This will be my ongoing review of the Jackson Rockstar 4.0. It will contain my experience and the experiences of the other playboaters I know, on the rivers near us in the Portland OR area.The style of playboating that predominantly occurs here is "downriver playboating" as I... Read More
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DISCLAIMER: No amount of guns, explosives, ammunition or anything can save me, or you, from ourselves! Every project, writeup, review, opinion, thought, tangent, comment, recipe, instruction or whatever you find herein is to be taken with a million grains of salt and the realization that this is written by a complete amateur with little intrinsic sense of self preservation. Basically, these are the ramblings of a sometimes trained but frequently clueless monkey who can and does get hurt doing this, and you probably won't fair any better yourself! Proceed at your own risk!
Doesn't the last gen fun look like a great boat in that picture? Nice and vertical, long controllable ends, the bow is down and balanced. It looks pretty sick right?Myself and a good friend that I consider largely my playboating equal, Tim Layzell, thought maybe so a few years... Read More
It's no secret. I'm a huge fan of Jackson Kayaks. I pretty much exclusively paddle them. There's a variety of reasons, but many of them relate to the fact I just feel that the way EJ makes his boats work really well for my build. His company also tends to cater to most builds... Read More
I've now been paddling the Nirvana since the fall of 2017, which at the time of this review puts me at about six months or so of paddling this boat. I've taken it on class 4 rivers, I've done back to back comparisons on my favorite sections of river for judging boats with my... Read More
It's nice to have good friends. It's even better when they're similar enough builds to you, and the best when they all also paddle Jackson Kayaks. That was the story of getting on the river today. The Nirvana large had just hit the local paddle shop, and one friend had already... Read More
The short version goes like this:A great whitewater half slice boat more on the downriver play side of things, especially when compared to other brands more creeker inspired boats (Antix 2, Sweet Ride, etc) or slalom inspired boats (Ripper, Rewind)This is a great boat for a... Read More
The AT Eddy has been my primary paddle since I really got into paddling, and remains my primary paddle of choice. I picked my first one up with my first boat years ago. I got a heck of a deal on it from Next Adventure, and I have to say I was impressed by the quality of the... Read More
While traveling back east to visit family, I decided to go paddle some whitewater with my girlfriend. Unfortunately, we not only had to pay to demo kayaks, but if wanted a paddle worth a damn we had to pay to demo them. Rather than put money towards nothing, I instead put the... Read More
This article is a work in progress. Better photos, supporting documents, and complete information to come.The nice thing about kayaks, is once you get a handful of them, if you're savy you can just keep juggling them around to get new ones. Sell two cheap ones, get one nice one... Read More
I've tried a LOT of playboats. I've hunted high and low trying to find what works best for me. One of the cool things about kayaking is that the equipment does make a notable difference. A lot of egomaniacs will try and go "rah rah rah it's not the boat it's the paddler!" and... Read More