Middle Fork Championship 2022

by kylethomas | Aug 16, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Karma RG, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

I had the pleasure of attending the 2nd annual Middle Fork Championship in the greater Seattle area. This downriver whitewater race is hosted on the “Middle Middle” aka the middle section of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. The Middle Middle is a convenient...

Ready, Set, Go | Middle Fork Championship

by kylethomas | Aug 9, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, JK Team Posts, Karma, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

After a tough year I, like so many others, needed a distraction and something to look forward to. Along emerges an idea to put together an informal (and free) whitewater race on the popular after-work “Middle Middle” section of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River...

Racing the Karma RG in Maine

by Adam Swett | Nov 6, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Karma RG, Recreational/Touring, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups

In early spring, almost too early because it is still winter there are small stream and river races up in central Maine. The races start around the 3rd week of March if ice out allows and go through into fall. With separate organizations promoting these events, most...

Going Rogue in the Karma RG

by kylethomas | Oct 14, 2018 | Karma RG, Recreational/Touring, rivers

Multi-day trips are a big deal in the Pacific Northwest. It’s as if every paddler here has done at least one. Multi-day trips were more of a sea kayaking thing while I was living in the Southeast, but even those rarely extended beyond two days. It wasn’t often that...

Kayaking with Oliver the Adventure Corgi

by kylethomas | Apr 21, 2018 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring

I recently adopted my first dog (in my entire life) and dubbed him Oliver the Adventure Corgi. Prior to adopting him, I had a lot of concerns about being able to continue my lifestyle as a frequent paddler. Others shared similar concerns that I would have to “quit...

Exploring Maine: Katahdin Woods and Waters

by Justin Varney | Feb 27, 2018 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring

Regardless of where you stand on whether or not Maine needs another National Park, The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is beautiful wilderness adjacent to the north end of Baxter State Park around Patton, ME. Encompassed within the monuments boundaries is...

Grand Canyon Trip Report

by teamjk | Feb 4, 2018 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

This past November I had an opportunity to check an item off of my “bucket-list” and it was, as hoped, SPECTACULAR! Accompanied by my boyfriend, Dodge and two other friends, I completed my first self-support kayak trip through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Due to...

JK Generosity in The Bay Of Fundy

by Christopher Audet | Oct 5, 2017 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, Trip Reports, Trips

Last week I had the pleasure of returning as an instructor for the 4th Bay Of Fundy Sea Kayak Symposium. I count myself as incredibly lucky to be one of the few instructors that have been able to work all 4 of these amazing events. This year I was supported by the...

A visit to The JK Factory

by Christopher Audet | Aug 27, 2017 | Internationalisation, Karma RG, karma traverse, Recreational/Touring, Whitewater

A visit to the Jackson Kayak Factory. A few months ago Exploration Team-mate Justin Varney andI left the frozen playground that is Maine in February and lit out for the warm embrace of the South East. Tennessee, to be exact. Our plan was to visit and tour the Jackson...

Sparkleberry Swamp in the Karma RG

by kylethomas | Aug 21, 2017 | Karma RG, Recreational/Touring, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips

Since my early days of learning to kayak, I can often recall a mentor in the sport recommending that I visit Sparkleberry Swamp. Honestly, I had never heard of the place nor even knew which state it was in. But at every sea kayaking event I attended, someone would...

The Lost Coast

by Cate Hawthorne | Sep 25, 2014 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, Trip Reports

Many are familiar with California’s iconic Pacific Coast Highway also know as the PCH or Highway 1.  The PCH hugs California’s coast giving spectacular coastal views and access to coastal towns and beaches.  In Northern Mendocino County, the coastal...

Karma RG at Work and Play

by Cate Hawthorne | Aug 8, 2014 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, Whitewater

Summer seems to be the busiest time of the year for those of us in the kayak business.  Jeff and I are teaching and guiding 6 days a week.  We have been using our Jackson Kayak Karma RG’s to guide Liquid Fusion Kayaking’s Whitewater of the Sea Adventures...