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...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 1, 2022 | EJ's Blog, Resources, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
You can now Pre-order a carbon fiber Ringer or Rebound from Apex Watercraft. Click here: As you may already know we are crowdfunding the brand and one of our ways is by offering kayakers a chance to get in front of the line for the first run of whitewater...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 1, 2022 | EJ's Blog, News, Resources, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
What happens when you can put your creativity, knowledge, experience, and excitement into something you really care a lot about. Something good will happen! This is what I am seeing with Apex Watercraft and the creation of a new brand of whitewater kayaks from...
