Reno River Festival has 34,000 people in attendance over two days! by Will Richardson | May 17, 2007 | WhitewaterWhat an awesome weekend put on by Jim Litchfield, the Reno River Festival organizer! Concerts, an expo, and three days of fun competitions with TV, announcers, showgirls, WWF belts, cash prizes, and perfect weather! It was totally worth the hustle to get from the...
Midwest Creeking by Will Richardson | May 17, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Heather Herbeck Nate and I just returned home from our Bonanza, what a great experience! We wanted to share with you our journey – to every journey there are good times and not so good . . . enjoy!
Check out Fox News from Denver- kayaking action by Will Richardson | May 17, 2007 | WhitewaterFox News Coverage from this morning. Click here for story: 🙂 EJ
Jay Kincaid writes about his new 2007 Super Star (that he won Reno in!) by Will Richardson | May 17, 2007 | WhitewaterJay Kincaid was able to jump in the new 2007 Super Star and be right at home in it! How cool is that! I finally got my 2007 Super Star last Thursday, the day before the Reno River Festival. I quickly outfitted it, which like all Jackson Kayaks is very easy, and headed...
Reno Whitewater Festival Photos by Will Richardson | May 17, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright Photos The 4th annual Reno Whitewater Festival went-off without a hitch this past weekend to record numbers of spectators. With no less than 8,000+ people at any given moment and more than 32,000 over the weekend this is easily the largest event of...
Mega Rocker Video Green 100% by Will Richardson | May 16, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Eric Stalowy Things have been pretty dry here in the SE but we are so lucky to have the Green when things dry up. Here is some footage taken a couple of weeks ago. There is a great line by Jeb Hall at Go Left, a good ride at Speed Trap for Joe, and i get up close...
Pauley Creek by Will Richardson | May 16, 2007 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Jason Craig Yesterday I checked the flows to see one of my favorite runs in the world was in. was running! I haven’t gone a day without thinking about that run since last year. I proposed the idea to my Dad and called up my buddy Ossian to see if he wanted to...
Hunter Creek by Will Richardson | May 16, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Jason Craig Yesterday came up enough to kayak. The creek had maybe 10 cfs. The whole way down you had to duck bellow trees rocks and walls. It is a rock garden with many boofs and drops. At higher water you can launch off the bridge into the water which looks very...
2007 Action Jackson World Premier! by Will Richardson | May 16, 2007 | WhitewaterJesse Coombs and Patrick Nichols organized a world class premier of the 2007 Action Jackson promo dvd, and Ben and Jesse’s Hotel Charlie: River of Doubt. The “Fritz’ bar had a HUGE screen (theater size) set up outside with a big sound system for the...
Team Jackson Kayak is in Reno in this weekend in full force by Will Richardson | May 16, 2007 | WhitewaterIt is certainly the “who’s who” of Team JK this weekend in Reno (with the exception of Clay Wright, who just had ear surgery). Newcomers; Jud Keiser and Ben Guska joined up with Jay Kincaid, Devon Barker, Stephen Wright, Ben Stookesberry, Jesse...
Mini Tripper is at the molder! by Will Richardson | May 15, 2007 | Day Tripper, Recreational/TouringWe are in 5th gear with the molding of the Day Tripper 12 and Mini Trippers. The Jackson Plant has 20+ Day Tripper 12 shells and will be getting a steady stream of them from here on out. First quality shippable boat building starts today. The beginning of first...