World Cup Final- Sort, Spain by Emily Jackson | Jul 15, 2014 | WhitewaterWorld Cup Final- Sort, Spain Well the final of three World Cups has ended and it couldn’t have ended better! We spent the last week in Sort, Spain which hosted the World Championships in 2001. Spending time in town I remembered more and more childhood memories of the...
Freestyle World Championships on US National TV by Jezz | May 3, 2014 | Video, Whitewater Last years World Championships was one of the most amazing competitions I have ever seen and thankfully there was a huge team capturing every bit of the action with their high speed cameras and flying video helicopters. The team from Jalbert Productions...
Dane’s 2012 Highlights- VIDEO by Dane Jackson | Jan 12, 2013 | Rockstar, Whitewater This year was an incredible year for me. Between placing in 11 out of 13 freestyle events in my first year as a senior, with 4 1sts. 2nd place in my first world event in seniors. Winning 9 out of 11 events in C1, including taking the win in all 3 events of the...
Jez’z YIR with the Southeast, CO, WY and World Cup! by Jezz | Dec 10, 2012 | WhitewaterMy Year in Review, Southeast, Colorado, WY and World Cup. What an amazing summer it has been. I can’t believe I packed so much into it. For me this summer included trips to the South East, West Virginia, Colorado and the World Cup Event. I was very fortunate to take a...
1st International Comp – 2012 ICF World Cup in the 2013 Superstar by alecvoorhees | Oct 11, 2012 | WhitewaterThe ICF 2012 World Cup was going to be very memorable for me. This was my first international event and also my first time in the Eastern United States. There were definitely a couple things that took me a while to get used to! One was the strict international scoring...
2012 World Cup’s Recap (I did TWO WC’s in 1 Year!) by Emily Jackson | Oct 6, 2012 | Whitewater2012 World Cup’s Recap! (Yepp I did TWO) This past world cup really put me to the test. I was determined to compete in two world cups in one year, Slalom and Freestyle. The Slalom World Cup was first and I had never competed in a Slalom World Cup before because...
Fun Runnin’ the Gauley by colinkemp | Oct 5, 2012 | Whitewater Gauley festival has come and gone and I have finally had a chance to sort through the video footage. On the Saturday of the festival weekend I had the privilege to guide a bunch of first timers down the lower Gauley for their first time. For this job the Fun...
Courtney’s recap of the Freestyle World Cup 2012 by Courtney Kerin | Sep 18, 2012 | WhitewaterWorld Cup #1 Rock Island World Cup number 1 was held in Rock Island, Tenessee. Just down the road from the Jacksons house where we live. This year is my first year competing in the Womans Division and I’m stoked to be up against all my female idols in the...
Cadet Class and World Cup by Adam Chappell | Aug 24, 2012 | Hero, jacksonkayak.com, Uncategorized, WhitewaterBefore I blog about our goings on, if you are too young to participate in this years World Cup, the organizers are creating a special Cadet Class at the NOC for the Sunday morning. Before I blog about our goings on, if you are too young to participate in this...
Ecuador—the perfect winter boating destination! by JK Team | Jan 2, 2012 | WhitewaterIt was a white Christmas in Ecuador this year with more whitewater than we knew what to do with! Too many awesome rivers were at the absolutely ideal flow and we just didn’t have enough time to paddle them all… But, if that’s all I have to complain about over the...
Lluis from Roc Roi/Spain visits Rock Island TN by ericjackson | Mar 12, 2010 | JK Team PostsI have known Lluis for many years, and really got to know him best in 2001 as the organizer of the World Championships in Sort, Spain.  This Worlds was the benchmark by which future worlds would measure themselves against in terms of the organization, and how fun it...
Stepping Stones: V+ Multi-days by Darin McQuoid | Mar 9, 2010 | JK Team PostsSome of the most amazing places in the world. Read this article: Stepping Stones: V+ Multi-days
