Swing Weight by Darin McQuoid | Feb 5, 2014 | WhitewaterThere are a lot of guides available that detail packing for an overnight adventure, yet few touch on a paramount principle; swing weight. Swing weight is a slang term for moment of inertia around a predetermined axis. Moment of inertia is the resistance of an object...
Wyoming Winter Fun by JK Team | Jan 19, 2014 | WhitewaterWyoming Winter Fun It wasn’t a case of wanting to go paddling. The winter storm that shut down much of the US had been harsh in Wyoming. During most of the previous week, the daily high temperatures didn’t reach up to zero degrees F and it isn’t much fun paddling when...
Check out my short video edit from Mexico by ericjackson | Jan 17, 2014 | Creeking, JK Team Posts, the athlete, WhitewaterOn the plane ride home from Mexico, I put this edit together of our Mexico trip in the Jackson Karma using GoPro Studio. We took my Phantom Quad on the trip and got some epic shots, of which I am not putting all of them here, but you’ll get a taste of it! ...
Crossing Borders by Darin McQuoid | Feb 25, 2013 | WhitewaterPaperwork, isn’t that what we are trying to escape while on vacation? Unfortunately it has caught up with us in Argentina, and delayed us for a few days. Thankfully that’s behind us now and we head into Chile. Views are incredible as to head to the border...
High in the Desert- Argentina by Darin McQuoid | Feb 20, 2013 | WhitewaterDry arid wind removes any moisture from our gear as we sleep. Too dry. We’re stuck in northwest Argentina with low water for two more days as we wait on the correct paperwork which will allow us to take our rental car into Chile. We make some calls to see what...
The Karmas on the Bear by Dane Jackson | Jan 30, 2013 | WhitewaterBear creek is one of the greatest creeks in the southeast and is one of my favorite runs. Its a nice fairly long creek with good gradient. Its got sweet boofs, nice steep long rapids, and has one of the best rapids you can run, stairway to heaven. Stairway is a...
Joining local paddlers in Argentina by Darin McQuoid | Jan 21, 2013 | WhitewaterThrough a series of events too complicated to explain, I’m on a kayaking trip to Chile but land in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Almost a thousand miles later and we are at our first real river. Silvio Gallo, is a kayaking legend in Argentina. We’re lucky...
California Karma by christopherkorbulic | Jan 17, 2013 | WhitewaterWith heavy rains comes epic paddling in California. Check out this video of Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic as they take advantage of the high water flows in their new 2013 Jackson Karma’s: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAlY805MDU[/youtube]...
Mistakes on Marimon- Chile by Eric Bartl | Jan 17, 2013 | United States, Whitewater Over the past few months I have been traveling Chile in search of amazing whitewater. Throughout my trip I found myself pushing the limits of what I know and can understand about the incredible forces of water. The first challenge I came across was a rapid...
Gettin the Karmas on Suck Creek by Dane Jackson | Jan 8, 2013 | WhitewaterI came back from the grand prix in Chile to lots of water in the southeast, and right away i got on Suck creek which is one of the funnest runs in the southeast. Its short and sweet with the ability to get lots of laps in one day. It almost always promises a good day...
2013 Karma: Fast on Snow, too! by JK Fans | Jan 6, 2013 | WhitewaterDate: NYD, 2013. Time: 15:35:00 MST. Place: Shoshone Rapids, Colorado River. Temperature: positive 11. Two Colorado Paddlers, JK Team member Peter Holcombe and Pat Brown, set out to bag the Speed Record for Fastest Kayak on a Launch ramp. See the results in this...
Jessica’s 2012 – Surviving the Apocalypse by Jessica Yurtinus | Dec 30, 2012 | Whitewater“What. . . you’re taking more time off?” I am pretty sure I heard the above sentence from just about everyone this year. Patients, family, boss, bosses boss, friends, strangers, and I think the fat homeless guy down the street. Apparently I took a lot of time off. So....
