Paul sends Jason a cool email from the weekend and the new star by Will Richardson | Mar 29, 2007 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Jason Craig Hey Jason, It was great seeing you again and as always seeing you mob all over the wave!! GREAT JOB on the clean blunt! The next day my friend Paul (Big Paul) and I did Chili Bar. I was going to run it in my xxxxx. But seeing you had ran it in your...
Final Week in Africa- then back to Rock Island! by Will Richardson | Mar 29, 2007 | WhitewaterFinal Week of Africa training and filming is proving to be very productive! We just got the generator running again and have electricity for capturing video and charging laptops. The Nile Special Wave has been great in the evenings and the Club Wave has been great in...
Almost done with the Day Tripper 12 at the mold maker, the 10 and Mini are right behind it! by Will Richardson | Mar 28, 2007 | Day Tripper, Recreational/TouringVery exciting days continue here at Jackson as we are preparing for getting production underway at the plant. The Day Tipper 12 will ship from the mold maker to the molder on April 16th and production of that boat will commence immediately. John Ratliff (COO) is...
Training log update by Will Richardson | Mar 28, 2007 | WhitewaterAM- Club Wave- Today is “Big Move” New Move, combos, and other things rarely if ever seen before day. My favorite move of this session was an airscrew where I threw my paddle high in the air on my first bounce and then did my airscrew, landed straight,...
Women in Whitewater by Will Richardson | Mar 28, 2007 | WhitewaterCalling all Women Kayakers Devon Barker will be presenting at U of I on April 4th Women in Whitewater Location- University of Idaho, Moscow Time- 6 pm Rec. Center Details- Film and talk about Women in Whitewater, rolling and bracing techniques, question and answer,...
Training log update by Will Richardson | Mar 27, 2007 | WhitewaterMarch 27, 2007 World Championships on Club Wave and then Nile Special today! Club wave- I won semi-finals with a 116, and Nick won finals with a 92. I flushed by getting greedy and going too fast during finals. I still felt fine, and feel good week is going well so...
EJ Training Log updated by Will Richardson | Mar 27, 2007 | WhitewaterMarch 26, 2007 It is early in the morning and I am catching up after our big day yesterday. We checked out of NRE and took a taxi to Kalagala Falls where we put in to run the Day 2 section, and then had the taxi driver drop our bags at the Hairy Lemon. The run was...
Week of Skiing and Surfing- From Ski Pants to Dry Suits! by Will Richardson | Mar 26, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker My friend Longley and I took this week to see if we could ski and kayak each day. McCall, Idaho has the best location for ski and surf /river run combos of anywhere I know. We skied at Brundage Mountain in the mornings and surfed and river ran in the...
New Star series ROCKS the waves of the Nile! by Will Richardson | Mar 26, 2007 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterSometimes in life, things go even better than expected, and the design of the new Star series is one of those moments. Now that we have had the Shooting Star, Star, and All-Star on every type of feature you can imagine, from flatwater, to the biggest waves and holes,...
Cascade White Water Park & Riggins, Idaho by Will Richardson | Mar 26, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, WhitewaterBy Devon Barker Cascade, Idaho New White Water Park I flew into Boise from Santa Cruz on Monday and drove right to Cascade, Idaho. Cascade sits on the North Fork of the Payette River. They have a 2.5-mile section in town from bridge to bridge. This is the purposed...
An hour at the Ugly Sisters Wave on the Nile by Will Richardson | Mar 26, 2007 | WhitewaterPhotos You can’t have photos without somebody taking them. Today, we brought my camera down the river and we each took three rides and then rotated photographers. These photos are by Nick Troutman, Dane Jackson, and myself. The Ugly Sisters Wave was a little low...
Live from Hairy Lemon by Will Richardson | Mar 26, 2007 | WhitewaterPhotos By Nick Troutman We are all having a blast here is Uganda. The water is lower than it was when we were here last January but there is still ample, awesome play on plenty different features. Club wave is good for the morning. It is a nice wave similar to the...
