Down River Kayaks
Mar 21st, 2010

With tons of rain falling on the Rappahannock watershed I let myself get talked away from a 12 foot high Rapp run in order to go chase some tributaries. The Covington, Rush, and Thornton were all running, but we decided to paddle the Covington.... [more]

The ERA Adventure Blog
Mar 20th, 2010

Not quite true – we love our whitewater boats!! But our 2010 instruction program is bringing a new focus to incorporating the best of slalom into the goal of improving down river paddling skills. Instruction guests will have the chance to work on the flat water English Gate series, application of slalom ... [more]

Irene's Kayaking Blog
Mar 19th, 2010

I was surfing around some of the Seattle area whitewater kayaking sites this morning and was reminded to give a shout out for a great beginner whitewater kayaking class offered by Northwest Outdoor Center, it’s the Whitewater Fever course that I took nearly ten years ago and I highly recommend it. (Don’t be like me and ... [more]

River Lover
Mar 18th, 2010

Updated 3/18 A pretty straightforward way to maximize the outfitting in your Jackson Kayak. What you’ll need: An electric drill and medium sized drill bit. As they say, you have to break some eggs to make an omelet. In this case we’re drilling holes in a whitewater kayak. Don’t worry, it will still ... [more]

River Lover
Mar 18th, 2010

Tamron 1.4 AF SP Teleconverter compared to Nikkor 50mm 1.8 AF-D Teleconverters are a small, light adapters used to extend the focal length of a lens. A teleconverter simply magnifies the center of the image circle on a lens, thus extending its respective range. The most common ranges are 1.4x and 2x teleconverters. 1.4x ... [more]

Wesley's Wild World of Kayaking w/ the Jackson Action Wagon (J.A.W.)
Mar 18th, 2010

If you were planning on paddling the Little this weekend, you may want to reconsider: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/18/rock-slide-closes-little-river-road-smokies/... [more]

Everyone's Blog Posts - Dagger
Mar 18th, 2010

The new, and highly-touted Dream Result trailer (a collaboration from Team Dagger's Rush Sturges and Tyler Bradt) is now available for viewing online. Check it out here and order it from DreamResult.com ... [more]

Everyone's Blog Posts - Dagger
Mar 17th, 2010

The Middle Forks of the Kings Expedition 2009 ... a slide show and a story telling by Shannon Carroll at the Sierra Outdoor Center in Auburn CA on April 3rd at 7:30 PM. BBQ starts at 6:30 PM, and party with live music is plannedfor after the show. ... [more]

Eric Jacksons Blogs...
Mar 17th, 2010

Riversports in Knoxville (Ed McAllister) invited me to come to visit the paddlers of Knoxville next Friday(March 26th). We’ll be bringing the first Villain S production boats there to try out too! AWESOME! Of course we’ll have All-Stars, Funs, Heros too. We attempted to do this on January 29th, but the snow closed us down… here ... [more]

Experience Bliss-Stick
Mar 17th, 2010

Yesterday, the Bliss-Stick family lost Jim O'Brien, one of our agents and reps for the NE on the Hubbard. I did not have the pleasure of meeting him in person, but I had spoken with him many time on the phone. His enthusiasm about life, paddling and Bliss-Stick was contagious. He will be missed in our family and in the boating community. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and the community that he inspired. Accident on the Hubbard Jim O'Brien Rest in Peace Jim. ... [more]