Jackson Kayak hires the man, the myth , the legend

Whitewater Instruction Symposium

Playboating Magazine Survey

Final Rocker File for Prototype

EJ and family is going to North Carolina

Quebec Freestyle Rankings

National Championships Results!

Rock Island Games Results

Emily Playak.com Interview

New Outfitting Trick

National Championships Finals Today at Rock Island

Creekboat- First prototype design almost ready!

EJ tells you more about the Fun

Dropping colors, adding colors in 2005

Drain Plugs - A Better Option

Current National Championships Standings

1st Super Star

J3 Helmets

First Star out of the mold today

A Star is Born!!!

News 10 coverage

EJ wins annual pool rodeo

New line of Fun family T-shirts available

Jackson family hits Outdoor Retailer

Stephen Wright newest team Jackson member

Making the first All-Star

Super Star shipped to Mold maker

Four new models

www.xackers.net is a great site

RMOC Kids Camp in session

How to Outfit Your Jackson Kayak

Ottawa River Clinic

Creekboat design phase starts

Fun 1, 2 Fun, Fun, 4 Fun, and Super Fun produced

Fun 1.5 Mold being made

Star, All-Star, and Super Star molds being made

New USA Freestyle Scoring System

Production Manager Job Opening

Fun 1.5 Plug is Finished

All-Star Mold is Underway

Production Behind Schedule

Doc Fun

Star, SuperStar, Fun 1.5

Jackson Kayak Factory

Jessie Stone Outside Online

All-Star Unveiled

Where's My Boat EJ?

EJ & Clay Make Top 5

Quality vs Quantity

Boats Delivered to CCK

Sierra South

Family Goes Cross Country

2004 Jackson Family Event Schedule

Family Hits the Road

Fun 1 a Hit

Boat Colors

Fit & Trim 2004

Fun 1s In House

New Release Dates

Fun 1 Cross-Linked

Fun 1 Bone Dry

Fun 1 < 20 lbs

Jackson Kayak Front Page

All-Star Freestyle Champ

Rolling & Bracing DVD

Jackson Kayak Facility Open

Canadian Prices

Boat Colors Decided

Fun Computer File

Call Your Local Dealer

DVD Filming Finished

Fun Series Completed

Fun 1 & All-Star Put Through Paces

Fun 1 & All-Star Almost Ready To Paddle

Jackson Kayak Opens First Dealer

Jackson Kayak News

Jackson Kayak models are “Fit and trim” in 2004!

March 28, 2004

We have announced the weights of each of our boats on our website and now in our brochure. They are the lightest whitewater boats on the market today. They are not actual weights though. The only way to know just what a Jackson Kayak weighs will be to put it on a scale. You will be very pleasantly surprised. I recommend that you take your boat and do a check up on it too. Like most Americans today, you will likely find that it has not been honest with you in terms of its actual weight. Don’t lug around an extra 4, 6, 8, or in many cases 10+ pounds of dead weight that slows the rate of acceleration, turning, and makes all playing less enjoyable. Instead, check out how a kayak can be made with the best materials, innovative outfitting, and some intelligent engineering to create light, comfortable, durable, and dry kayaks.

Want some specs:

1) Cross linked hulls ranging from 15 pounds in the Fun 1 to 28 for the Super Fun
a. Over 17 places on each hull are checked with an ultrasound to assure that the thickness is right in each
critical place.
b. Each boat is also checked for total weight after it is trimmed.
2) Extruded, thermoplastic/composite beams ranging from .6 to .9 pounds. Each comes with a 1/32”
polypropylene “no break” overmolding.
3) Happy Feet Footbag - .5 pounds
4) Vertical Foam Walls - .25 pounds- .35 pounds
5) Seat pan - .75 pounds
6) Back band? Haven’t weighed that one yet, sorry. It is a standard IR rear adjust ratchet backband.
7) Seat- .25 pounds
8 ) Security bars - .15 pounds

So - add that up and it is looking quite easy on the shoulders! Brian will be putting each hull on the scale, and there is no tolerance for anything more than +.3 pounds. We will solve any manufacturing problems with engineering and keep our hulls at the appropriate weights and wall thicknesses. This is all fun stuff for me and very exciting. My goal is to show what a kayak would be like if time and money weren’t a factor.

EJ