Eric Jackson

Eric “EJ” Jackson competed in slalom kayak at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He never competed again at the Olympics but turned to freestyle kayaking, or playboating, at which he won the World Championship four times – in 1993, 2001, 2005, and 2007, finishing second in 2009. He was given the Everest Award in 2005 and 2007, given to the top freestyler kayaker in the world. Jackson worked for many years for canoe manufacturers as a kayak designer, but in 2003 founded his own company Jackson Kayak.