England’s Pikey, new team JK member, writes about his experience on the road during world cup by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2006 | WhitewaterEngland’s Pikey, new team JK member, writes about his experience on the road during world cup October 2, 2006 By Pikey The second leg of the World Cup has finished and once again Pikey is trying to “pikey” his way into getting a lift down to Rock...
Team JK Facilitates Nickelodeon’s “World Wide Day of Play” for Boy Scout troop 499 by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2006 | WhitewaterOctober 2, 2006 What TV station would go black for a whole day just to help get kids to get outside and exercise through play? Nickelodeon did, on Saturday! Jackson Kayak was a sponsor of their World Wide Day of Play and what we did was to take Boy Scout Troop 499 to...
A Few Team JK Ramp Photos by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2006 | Rockers, WhitewaterOctober 2, 2006 By Stephen Wright On Friday Team JK spent the morning launching the ramp just downhill from the Jackson’s house. This ramp headed down the steep bank, then had a shallow kicker that ended about 7 feet off the water. Big fun was had by all, as...
Garb Photos: training for World Cup! by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2006 | WhitewaterSeptember 2, 2006 By Stephen Wright Well, prelims are a day away and the excitement is building as the mighty Garburator wave just gets better and better. Wilderness Tours has been kind enough to host the entire first-ever World Cup’s first event this weekend....
Some photos from USA National Slalom Championships last week in Charlotte, NC by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2006 | WhitewaterSome photos from USA National Slalom Championships last week in Charlotte, NC September 2, 2006 Sweet course! 🙂 EJ Danny EJ Kristen after podium EJ blasts through to the upstream EJ drives down through the bottom drop...
World Cup #1 is under way- 20 countries compete today in Prelims under perfect conditions! by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2006 | WhitewaterSeptember 1 , 2006 Perfect water levels, incredible judging, scribing, scoring, announcing, food, weather, and a big crowd make for an incredible start to the World Cup! The competition had strong fields in the Men’s, Women’s, Junior Mens, and C1 Classes,...
KB from Montana is welcomed aboard Team JK’s Regional Team, sweet! by Will Richardson | Sep 1, 2006 | Rockers, WhitewaterSeptember 1 , 2006 KB is an all around fun guy, and he’ll be representing the Jackson Kayak "Fun Guy" officially now too. Working at Edge of the World, KB spends most of his time introducing kids to the river, in Jackson Kayak boats, of course. Only...
USA Freestyle Team Trials Information by Will Richardson | Jul 31, 2006 | WhitewaterJuly 31, 2006 Date: August 23rd, 2006 Time: All-Day Phone Number to call to Register: 800-267-9166 Fees: $50 US, $100 after August 16th (late fee of $50) Meetings: Meet at Wilderness Tours (www.wildernesstours.com ) at 7pm on Tuesday night, August 22nd Want to compete...
EJ, Emily, and Dane have a great two weeks of teaching at Ottawa Kayak School by Will Richardson | Jul 31, 2006 | WhitewaterEJ, Emily, and Dane have a great two weeks of teaching at Ottawa Kayak School July 31, 2006 Photos www.ottawakayak.com is our home away from home in Canada. Joe Kowalski has maintained an incredible kayak school for many years, employing the best instructors, and even...
“Crew Club” of Cornwall, Ontario sends in their newsletter. What a great club! by Will Richardson | Jul 31, 2006 | WhitewaterJuly 31, 2006 Check out the Fun!
EJ’s Rolling and Bracing DVD review by Will Richardson | Jul 31, 2006 | 2010 Fun, WhitewaterJuly 31, 2006 Dear EJ, I would just like to thank you for making the video on rolling and bracing. You made it easy to understand the concepts of what needed to be done in order to be successful at rolling and bracing. Rolling was something I wasn’t comfortable...
Dan Rubado hits Skook in his Super Star by Will Richardson | Jul 31, 2006 | WhitewaterJuly 31, 2006 By Dan Rubado. Learn more about Dan. Hi guys, I had an awesome 4-day getaway at Skookumchuck last week. I finally got the Super Star on a really big wave. We had some pretty large tides, too, with three days above 15 knots. I think I actually prefer...