by Eric Jackson | Jul 2, 2022 | EJ's Blog, News, Whitewater Blogs
There is only one, Battleship Grey, prototype, Rebound on the water so far. It is getting put to the test, however, with the World Championships, which includes the Senior Men’s class for K1, the Masters for K1, “Worlds Biggest Loop” event, and...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 28, 2022 | EJ's Blog, News, Whitewater Blogs
The first day kicked off as expected with the typical nerves, high expectations, goals achieved, and disappointments, depending on performance. As you read this Men’s Kayak Prelims should be underway- starting at 10:10 AM British time. (5:10am EST, USA). Results...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 27, 2022 | EJ's Blog, News, Whitewater Blogs
There is something special about an opening ceremonies that raises the adrenaline levels, and makes an event real. The Pomp and Circumstance, the entire field in one location, all in team uniform, and the realization that training is over and the competing is...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 23, 2022 | EJ's Blog, Whitewater Blogs
There is something special about a gathering of the best freestyle kayakers in the world for a world championship. Training for it is awesome. OK- so the World Championships is coming in 1 week- I figure it is time to lay out what we are seeing here. Most of the...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 19, 2022 | EJ's Blog, News, Whitewater Blogs
It has been 5 years since my last World Championships for freestyle, which was in Argentina. I got 15th there and 6th in squirt in the Mixmaster (6th sounds better, but the 15th was a bigger accomplishment as squirt only has a few competitors and many don’t train...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 16, 2022 | EJ's Blog, Whitewater Blogs
EJ Training for the World Freestyle Kayak Championships Big things start small. For those of you around in 2004, I brought two composite prototypes to Penrith, Australia for the Pre-World Championships. An All-Star for me, and a Fun 1 that Dane paddled. They were our...
