Jax Yaks, LLC

Jax Yaks, LLC is a sporting goods store in Lebanon, Missouri, specializing in kayak sales and paddling gear. The shop carries recreational, fishing, touring, and inflatable kayaks along with essential gear such as dry bags, coolers, paddles, and life jackets. Customers can shop in person at the Lebanon location or order online, with shipping available anywhere in the continental United States. Jax Yaks holds a 5.00 rating from the customers who have reviewed it.

Jax Yaks was founded by Jax Glendenning, who was born and raised on the banks of the Niangua River at his family's Riverfront Campground, a Missouri institution since 1994. Growing up immersed in river culture, he helped thousands of paddlers get on the water before turning that experience into Jax Yaks at age 18, with the aim that buying a kayak should be an informed decision rather than a gamble.

The store offers a try-before-you-buy option: customers can test any kayak on the Niangua River or on an exclusive 5-acre private lake, available year-round, to feel stability and tracking before purchasing. Every purchase includes the Jax Yaks Launch Package, which consists of two free nights of camping and two complimentary shuttle services at Riverfront Campground, plus a two-hour fly fishing lesson with Hoots Custom Flys. In-store purchases are backed by a 30-day guarantee. Jax Yaks is open seven days a week by appointment, year-round, and also works with campgrounds, outfitters, and retailers nationwide on volume pricing, fleet solutions, and custom partnerships. Kayak models include the Perception Pescador 10.0 and Pescador 12, sit-on-top designs built for stability and fishing with rod holders, gear tracks, and dry storage, and the pedal-drive Perception Crank 10.

The shop sits on Riverfront Trail in Lebanon, about 0.2 miles from Bennett Spring Access and Sand Spring, roughly half a mile from Bennett Spring State Park Campground 1, and under a mile from Bennett Spring Branch.

Jax Yaks pairs a perfect 5.00 customer rating with a founder's lifetime on the Niangua River, giving Lebanon paddlers a kayak shop built directly on the water it serves.