The Global SUP Community

The Tuna was designed by Kenny Mutton in 2011. It was first showcased in the Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship where, in the Tuna, Sam Sutton managed to take the win by 2.3 seconds. From there the Tuna has gone on to be the most successful kayak on the extreme racing circuit, winning almost every extreme race it has ever entered. In Sickline this year the Tuna still gained the fastest overall time and set new course record.

With the most desired performance and design innovations built in, this boat is the envy of the competition. Medal-winning long boat speed engineered with stability and forgiveness is finally available to own. Heralded as a new paddling experience, this machine offers turning and boofing to blast your favorite local creek, speed to finally pursue that multi-day whitewater river trip, or comfort to just cruise on the river.

Built on the successfully fast hull of the Karma and Zen and stretched for both speed and performance, the Karma Unlimited is your racing machine. The planing hull provides an easy to control bow at high speeds, while the bow rocker keeps the paddler dry and the boat running. Outfitting, our Uni-Shock bulkhead, improved stability is designed to keep you comfortable and safe on fast river descents.

Beginning with a prototype called the Remix 100, this project had a simple goal: develop a boat to win the Green Race. After five years of testing, redesigning, and expanding the concept, we have finally reached production for the quintessential high-performance creek racing kayak. We drew on the expertise of the top racers and a well-rounded design team led by Shane Benedict to bring the public a fast, responsive, and easy-to-paddle boat. Each year the team has honed the Stinger to enhance the turning, surfacing, and speed. Since the initial design, we have added 8” to the stern so it rides forward and aggressive, skipping through holes where other boats bog down. The shorter bow keeps it from pitoning in steeper drops, and the high-crowned deck helps the boat surface rapidly. At this time, the Stinger holds course records in extreme races across the country; at home on the Green River, its record in the last 5 years is unparalleled.

Six puts together stiffness and lightness in a design aimed at steep creeks. Born for the most intensive free ride, this kayak is stable, fast (super-fast indeed) and amazingly reactive! This design aimed to cover a specific spot in EXO boats’ range: creeking! At EXO we were looking for something different from the mainstream solutions involved in steep creeking boat designs, our aim was to develop a light, fast and super reliable kayak. A kayak able to exploit at best the paddling techniques involved in running complex and vertical whitewater rapids; a boat with a good balance and a great resurface attitude in running big waterfalls; a super reactive semi-displacement hull that provides soft landings, rock agnostic in low waters, with a continuous rocker to give this boat a super-easy boof.

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces.

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces.

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces.

Jackson Kayak’s Fourth Generation Creek Boat over the past 9 years takes leaps and bounds forward. The Karma takes a hard turn towards stability, carving ability and its sister: The Zen’s, speed. This boat is fast, stable, and forgiving, with predictable turning, boofing, and a bow that rises over anything in its way. This boat will be available in two sizes the Karma Medium and the Karma Large.

The Nano is a short river runner with a playful nature, it has influences from Shiva, Jed and Burn that make a super maneuverable river runner with volume for creeking with the ability to run harder lines as well as open up play potential. Aspiring creekers will find the Nano stable, easy to roll and playful enough to enjoy river features. Experienced boaters will get big fun in a small package.

The Option is an all out river-runner and creek boat.

The Anvil is a new generation hydro speed, both from a materials and design perspective, and as its name suggests, it is made to take a beating.

Smooth lines and active edges.

Born out a demand for a larger creek boat the Tuna fits the bill for the medium to large size paddler.