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ACK Featured Brand: Thule
Thule has been solving the problem of how to bring equipment along with you on the go since 1942. They create premium roof racks, bike and water sports carriers as well as roof boxes for your vehicle that are both visually impressive and functionally effective. They have created a number of customer favorites ranging from their [...]
ACK Featured Brand: NRS
NRS is at the core of paddling. Established in 1972 by founder Bill Parks, NRS has a rich history of growing from the ground up. Today the company seems to live and breathe paddling. Each week they release new instructional films and sponsored footage to the community (their Souls+Water is a great series if you [...]
2012 KATS Classic Championship Report
After 6 month of competition, the 2012 Kayak Angler Tournament Series has come to an end. The six events held this year proved to be a lot of fun as well as challenging due to various weather and wind patterns. Anglers came out to compete in groups of 40-60 throughout the season, making this one [...]
2012 Kayak Angler Tournament Series – Wildcard “Decker” Report
The KATS Wildcard event was a battleground event as competitors took a chance at securing one of five spots for the 2012 Classic Championship. Thirty-two competitors lined the shores of Walter E. Long Lake also known as Decker Lake in Austin, Texas. Although the competition was tough and focused, when asked what about KATS keeps [...]
KATS Sponsor Update – Wilderness Systems
A continuation of our featured KATS sponsor blogs that we will add to in the coming weeks. We appreciate all the support our sponsors have provided us over the series! We are lucky to have Wilderness Systems as one of our Platinum Sponsors for KATS 2012! Wilderness Systems is a customer favorite when it comes to kayaks. [...]
KATS Sponsor Update – Bending Branches
A continuation of our featured KATS sponsors blogs that we will add to through the coming weeks. We appreciate all the support they have provided us over the series! We’ve been very lucky to have Bending Branches as our other KATS patron sponsors this year. Bending Branches is a Wisconsin based company staffed by paddling enthusiasts [...]
KATS Sponsor Update – Malone Auto Racks
Over the course of the next few weeks we will be featuring our KATS sponsors through our blog. We appreciate all the support they have provided us over the series! We are proud to have Malone Auto Racks as one of our patron sponsors for KATS. Malone is the fastest growing rack accessory company in North America [...]
Kayak Angler Tournament Series – Lake Travis Video
ACK’s Chris Hackerd made a surprise visit to the Lake Travis KATS event on March 24th to interview a few unsuspecting participants. Check out this video we recently posted and expect more from our next event!
Wheelchair Accessible Fishing Pier Coming to Downtown Austin
Speaking of great causes (read previous post), I had the pleasure of attending the first CORE Health Foundation’s ADA Wheelchair Accessible Fishing Pier Committee Meeting last week. The CORE Health Foundation is in the process of raising approximately $400,000 in donations to build a wheelchair accessible fishing pier on Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) [...]
2012 Kayak Angler Tournament Series – Fayette Report
The 2012 KATS Lake Fayette tournament took place this last Saturday. It was the second of 6 events in the series and was a great success! We applaud the 50 anglers that made the distant drive out to La Grange, Texas for an early start of 6:00 am. The weather was almost perfect; slightly chilly, [...]
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