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Employee Spotlight: Trent Lesikar
This month, we wanted to focus on the man with the camera, Trent Lesikar. Trent’s main responsibility is to ensure that everyone who visits the ACK website knows what they are looking at by constantly shooting, editing and uploading product photos. But as our Digital Media and Online Content Manager, he does more than just [...]
Happy New Year!
We hope that 2012 was as special of a year for you as it was for us. We can already tell 2013 is also going to be an amazing year but let’s focus on a bit on retrospect. 2012 was a big year for us with significant expansion and new beginnings. Here are a few [...]
Set Sail for the 2013 Winter Boat Shows
The holidays are over, but for many that means it’s soon to be the best time of the year. That’s right, it’s nearly time for the 2013 Winter Boat Shows! Each year several Texas cities host these events and display the widest variety of boats on the market. For the most part the shows revolve [...]
Happy Holidays and a Very Merry Christmas!
ACK wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a very Merry Christmas. We hope you are amongst loved ones and for those that prefer to not be with loved ones, that you are at least one with nature. Sure, Thanksgiving is about being thankful but we can’t help but feel thankful today as well for [...]
2013 KATS – Official Kick Off!
It’s time for KATS! The 2013 series is coming up fast in the central Texas area. Dates and locations have been announced and the first tourney will kick off on Decker Lake (Walter E. Long Lake) here in Austin on January 26th. KATS (Kayak Angler Tournament Series) is a local kayak anglers tournament series comprised [...]
12/14/12 It’s Not About Remembering, It’s About Never Forgetting
I don’t spend much time blogging, I often wish I did but I never really feel that what I want to share is worth sharing and inconsequential to our Blog. For some reason last Friday 12/14/12 has me feeling different and I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the heinous crime and absolute [...]
Holiday Shipping Schedule
If you’re planning on gifting a kayak this year (whether for friend, family member or…ahem, yourself), and you want it to arrive by the 24th, time is running out! Take a look at our Holiday Shipping Schedule and you’ll see that Friday, December 14th, is the last day to order to ensure your kayak gets [...]
In the News: Man Calls 14-Foot Canoe on Boston Harbor Home
Next time you visit Boston, look out into the Harbor and see if you spot an older gentleman paddling a very loaded 14 foot aluminum canoe with patches of duct tape decorating it’s hull. If you do, there’s a good chance you’ve spotted Michael Richard Smith, who has been calling the canoe his home for [...]
Les Voyageurs Sans Trace
The year was 1938, and three French paddlers had taken it upon themselves to be the first to paddle the untamed and un-dammed rivers of the American west. They took with them on their expedition a camera to capture their adventure on 16mm color film and the footage has sat in archives for years. That was, until [...]
ACK Spring Grand Opening Reminder
If you’re synced in with any of our social pages or even an avid reader of our blog, no doubt you’ve heard our excitement about opening a new location north of Houston in Spring, TX. But just in case you haven’t been paying attention, the Grand Opening is this weekend! We’ve been preparing our store, getting [...]
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