Effort- a Quick Reflection by Emily Jackson | Nov 5, 2019 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater FeatureEffort This last season of whitewater kayaking and life in general has been a year of solid effort. My efforts have been pulled, stretched, divided, shut down, and inspiring (for me) this past year. My name is Emily Jackson, I am a professional whitewater kayaker,...
Road to Worlds With Team Jackson by Emily Jackson | May 4, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesName: Emily Jackson What country are you competing for? US OF A Favorite place to train? Wherever there’s good water… Changes with the weather, groups of people and mood. Love Uganda, Argentina, and Colorado. How many World Championships have you competed in before?...
Emily and Nick’s Epic Grand Canyon Adventure by Emily Jackson | Feb 19, 2018 | JK Team Posts, karma traverse, Recreational/Touring, River Running, Whitewater You’ll never guess what?! We got another Grand Canyon Permit!!! Are you interested?” Um of course I am interested! “K because the launch date is in two weeks….” This was the beginning of my recent adventure down the Grand Canyon. I wasn’t...
What the World Championships means to Me! by Emily Jackson | Nov 27, 2017 | Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater As we get ready for the World Championships many people ask me Are you ready? How do you feel? Who do you think is going to be your toughest competition? I almost giggle a little bit because the Worlds is coming, ready or not, how I feel changes every...
A Year of Awesome Opportunities by Emily Jackson | May 6, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Family Zone, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesA Year of Awesome Opportunities! Today I am writing from the Sequoia National Forest- we are parked at the take out of Brush Creek. A Creek I ran 12 years ago but not since! My husband Nick and I have two kids and two dogs packed into my Sprinter RV, and a trailer...
Final Results- Sickline 2014 by Emily Jackson | Oct 5, 2014 | WhitewaterWhat an action packed weekend! The Sickline Race did not disappoint. It was crazy to see the same winners from the year before. Both with impressive runs. Joe Morley didnt look like the fastest person on course all weekend but he pulled it off in the finals and...
Sickline Race! Here we go! 2014!!! by Emily Jackson | Oct 3, 2014 | WhitewaterSickline Race 2014! Here we go!! Today is the last training day for the 2014 Sickline Race here in Oetztal, Austria. The water levels have been quite low until two days ago when a warm rain storm him all the snow in the mountains. What happened then wasn’t a surprise,...
JK’s Feature Athlete: Alec Voorhees! Read more about him here! by Emily Jackson | Oct 2, 2014 | WhitewaterAt Jackson Kayak we are super proud of our WW Team- but we don’t always feel like everyone gets to know them as well as they should! So starting with this one we will be interviewing our team to give you a little more insight on the characters that make up...
Canadian Team Trials Day 1 Re-Cap! by Emily Jackson | Aug 30, 2014 | WhitewaterHydro Quebec has been incredibly generous and has helped us get the water low for one of the Worlds best waves: GARBERATOR! Garberator is a fast, powerful wave with hard shoulders making it so you can go big but also crash hard. Luckily today the levels were as good...
Video of Dane and Emily at the Natural Games 2014 by Emily Jackson | Aug 1, 2014 | WhitewaterThis year the first World Cup was held at one of Europes biggest outdoor events- the Natural Games in Millau, FR. Dane and I were lucky to be featured athletes at this event and we got a ton of exposure including this awesome video showing a little about our history...
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...
World Cup #1- RECAP- Millau, FR by Emily Jackson | Jun 29, 2014 | Rockstar, WhitewaterThe 2014 World Cup has officially commenced. The first event of three being the Natural Games in Millau, France, followed by two in Spain. The Natural Games is very similar to the Go Pro Games in the US. With several different events and lots of vendors, its action...
