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 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...
by Eric Jackson | Mar 18, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Instructional, Lifestyle, Rolling and Bracing, Strokes and Concepts, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
My last few days were quite fun with a group of very fired-up paddlers here to learn, play, and socialize. We were not on our devices other than taking photos, checking levels, etc. It felt good really getting to know everyone and have a good time on and off the...
by Eric Jackson | Mar 1, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Instructional, Lifestyle, Whitewater Blogs
Milestone Birthdays- I am one that believes in creating your own destiny in life. In fact, I would suggest that I think it is the most important thing in anyone’s life. What else is there? That doesn’t mean you get everything you want, or that you want...
by Eric Jackson | Feb 1, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
Rock Island is the one place in the world that I chose out of any place I could move to. As an athlete with no dependence on a location that I had to go to work, I could chose anywhere to live with my family and I chose Rock Island, TN after 8 years of travelling...
