Yesterday evening the J.A.W. teamed up with Tommy Clapp to have a great paddling event up on the Bay’s Mountain Lake in Kingsport, TN!  Tommy brought his demo fleet of Jackson Kayak Recreational, Touring & Fishing boats for folks to check out and paddle.  I brought the J.A.W. for folks to check out and paddle several of Jackson Kayak Whitewater [...]

One of our main goals over the past 5 years of coordinating and hosting the Hometown Throwdowns has been to get the infrastructure setup in our region to host a Championship Series of these events.  All the pieces of the puzzle came together this year to make that goal a reality!  HUGE thanks go out to all our local World Kayak [...]

“The JK Fun Runner is an intriguing sporty boat design!” was my first thought when I saw the news about this new river runner from Jackson Kayak.  Little did I know at the time how much I would grow to love this new boat!  I picked up both sizes (60 & 70) of the boat from the [...]

Amanda Marsh from the Johnson City Press dropped in last Tuesday to our Freedom Hall Pool Session to check out what it was all about.  She interviewed several of our local paddlers and shot some video & photos of the action.  The story was published in today’s (12/29/2011) JCP Outdoor section of the paper with several photos [...]

Most anyone who is acquaintances with me in the paddling world knows my very fond LOVE for the Watauga Gorge.  The run is full of boofs, slides, boulder garden technical moves, and even a waterfall to top it off!  It is the best class IV run in the world IMO and only 30 minutes from [...]

We closed the 2011 Nolichucky / Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Series this past Sunday evening with the Jackson Kayak raffle drawing.  Congrats to Mitch Odom of Otto, NC as the  Team River Runner – Johnson City Chapter Raffle Winner for the Jackson Kayak of his choice!  After a night of sleeping on the wide variety on JK boats to choose from, Mitch [...]

Support the 23nd Annual Carter County Streams & River Cleanup & the Great American Cleanup   Watauga & Doe River, Buffalo Creek and Laurel Fork and other streams   Saturday, April 30 9:00 AM – Noon     A picnic and drawing for prizes will be held for all those who participate at noon in the park following the cleanup. Dress appropriately:  Bring boots, waders, insect [...]

I just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that the new Jackson Kayak Coosa is not only the best fishing kayak on the market now, but also the awesome sport utility kayak!   My wife, Jennifer, was attack by three dogs on her road bike two weeks ago, which is going to knock her out [...]