Racing the Karma in the Maine WW Championships by Adam Swett | Aug 21, 2014 | WhitewaterThe second leg of the Maine Whitewater Chamionships took place here in northern Maine last month and went off without a hitch! http://www.mainewwc.com/results/2014-results/ We finally had some bigger water up here to challenge us but experienced less of a competitor...
Attaining with your Karma UL by colinkemp | Aug 15, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, WhitewaterI guess we need to start with an explanation of attaining. It was a staple of my youth and is likely the best way to get a workout in your WW kayak. Attaining is the art of paddling your boat upstream through a rapid. I know that a bunch of you are thinking “Why the...
Gelato, waterfalls, and a diamond ring; paddling the alps by dianegaydos | Aug 15, 2014 | WhitewaterThis was a trip I will never forget. I visited Italy once in high school and have wanted to return ever since I left. To be able to return, and this time visit the mountainous regions and the whitewater, was truly amazing. This trip started out as an idea of Daniel...
Karma First Impressions by JK Fans | Aug 13, 2014 | WhitewaterKarma First Impressions Wow. Makes everything easier. Feels like it takes everything down a river grade. I am 5’6” and 155 pounds, and i am loving the Karma medium. The medium Karma paddles and feels smaller than its 86 gallons and 8’ 6’ length It does not matter what...
Rush Sturges- Whitewater SuperStar- Now Team Jackson Kayak by ericjackson | Aug 7, 2014 | Whitewater[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHz55tDZZVs[/youtube]I have paddled with Rush Sturges, mostly meeting at competitions or events around the world since the 90’s. He comes from a family that has been a leader in whitewater for many years before that and...
Karma RG First Impressions by JK Fans | Aug 5, 2014 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring When I read Steve Fischer proclaim that if he could choose only one boat it would be his new Jackson Kayak Karma Unlimited, I figured he was just kissing up to his new corporate sponsor. I’ve been paddling the Karma RG version for the last several weeks...
Never ending Norwegian days by Mike Dawson | Jun 29, 2014 | Norway, WhitewaterThe international slalom season is on a break for the next 6 weeks so I decided to load up my Karma, pack my paddling kit and catch a flight a late flight out to Bergan, Norway to get there in time for the Extreme Sport Veko. I landed and headed straight to the river....
North Fork Championships- by ericjackson | Jun 18, 2014 | Whitewater, Wrap UpsGreat Race to Watch- looked like an even better race to race! This year’s North Fork Championships was my first one, and a first for most of Team JK. The race is typically scheduled on top of other big events, like the GoPro Games, or this year FIBARK and we...
Sage Donnelly Takes 2nd at the Steep Creek Championships! by sagedonnelly | Jun 16, 2014 | WhitewaterThis year I was able to do the Homestake Creek Race at the Gopro Mountain Games! We got there a few days before the race to get some practice laps in, and the first thing I did was walk the course with EJ while watching Dane run some laps. Then I did a couple laps...
A Karma UL Fantasy by christopherkorbulic | Jun 10, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, United States, WhitewaterLong boats were always kind of a mystery to me. I thought of them as the old school of kayaking, and liked to paddle them on class three or four to spice things up a little. A fall day came a couple years ago that I paddled the class V South Fork Feather in California...
Karma RG on a 10 days self-support down the White and Green rivers by frenchy | Jun 4, 2014 | Karma RG, WhitewaterI just got back from paddling the Karma RG on a 10 day self-support trip down the White river and the Green River, in Western Utah. Most of the run I paddled solo, then I met up with some friends on Desolation and Gray canyons on the Green River. After 10 days and 180...
Playboating with your Karma UL by colinkemp | May 31, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, WhitewaterDepending on when you started boating, playing with a long boat may be a foreign concept or a trip down memory lane. Kayakers have always play boated but how we play has evolved with the boats. The core of classic play boating is surfing and enders! The surfing end of...
