by Eric Jackson | Jun 5, 2019 | Coosa HD, EJ, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, The Athlete, United States
Most of the photos are from Brad Weigmann While I am no stranger to international competitions, doing my first 6 week Whitewater Slalom Kayak racing tour of Europe in 1984 as a member of the USA “B” team. My memories of that trip were...
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by Eric Jackson | May 21, 2019 | EJ, Internationalisation, On The Road, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater
Waking up in Knoxville means it’s breakfast time, and while we were told about a number of places, the single place that everyone mentioned was Pete’s. Walking in, it was easy to see that we were not being steered wrong. Three guys working the grill, Pete,...
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by Eric Jackson | May 21, 2019 | Destinations, EJ, Internationalisation, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater
Rediscovering Knoxville, Tennessee… In 1984, as a 20-year-old Yankee from New Hampshire, I was traveling to the Ocoee River in eastern Tennessee for the “Ocoee Double Header” kayak races in March. This was my first year of training full...
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by Eric Jackson | Apr 25, 2019 | Internationalisation, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater
One of the most prominent and used features at Rock Island, Tennessee from 1999 until 2009 was Brave Wave. It is a wave I named the first time I got on it, which was after a big flood in 1999. The eddy service is awesome, but you have...
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by Eric Jackson | Apr 24, 2019 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States
I am quite excited about where we are going with the Angler 360 with the “E-Drive”…. My first prototype experience was over a year ago in Florida and we have been working hard on getting a USA Made electric motor drive done for our Flex Drive since then. We are...
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by Eric Jackson | Feb 25, 2019 | EJ, Internationalisation, Nirvana, The Icon, United States, Whitewater
It has been an amazing winter in Tennessee and the SE USA in General. Perfectly situated low and high pressure fronts have met in a way that parks the rain right over our drainages and dumps enormous amounts of water. My son, KC, counted over...
