by Eric Jackson | Oct 7, 2014 | 2013 Karma, 2014 WW Competition, Whitewater, wrap ups
The Alps are an impressive range of mountains. The Tirol section of Austria is a rugged, beautiful Alpine mountain area, with quaint villages, glacier fed rivers, like the Oetz, where the Sickline World Extreme Championships are held each year in early October. It...
by Eric Jackson | Sep 21, 2014 | 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 Eric Jackson | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, 2014 RockStar, 2014 RockStar Competition, Creeking, EJ Thoughts, JK Family Posts, JK Team Posts, Karma, 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 Eric Jackson | Mar 17, 2014 | 2014 Rock Star Standard, 2014 RockStar, 2014 RockStar Competition, Fun Tour, Internationalization, JK Family Posts, JK Team Posts, On The Road, Playboating, The Athlete, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, Whitewater
The new Rock Star was well tested in holes, winning the World Championships for men and women in 2013 and just about every other freestyle event as well this season. However, we had not been able to play it for any extended period of time on epic waves. ...
by Eric Jackson | Jan 17, 2014 | 2013 Karma, 2014 WW Competition, Creeking, Fun Tour, JK Family Posts, JK Team Posts, Mexico Creeks, On The Road, park n huck, The Athlete, Whitewater
On 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! ...