2007 World Surf Kayak Championships in Basque Land by Will Richardson | Sep 15, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker The Worlds for surf kayaking are coming right up. I leave on October 5th for Spain. The competition will be October 18-28th. You can follow the competition at http://itxasondo.galeon.com/txapelketa07/index07.html www.bakio.com I am hoping to have...
Hockey, School, and Outdoor Program: by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Ben Guska Wow! I can’t think of a time where I have been quite this busy. My first four weeks of school have been super amazing. Classes aren’t as hard, homework is steady, and hockey….. is giving me a lot of bruises again. Other then that...
EJ’s totally biased (I can’t really do it any other way, as you know) review of the Rocker by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterOctober 14, 2007 The Rocker has been given a true test over the past 10 months. Expeditions in Mexico on steep technical, and huge drops, as well as numerous petons to test the Uni-shock bulkhead system. I was present for much of it, and just got the beta on some....
Summer Finale by Will Richardson | Sep 13, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Ruth Gordon In what I would consider, the perfect finale to a summer on the Ottawa, last week, Stephen, Clay, Jeremy and I ventured east to the Lachine rapids to celebrate our successful summers. This was a special day, reminding me of the great friends I have made...
My New C-1 by Will Richardson | Sep 13, 2007 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Dane Jackson Quicktime, 1.2 MB Last year just 3 days before the 1st event of the World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking Championships. I made a C-1 out of my old green Fun-1 with a couple pieces of foam. With the help of Jez Blanchard it turned out really well. I had two...
EJ, Joel, and Dane Heading Home by Will Richardson | Sep 13, 2007 | WhitewaterOctober 13, 2007 We got in 6 full days of paddling in 10 days of exploratory action. This is a good ratio, according to Ben, when you are both weather and water dependent and going for creeks, instead of big rivers with lots of water. I am sad that we are leaving and...
First full descent of the Cloud River from the headwaters to Canada Bay (Roddington) by Will Richardson | Sep 13, 2007 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterOctober 13, 2007 We have been anticipating this run for a while. A run by Andy Bridge and John Weld in 1994 starting at Twin Lakes, with a portage around the gorge and most of the major drops, left the Cloud still quite a virgin run. The 15 miles upstream of Twin...
Newfoundland Expedition by Will Richardson | Sep 13, 2007 | WhitewaterOctober 13, 2007 By Nick Troutman Well we are here in Newfoundland, about to drop off EJ, Dane, and Joel off at the airport tomorrow. It has been an awesome trip with them so far. We started off the trip with some low water, and got skunked on the first three rivers...
Creeking in Northern Quebec by Will Richardson | Sep 13, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Nick Troutman Quicktime, 8.2 MB Well, after the Niagara gorge, Joel Emily and I decided to go up to Quebec for one last hurrah before I headed back to Tennessee with Emily. So we packed up the Westfalia, and headed to Ottawa to pick up Joel, and then we were off....
Fibark 2007 by Will Richardson | Sep 12, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Emily Jackson Last year I didn’t get to make it to Fibark since I was doing events elsewhere and having missed it for a year made me even more excited to be there this year. The hole was awesome. Perfect for learning new moves and perfecting old ones. I found...
Spains Schools & Surfing by Will Richardson | Sep 12, 2007 | WhitewaterOctober 12, 2007 By Devon Barker Dear Friends, Spain is very different from the USA. One thing that is different, but very neat, is the school bus. I have attached a picture with some students getting off the bus by our flat. I think the kids back home would enjoy the...
