Kaweah Mission #2, the Marble Fork by Will Richardson | Jul 15, 2009 | UncategorizedPhotos By Darin McQuoid The Kaweah is a crazy place, within minutes you can go from sparse rolling foothills to forest so thick and verdant it’s truly a jungle in there. A jungle of poison oak, so thick and vast that like taxes and death, there is an unspoken...
Surf Kayak Worlds by Will Richardson | Jul 15, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker Tomorrow morning I fly to Portugal where upon arrival it will be my birthday, early! Portugal is hosting the Surf World Kayak Championships. I cannot think of a better place to be for my 38th birthday or a better place for ocean surf kayaking. In the...
Ben Guska in his 2010 All-star by Will Richardson | Jul 14, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Ben Guska Hands down this is the best boat I have ever been in in my life! I always look back on different designs, and it’s always tough to consider that a new boat my out do the last boat I had. And yet again I’m very surprised with the evolution of...
Mission: Billy's New Boat by Will Richardson | Jul 13, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Billy Harris Eric, At 195 lbs I feel like a gorilla riding a trike and can’t wait to try the superstar out I think it will be my size. Guess I am still carting around some Christmas PUDGE….. But wholy that boat surfs well, it wheels up like a...
Average playboater in the new All-Star by Will Richardson | Jul 13, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid Gearing up for the Middle Kings here in Cali, for me this season was equal to the previous 8th River season last year. Lots of updates on the way but I had to take a moment to write this about my All-Star that came in for the weekend. Here is a quick...
Charlotte Hometown Throwdown by Will Richardson | Jul 13, 2009 | WhitewaterThe was a fun event. It started with a slalom survivor which was hard because of all of the rafts and other boaters that where there and the river itself was hard to get around with the swirly eddies. They also had a pink flamingo you had to get to get 1 minute off...
NOC Kids Camp by Will Richardson | Jul 11, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Emily Jackson Just got back from 5 awesome days teaching the NOC Teen Camp. We had 4 students with us, each being enthusiastic, eager teenage boys. We started the week off with two days on the Natahala where we focused on strokes, rolls and basic river running. The...
2010 Star by Will Richardson | Jul 11, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Emily Jackson Reason Number One: 1. I Immediately went bigger! (Do I really need nine more reasons) 2. Everyone talked about how fast it was and to me fast always sounds more like out of control! Not in this boat, I was in control just as much as the old star and...
Check out the latest in playboating instruction from a father/son team that will entertain you for hours! by Will Richardson | Jul 10, 2009 | Whitewater Anybody Can Kayak! Basic Playboating DVD The most detailed, precise, and easy-to-follow playboating instruction imaginable. Pro freestyle kayaker Greg Parker breaks down all the basic playboating moves so anybody can do them. More than one half the video...
Sage Update by Will Richardson | Jul 10, 2009 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Sage Donnelly This month has been very busy for me. It started out with the Truckee River Races in Reno, Nevada where I ran the Downriver Race on Saturday and the Slalom Races on Sunday. I placed first in both of the races and qualified to compete in the Junior...
Photos for my last post here by Will Richardson | Jul 9, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos Chopping Block at 3.5 feet…
