In memoriam - Jason Hairston Kuiu Founder has passed away

[johnnyblues]

Very sad news. Great product and a great loss to the industry. My sincere condolences to the Family.

 

[JES Adventures]

My condolences to his family. RIP

 

[cagkt3]

Very sad news, thoughts and prayers with his family

 

[Philip Glass]

Jason was an absolute genius in business with founding both Sitka and Kuiu. These Iconic brands are nothing short of amazing in their innovation. I am terribly sad to hear this news. We must all realize that football is and has been causing brain damage that is rarely talked about.
What a loss.
RIP Jason,
Philip

 

[Say Man]

Thoughts and Prayers to the family. Hunting the fields of heaven. RIP Jason!

 

[BWH]

Jason was an absolute genius in business with founding both Sitka and Kuiu. These Iconic brands are nothing short of amazing in their innovation. I am terribly sad to hear this news. We must all realize that football is and has been causing brain damage that is rarely talked about.
What a loss.
RIP Jason,
Philip

Yes, 100%. Business genius created Sitka, sold it off to Gore-Tex & started Kuiu. All round good dude from all I have ever heard. Sad for sure!

 

[johnnyblues]

Any further news on the exact cause of death?

 

[BWH]

Suicide, believed to be induced/suffering from CTE.

 

[johnnyblues]

Oh man. Rest In Peace brother.

 

[Bruce]

Such sad news... condolences to the family.
RIP brother....

 

[Pheroze]

Thanksgiving in Canada is this weekend. We are cleaning up the house and I came across the Spring 2018 Kuiu catalogue. Inside the front cover is a picture of Mr Hairston and his son Cash. The entire catalogue is a tribute to a hunt he had with his son.

I am reminded again to take a moment to give thanks. Life can take some abrupt downward plunges, but where there is effort and love there is lift. I give thanks for my children, my family and my colleagues. Wherever Cash is right now I pray he is surrounded by love. I hope as he grows up he remembers the hunt presented in the catalogue, his father's strength, his vision and the impact he made on our fraternity.

 

[edward]

R.I.P.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Video of Jason's final hunt was just sent out by KUIU.

 

[Bullthrower338]

Moral of the story of that video, don’t wait!
Sad ending to an amazing life.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Really enjoyed watching the video. He got an amazing Ram. It was a bit sad watching though just knowing it was his final hunt.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

@LivingTheDream , I know you did a similar hunt in the Yukon, as did I. I realize this video was also intended to be a bit of an infomercial for KUIU gear, but for the life of me I can't understand all "hunting" scenes with the full backpacks. Obviously, they hiked into their spike camp and carried everything on their back. I rode a horse and we had a few pack horses as well. But once spike camp is set up, travel light! A small day pack with rain gear, lunch, water and a few other essentials.

 

[LivingTheDream]

I was pondering that as well. I figured they might have pieced the footage together. The other thing I wondered was if they broke camp everyday so they could keep moving and spike out.