I’m pretty motivated this year and feeling at the top of my game. To what do you attribute such a stellar season? Just motivation. You’ve have a big year, coming off wins at the Worlds and on the Russell Fork. I lost four or five seconds there, and maybe a second or two more at Zwicks, but I had a really good run at the bottom of the course. I definitely made a big mistake at Go Left, but I was able to make up the time. It’s definitely pretty wild.ĭid you and Eric discuss your lines afterward to see who could’ve been faster where? We never got a chance to. And then I tied with Isaac Levinson last year for second, which they resolved with only one out of the four official watches, and then I tied again this year. Either way, I just love how fun that race is.Ī tie, seriously? How improbable is that? It was just a legend, a myth, that two people could tie for first place. But now, after three second places and tying this year, I’m definitely ready to take the top spot. How badly did you want to win it after three 2nd place finishes? I wanted it pretty badly. All you want to do is not eat it off of a rapid called Gorilla right in front of them.
The best part is definitely coming around the corner and seeing the roaring crowd. What do you like about the race? I have to train hard, paddle hard on race day, and put all the training into one run. The whole vibe and great community surrounding it also sets it apart. What makes the Green race so special to kayakers? The intensity and difficulty to put together a smooth run when you only have one chance. We caught up with Red Bull athlete Jackson for his take on the race and his record-setting year.
The result marked Jackson’s first win, or even sharing of the podium, at the coveted race.įollowing Jackson and Deguil was Geoff Calhoun a second back at 4:14, Isaac Levinson in third at 4:20, Hunt Jennings a second back in fourth in 4:21, and Robert Waldron in fifth at 4:23. Their finish was just a second faster than Pat Keller’s finishing time of 4:14 in 2013. Jackson was paddling an 11’10” Jackson Karma Unlimited and Deguil a 12’5″ Liquidlogic Stinger. This time around, it was Dane Jackson and Eric Deguil’s turn to shine, each finishing in an exact draw at 4:13 to claim the top spot on the podium. The long boat course record was set by New Zealand’s Dawson in 2012, who blitzed the field with a winning time of 4:10, eclipsing Andrew Holcombe’s previous record of 4:27 and Tommy Hilleke’s of 4:34 set in 2005. 7, the world’s best kayakers met on one of the country’s best Class V runs for little more than bragging rights and a piece of glass. In the 20th anniversary of the coveted Green Race near Asheville, N.C., Nov.
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