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1st paddle of 2013! Surfing the Karma.

by | Feb 21, 2013 | Whitewater

After waiting and waiting most of the winter to get out on moving water my day finally came and it was a good one! It was sunny, probably 38° in coastal Maine at one of my favorite spots, Blue Hill Falls. This is where i learned how to kayak, it is an exceptional...

Karma on the Ldub

by | Feb 17, 2013 | Whitewater

Karma on the Ldub By Rafa Ortiz To put the Little White Salmon River (AKA Ldub) in a few words, it’s the most quality, continuous piece of whitewater I’ve ever paddled. People live here because of this river; others drive hours; other of us fly just to paddle it....

The Karmas on the Bear

by | Jan 30, 2013 | Whitewater

Bear 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...

California Karma

by | Jan 17, 2013 | Whitewater

With 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]...

5th Annual Alseseca Race and Switch Run!

by | Jan 16, 2013 | Whitewater

5th Annual Alseseca Race   Well we just finished the 5th annual Alseseca Kayak race here in the little town of Tlapacoyan, Vera Cruz Mexico. This is either my 8th or 9th trip down here to Mexico, I start to loose count. I have been coming down since 2006 when I...

Alseseca Race Results: A Jackson Tie and Karma Winners!

by | Jan 14, 2013 | Whitewater

The Alseseca Race is held on the roadside section of the Alseseca River in Veracruz, Mex. Dane, EJ, Nick, and Clay all headed down to meet up with JK crazy man Rafa Ortiz. They went straight to the course after some quality travel chaos and did 5 laps on their first...

Karma Review- In Mexico!

by | Jan 13, 2013 | Whitewater

What could be better in December then heading to Veracruz Mexico for some kayaking? I was super fired up to take the new Jackson Karma to Mexico as I had heard nothing but hype and great things. I wanted to paddle it myself and see if this new boat would be replacing...

Dane’s 2012 Highlights- VIDEO

by | Jan 12, 2013 | Rockstar, Whitewater

  This year was an incredible year for me. Between placing in 11 out of 13 freestyle events in my first year as a senior, with 4 1sts. 2nd place in my first world event in seniors. Winning 9 out of 11 events in C1, including taking the win in all 3 events of the...

Gettin the Karmas on Suck Creek

by | Jan 8, 2013 | Whitewater

I 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 | Jan 6, 2013 | Whitewater

Date: 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...