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Jackson Kayak Manufacturing, Materials, Quality, and Customer Support- The JK Story By Eric Jackson

 

 

Math, science, hard work, engineering, art, heart and soul. this is JK design

 

Since 1993 I have had the pleasure of knowing a genius. His name is David Knight. He has applied his creative energies into not only designing boats, but in designing incredible computer programs, so he can design better boats. A paddler himself, living in the heart of mid-atlantic USA paddling in Washington, DC, David has designed slalom boats, creekers, river runners, playboats, touring boats, recreational boats, hybrids, river running playboats, and has done it like no other. I have had the pleasure of working with him on these boats since 1993, starting with the slalom boats and then our first playboat the Wavesport X. David has designed 32 boats, most of them with me as his design partner, and the rec/touring boats with input from many key sources. Our latest creation in the Recreational Lineup, a sit-on-top for rental programs and people wanting a fun, easy to paddle low cost boat, was designed by none other than Tony Lee, who has 15 years of R+D/design experience, formerly with Dagger.

I can't express how lucky we are! We just created this section of our website to allow you to see what is going on in our product development program..

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