2013 Star on the Ottawa River: Big Water River Running Review by Emily Jackson | Dec 26, 2012 | Whitewater The past few weeks have been filled with family fun activities and getting ready for the holidays. We trekked up to Canada to spend the beginning of December with Nicks family in celebration of Christmas. We ended up bringing our kayaking gear knowing that both...
Idaho and Back: 4 months on the road & back to Dec boating at home. by Erin Clancey | Dec 15, 2012 | WhitewaterI left Moscow, Idaho on July 30th of this year and headed east across North America. My plans were to surf on the Ottawa for a few weeks, head south to compete in the World Cup, and then spend some time on the Gauley River in West Virginia. I got to paddle so many...
Adam Swett’s Year End Allstar Review- Big Waves and ME Classics! by Adam Swett | Dec 11, 2012 | WhitewaterAs I sit at my computer it is literally 14 degrees fahrenheit with a high today of 26! Is this too cold to paddle? My old cut-off used to be 45 but that was thrown out the window. I guess we will just have to wait and see as next week it will be a balmy 46 degrees and...
My First Year Competing in Freestyle Kayaking by kelloggfamily | Dec 3, 2012 | Kid's Kayaks, Team JK, WhitewaterI am Kady Kellogg, I’m 13 and this was my first year freestyle kayaking and my first year competing. I was really scared at the beginning of the year. The first competition I did was in Glenwood Springs, CO. I didn’t really want to compete because there...
Learning New Tricks in a Hard Feature by Emily Jackson | Nov 30, 2012 | Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterYou may find yourself at a feature where doing just about anything can be tricky. Sometimes you get stuck trying to do that same darn trick you know you can land over and over and over again. I know that sometimes I get somewhere and I know I can do a move, such as a...
42nd Annual VG Surf Fest by Jessica Yurtinus | Nov 27, 2012 | WhitewaterWe have this little thing in Nevada called Nevada Day which occurs once a year the last Friday of October. Basically it is a day the entire state takes off work and celebrates living in Nevada, and being a Nevadan. This same weekend my good friend, the husband of...
2013 Super Star, Great for River Running!! by Andy Graham | Nov 21, 2012 | Whitewater2013 Super Star Review I finally got out on the water and was able to evaluate the new 2013 Super Star. We have heard from EJ, Clay and Nick how awesome of a play boat the 2013 Star is, so I am going to talk about it as a river runner. We all know the Fun series has...
New Allstar at the Madison Wave by Adam Swett | Nov 11, 2012 | WhitewaterMore often than not I’m stuck at work when the Madison wave comes in. It’s downright painful when your favorite spot is in and you are earning money to pay the bills, right? In a stroke of luck, I woke up on my day off to find the usgs.gov gauge at Madison...
Moosefest in the Zen 75 and the Ottawa in the New Star by Erin Clancey | Nov 1, 2012 | WhitewaterI have been on an extended fall kayaking road trip around the southeast, and even though the Moose River is all the way in up-state New York, I figured I should go to Moosefest while I’m on the east coast. The rapids on the Moose are super fun with friendly waterfalls...
2013 All Star gets its first Rides on Hurley! by JK Team | Oct 26, 2012 | WhitewaterThis isn’t a promo video or launch, simply a few good english blokes trying it out! Thanks Craig and Gareth for putting this up online! Big thanks to Square Rock for providing the boat!...
Backwards!!!! by JK Team | Oct 22, 2012 | UncategorizedLove this picture of me going down one of the local weirs backward in my all star.
Wave surfing the 2013 JK Star by Devon Barker | Oct 20, 2012 | WhitewaterHere in Idaho we have a ton of waves on our. If you love to wave surf, blunt, and clean spin check out the new 2013 Jackson Kayak Star series. JK dealers have demos in stock and Alpenglow in Boise is your Idaho connection. They have Star, All Star, and Super Star...
