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...
by Eric Jackson | Jan 29, 2024 | EJ's Blog, Featured, Instructional, Lifestyle, Rolling and Bracing, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
Anyone who takes the winter off from paddling knows that getting going in the Spring again can be a challenge. The older you are the more likely you are to let the winter go by without doing what you can to make the transition back to paddling easy. I am going to...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 19, 2023 | EJ's Blog, Instructional, Strokes and Concepts, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
The Primary Turn Strokes Forward and Reverse Sweeps These are the strokes you use to get the boat spinning in the direction you want it too. They are your strongest turning strokes. Because we are now discussing turning the kayak, we need to learn a few new rules...
by Eric Jackson | Jan 9, 2022 | EJ's Blog, News, Whitewater Blogs, Whitewater Resources
I have been running rivers, competing in, and selling my own whitewater kayak designs since 1992, with 1997 being my big Debut with the Wavesport X. All of my designs were created with David Knight being my design partner under the Wavesport and Jackson Kayak banners....
