by shanegroves | May 25, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Karma Unlimited, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines
I took off work Friday, May 5th to attend the Cheat Race and start off my favorite fest. This would be my first Cheat Race and it turned out to top off the Cheat Festival just right. There had been rain, so the river was a good level with the Upper Blackwater and NF...
by Micah Kneidl | Sep 23, 2014 | Creeking, JK Media, Karma Unlimited, Whitewater
Over the last year, I’ve really started using my GoPro camera more for photos and less for video.. It’s common knowledge that the GoPro shoots remarkable video, but if you look around on social media, a lot of the Jackson Kayak team has been producing outstanding...
by ericjackson | Sep 21, 2014 | Karma Unlimited, Whitewater
This was a whirlwind Gauley for the Jackson family. We left Rock Island on Thursday in time to eat at Pies and Pints that night, the Cathedral in the morning and then a Karma run on Friday for Nick and I on the Upper, while Dane, Emily, Courtney, and Alec paddled...
by ericjackson | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Karma Unlimited, the athlete, Whitewater, Wrap Ups
2014 GoPro Mountain Games will go down on the record books for many factors. Most attendance- 75,000 people on Saturday. Best Water levels- Gore Creek hovered around 1,000 CFS all week without spiking and flooding, or dropping too low. Homestake creek was the...
by ericjackson | Jun 2, 2014 | Karma Unlimited, Rockstar, Whitewater
This year’s GoPro Games will be another big one. GoPro is stepping up the heat with bigger sponsorship, and the water is cooperating with an amazing high water week. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ47NZX3HBc&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Today we...
by wildwildwes | May 30, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Events, Featured Post, Karma Unlimited, River Running, rivers, Team JK, Video, Video, Whitewater, Wrap Ups
The Race Start after passing under Guys Ford Bridge Photo by: William Mauney Photography This past Saturday one of my favorite events of the year went down on the Watauga River Gorge. This is a really fun race, because of the friendly lazed nature of the...
by Boyd Ruppelt | May 16, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Karma Unlimited, United States, Whitewater
While most of us think about the quality rain-fed streams throughout the southeast, we have to remember to appreciate the hard work and consistent efforts by American Whitewater Association. This April there were more dam release options than nearly any month I...
by Boyd Ruppelt | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Karma Unlimited, United States, Whitewater
My first day in the Karma Unlimited I was pleasantly surprised with a much more fun design than I expected. I was having so much fun that I pull out my Levator Mount for some elevated footage on Bear Creek Rapid. It’s just a quick 30 seconds so check it out and...
by ericjackson | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, EJ Thoughts, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Team JK, the athlete, the innovator, the teacher, Whitewater
My Life- Chapter 1: 50 Years gone by: Intermission: Sorry there will be no time for intermission in this story My Life- Chapter 2: The Next 50 years Before I can really anticipate my next 50 years I need to take an inventory of the assets i have today. A wife,...
by ericjackson | Mar 27, 2014 | EJ Thoughts, JK Team Posts, Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Karma Unlimited, Playboating, Reviews, Video, Whitewater
We finally have the production version of the Karma Unlimited! This is the boat that will make people re-think what a long boat feels like! Fast, but easy to control, fast, but paddles much like a creek boat, fast, but stable and not-edgy… Did I mention...
by Damon Bungard | Mar 27, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, JK Team Posts, Karma Unlimited, River Running, Whitewater
It’s always an exciting time when a new product comes to fruition. All the concepts, planning, hard work and anticipation finally realized in the form of a hunk of plastic, floating down a river. The Karma Unlimited and RG project was multi-faceted, but...
by jacksonkayak | Mar 12, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Karma Unlimited, Press Releases, Whitewater
March 11, 2014 – Press Release Jackson Kayak has added a new long boat class whitewater kayak to its Karma river running family with the addition of the Karma Unlimited (UL). The Karma UL is built to race downriver events and be a boat of choice for...
