I've never seen such a detailed explanation of a kayak. Thanks so much! You just sold a customer would doesn't paddle a Jackson Kayak. Count me in for a purchase.
Bought a Gnarvana yesterday morning and ran laps on cheoah with it. Wow what a great boat! Everything you talk about in this video is 100% what my experience was with it yesterday running cheoah laps. Great design and super fun creeker.
Reasons to buy a Jackson boat. 1 Customer service- ever try and get a hold of Dagger for a warranty issue? Good luck. At your local Jackson dealership walk in walk out super easy. B. Made in the USA. 3. EJ is the OG. 4. They are super easy to roll and fun to paddle. Support small business and send.
Great comment if you live on the East Coast. But not so accurate for those of us on the West Coast. Customer Service out here has been less than stellar.
Never looked at Jackson for anything but playboats, but this kinda looks like almost exactly the boat I’ve been waiting for. I wonder how well it does with low volume and hitting rocks
Really like this design, I thank you guys knocked it out of the park with this one. I also really like how you released this boat, went live with it on a certain day and time, immediately had lots of media on it and it was available immediately at dealers I love that 👏
The kayak is so short that it will not get pushed around by cross currents they say. I read that less rocker and a longer waterline gives better tracktion. That is hard to understand for me. The same about the speed longer waterline should have more speed and not less.
I've paddled the Gnarvana through some decent whitewater a few times now. I'm definitely more of an intermediate class III+/IV boater. The Gnarvana definitely feels different than the Nirvana. The main differences IMO, the Gnarvana doesn't track straight as well as the Nirvana, the Gnarvana isn't as quick to pick up speed off initial paddle strokes as the Nirvana, and I feel a little lower in the boat than the Nirvana. The Gnarvana punches through holes better because of the increased rocker, the Gnarvana's bow is drier, the Gnarvana will take care of you a little better than the Nirvana, the stern of the Gnarvana is definitely propelled forward more than the Nirvana off drops, and the Gnarvana skips better off drops (a potential negative or positive, depending on your paddle style based off the last two points, is the bow will come completely out of the water skipping out of drops and holes which causes the boat to almost ride a wheelie/tailie away from drops/holes without trying). I'm still undecided about which boat is more maneuverable. I think the Gnarvana is, but I find that boat a little spiny right now as I continue to grow more accustomed to it. So, I think after I get more dialed into the nuances of the Gnarvana, I will more than likely say the Gnarvana is more maneuverable than the Nirvana. However, I never found the Nirvana unmaneuverable, but rather nimble despite length and desire to track straight. I wish I could surf better and play with the edges more to give an informed opinion on that, but I'm more of a river runner/creeker. Hopefully, the Antix 2.0 will push me to be a better down river play boater. Overall, I love both the Gnarvana and the Nirvana. I think more time in the Gnarvana will eventually have me completely favoring that boat, but both boats are great. If I could give a tagline for the Gnarvana or highlight what I believe to be its strongest feature so far in my experience, I believe this is the best phrase, "the Gnarvana punches through holes like Mike Tyson or Chuck Liddell punched through their opponents in their prime, instant KNOCKOUTS."
I've never seen such a detailed explanation of a kayak. Thanks so much! You just sold a customer would doesn't paddle a Jackson Kayak. Count me in for a purchase.
This is the best walkthrough video I’ve ever seen. Love how you show the design feature then show on river examples.
That thing is badass! All it needs now is a hatch on the back with a hard hat.
Bought a Gnarvana yesterday morning and ran laps on cheoah with it. Wow what a great boat! Everything you talk about in this video is 100% what my experience was with it yesterday running cheoah laps. Great design and super fun creeker.
Nice presentation Dane. You packed a lot into 9 minutes and a whole lot of features into this new model. Big rocker, big volume.
Reasons to buy a Jackson boat. 1 Customer service- ever try and get a hold of Dagger for a warranty issue? Good luck. At your local Jackson dealership walk in walk out super easy. B. Made in the USA. 3. EJ is the OG. 4. They are super easy to roll and fun to paddle. Support small business and send.
Great comment if you live on the East Coast. But not so accurate for those of us on the West Coast. Customer Service out here has been less than stellar.
Never looked at Jackson for anything but playboats, but this kinda looks like almost exactly the boat I’ve been waiting for. I wonder how well it does with low volume and hitting rocks
Really like this design, I thank you guys knocked it out of the park with this one. I also really like how you released this boat, went live with it on a certain day and time, immediately had lots of media on it and it was available immediately at dealers I love that 👏
Looks like a great boat
Thoughts on Med vs Large for someone 5'9" and 205-210lbs? The large seems very large...
So I think the next video should be an assortment of different paddlers, different heights and weights, and which size of the boat they prefer.
Death of the Zen line. Makes me wish I was still young and fit enough to paddle.
That’s a sick boat.
looks hella good
The kayak is so short that it will not get pushed around by cross currents they say. I read that less rocker and a longer waterline gives better tracktion. That is hard to understand for me. The same about the speed longer waterline should have more speed and not less.
I want one!
Sweet boat but the bow looks bad like a karma. Wish they had made it more appealing to look at
I've paddled the Gnarvana through some decent whitewater a few times now. I'm definitely more of an intermediate class III+/IV boater. The Gnarvana definitely feels different than the Nirvana. The main differences IMO, the Gnarvana doesn't track straight as well as the Nirvana, the Gnarvana isn't as quick to pick up speed off initial paddle strokes as the Nirvana, and I feel a little lower in the boat than the Nirvana. The Gnarvana punches through holes better because of the increased rocker, the Gnarvana's bow is drier, the Gnarvana will take care of you a little better than the Nirvana, the stern of the Gnarvana is definitely propelled forward more than the Nirvana off drops, and the Gnarvana skips better off drops (a potential negative or positive, depending on your paddle style based off the last two points, is the bow will come completely out of the water skipping out of drops and holes which causes the boat to almost ride a wheelie/tailie away from drops/holes without trying). I'm still undecided about which boat is more maneuverable. I think the Gnarvana is, but I find that boat a little spiny right now as I continue to grow more accustomed to it. So, I think after I get more dialed into the nuances of the Gnarvana, I will more than likely say the Gnarvana is more maneuverable than the Nirvana. However, I never found the Nirvana unmaneuverable, but rather nimble despite length and desire to track straight. I wish I could surf better and play with the edges more to give an informed opinion on that, but I'm more of a river runner/creeker. Hopefully, the Antix 2.0 will push me to be a better down river play boater. Overall, I love both the Gnarvana and the Nirvana. I think more time in the Gnarvana will eventually have me completely favoring that boat, but both boats are great. If I could give a tagline for the Gnarvana or highlight what I believe to be its strongest feature so far in my experience, I believe this is the best phrase, "the Gnarvana punches through holes like Mike Tyson or Chuck Liddell punched through their opponents in their prime, instant KNOCKOUTS."
Awesome!! Thanks for the review!
if its the Narvana whats with the G?
🤣 That's how you spell gnar in reference to "running the gnar" "shredding the gnar" "gnar gnar".
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