...
Colorado rivers expected to reach 100-year flood levels! by Frenchy by JK Team | May 19, 2011 | UncategorizedThere’s been a lot of buzz lately about the 2011 Colorado runoff season. With good reason. And while Spring runoff has started in certain drainages, prolonged periods of snowfall and unseasonably cool weather has kept the snowpack locked for most Colorado rivers...
