Calling All Boaterchicks (and Dudes)! Join Me This Weekend!!

by Kat and David Levitt | May 14, 2012 | Clinics, Whitewater

In case anyone hasn’t heard, the 5th Annual Boaterchick Festival is this weekend!! The days (and nights) will be loaded with fun, food, and sisterhood. Everyone will be meeting and camping at Nelson’s Nantahala Hideaway on Friday through Sunday. Trips just...

Holden Boys Flying Off Lookout Mountain

by Kat and David Levitt | May 9, 2012 | Creeking, JK Team Posts, Team JK, Whitewater

A few years ago, slalom paddling icon Horace Holden asked me to let his son Isaac tag along for some Chattanooga creek boating on Cain and North Chick.  He paddled great and I knew that was only the beginning… Younger brother Simon was already paddling the Ocoee...

Five Minutes in the Zen…

by Kat and David Levitt | Feb 29, 2012 | Whitewater, Zen

Five Minutes in the Zen… …was all I needed to decide it would be my next new boat. To be completely honest, I needed less. I enjoyed the fit on my knees and legs immediately, as the Zen’s design and outfitting provides total comfort and control.  As...

Hunter takes on Wolf Creek

by Kat and David Levitt | Jan 7, 2012 | Fun, Hero, jacksonkayak.com, rivers, Uncategorized, Whitewater

After three successful runs on Johnnie’s Creek in Alabama, some of my friends and I decided we weren’t done for the day just yet. Zack a good friend of mine had mentioned earlier in the day about a little river called Wolf Creek about ten minutes away from Johnnie’s...

Happy Feet make it easier to bow stall and loop!

by Kat and David Levitt | Apr 25, 2011 | Whitewater

I will never forget my first Jackson boat with Happy Feet. I looked inside and thought, ” What are all these tubes and hoses for?” I was an old school outfitting purist. I would spend hours shaving down mini-cell foam with dragonskin. Well not anymore! Now...

Jeff West Discovers New Creeks and Waterfalls in the South!

by Kat and David Levitt | Mar 12, 2011 | Whitewater

The South is legendary for good food like grits, gravy, biscuits, and sweet potato pie! They say it hushes your mouth, and when it comes to first descents of creeks and waterfalls this is the best way! Southern folks are good at keeping secrets… This tight...

2011 Hero Review by TN’s Own: Kat Levitt

by Kat and David Levitt | Feb 7, 2011 | Creeking, Team JK, Whitewater

I was skeptical of trying another Hero, as I am so smitten with the Villain S, and I didn’t prefer the Hero of yesteryear over the Rocker. But the New 2011 Hero is in a league of its own!   The 2011 Hero holds its own as a *legit* creek boat while allowing...

Want to try the 2011 Hero on the Tellico River?

by Kat and David Levitt | Feb 2, 2011 | Whitewater

Attention Southeast boaters – I will be bringing the new 2011 Hero to the Tellico this Saturday Feb 5th! If you want to try it just find me and let’s paddle! Look for me, my red truck, a yellow Hero, and a green/white/blue Villain S. Or find me on Facebook...