by Eric Jackson | Oct 15, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, News, Shopping
The USA is an amazing country with so many amazing people. Sure there is a ton of hype by the media to sell fear and stress in the name of capturing an audience, but in the end when you meet and talk to people, they are awesome. However, how our local, state,...
by Eric Jackson | Sep 18, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, News, Whitewater Blogs
I am heading to France for the Paddlesports Show where Apex will debut in Europe! Taking my brands global is important to me as I have kayak friends all around the world. We finally have our boats ready in all three sizes for whitewater and the Tyr ready to ship...
by Eric Jackson | Jul 27, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Whitewater Blogs
Playak Newsflash started the same year I sold my first Jackson Kayaks, in 2004. Jeoren Houttuin from Austria created this service and did some awesome things with it. First off, instead of the New York Times every morning, I got the Playak Newsflash, which was a...
by Eric Jackson | May 14, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Instructional, Rolling and Bracing, Strokes and Concepts, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
Kristine gave me a T-Shirt on my 60th birthday that says, “It is weird being the same age as old people”. My clinics have an average age of 55-60 so far. I have had a couple in the 30’s and some in the 70’s, but mostly 50’s- and 60’s. Drilling down...
by Eric Jackson | May 8, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Instructional, Lifestyle, Whitewater Blogs
I don’t want to pretend I am a man with all of the answers and always feel a bit embarrassed starting any writing, like this article, as it feels presumptuous. With that said, I know that I get a lot of questions from people of all walks of life, who want to...
by Eric Jackson | Mar 25, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
This past week I had 6 paddlers from British Columbia, Montana, Michigan, and two from the Atlanta area spent 4 days and nights in Rock Island with me. Our off water location was the Jackson Ranch, and our on water location was the Caney Fork River between Great...
