Wilderness Tours “Keener” program has Clay Wright and Stephen Wright coaching this week! by Will Richardson | Sep 17, 2005 | WhitewaterWilderness Tours "Keener" program has Clay Wright and Stephen Wright coaching this week! August 17, 2005 Stephen Wright is leading the Keener program all summer long, and this week Clay is guest instructor. The kids are awesome, and they have their own blog...
Moosefest Pregame Fun by Will Richardson | Sep 16, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 16, 2005 What a great few days! I’ve been traveling with the one and only Corey Volt. We started the long drive from Rock Island Wednesday at around noon o’clock, after frantically packing up the Jackson Kayak Duelly F–350 and enjoying our...
Kristine is in Germany for the European show and IFC/ICF meetings this week by Will Richardson | Sep 16, 2005 | WhitewaterSeptember 16, 2005 I am missing my lovely wife already, as she has flown on a jetplane to Munich and taken a train to Nurnberg, the site of the 2005 European Trade show (like Outdoor Retailer). She went primarily as the North American Rep to the IFC, and the USA Rep...
NYC Kids Camp gets kicked off by Will Richardson | Sep 16, 2005 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2005 Photos with awesome kids, and Jessie Stone at the helm of Soft Power Health. Jessie’s concept is that the world will be affected in a positive way through “soft” influences, such as education, verses military might. Certainly,...
EJ is coming back off the bench after one month on the injured list by Will Richardson | Sep 15, 2005 | WhitewaterAugust 15, 2005 I haven’t had to take a month off from an injury since 1996 when I was out for four months. I am very lucky on my timing for getting hurt this year. I was on my last event, the Potomac Festival, before a one month break from competition. I would...
EJ the kayaker, 1979- chapter 1 by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | WhitewaterOctober 14, 2005 My dad was always enthrauled by whitewater. When the opportuntity came in 1970 to go whitewater canoeing on the Grand Cany EJ 🙂 EJ at...
Clay writes in from West Virginia… Gauley again . . .first day report by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | WhitewaterSeptember 14, 2005 Back on the Gauley the first time this year, and after the season of travel I’ve had I tried not to get my hopes up. But the Gauley delivers no matter how many days you’ve had on Oh-be-Joyful, Garb and Lachine. Not sure if I can think of...
The Williams a “Big Little Paddler Family” Checks in! by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | 2010 Fun, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterSeptember 14, 2005 Hi Mr. Jackson, Here’s a picture of Anisa when she was learning to surf on the Flint. Now she’s outgrown the fun 1. We had to buy another fun 1 a few months ago for our 6 year old since our five year old had taken over Anisa’s...
Happy Seat input from physical therapist by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | WhitewaterSeptember 14, 2005 Hi Eric, I’ve been going for physical therapy on a shoulder issue and my therapist is doing a great job on mending my 38 year old body together. He wants to get my shoulders, hips and back stronger than what they are. We talked about hips in a...
Photographer “Yash” Special Photo Journal! by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | WhitewaterSeptember 14, 2005 Ottawa Kayak School Keener, Yash, has taken a special interest in photography. Here are some of the results of his hard work and keen eye. He has captured some great images on the Ottawa River of some great paddlers, like Clay Wright, Nick Troutman,...
Katrina: I am so proud of my staff for their big hearts by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | WhitewaterSeptember 14, 2005 When I was at the Ottawa, I got a call from John Ratliff, my Chief Operations Officer, requesting that he be able to close the plant and take our staff to LA and Miss. to help out those in need. I agreed. A week later, John Ratliff, Don Klein...
Outdoor retailer is a gathering of friends, and new faces by Will Richardson | Sep 14, 2005 | WhitewaterAugust 14, 2005 The Jackson family has been here at OR for the past three days, with today being our last one. Jackson Kayak doesn’t have a booth here, but we have plenty of things to do. There are people here from all over the world that work in the industry....