The two best one days? by Will Richardson | May 19, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid Big Kimshew creek, aptly named, big in every sense. We put on with 11 people in one group, and while the majority wanted to route, we had a few international paddlers that didn’t know the run, so Scott Ligare and I enjoyed a day with them...
Tellico'ing the Dynamic Duo by Will Richardson | May 19, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterBy Clay Wright The wet May continues and while I didn’t get North Chick, Tara and I headed to the Tellico this weekend for a Double Dose of Duo … The Dynamic Duo continues to impress. The slick rocks provided tons of Duo-boofs and ‘grinds’ as...
All Waters are shipping! Try them out at your local JK dealer by Will Richardson | May 18, 2009 | UncategorizedThese are very exciting times here at Jackson Kayak. New designs are shipping and more new designs still to come. The one kayak that we are overly joyous about is the All Water. This kayak turned out perfect against our expectations and I am rather sure you will...
Glenwood Springs: Training for team trials by Will Richardson | May 18, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Ben Guska Well I rolled into Glenwood springs with a bunch of friends from Grand Junction to start getting my wave tricks dialed in. I was stoked to see Jason Craig has already made his way from Reno and was absolutely killing it. We had a super fun day, I was able...
Best in the West- Missoula, Montana by Will Richardson | May 18, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterMay 15, 2009 Photos By Devon Barker Spring boating in the west cannot be beat. I left school on Thursday to paddle the Little Salmon in route to the Lochsa River. From the Lochsa I spent two days at the play park in Missoula, Brendan’s Wave, for the Best in the...
Stephen & Nick's (and Dane) Cali Creek Week 2 & 4: South Branch Middle Feather! by Will Richardson | May 17, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright After a day on Big Kimshew, Nick and I headed to the South Branch where we met Darin, Andrew, and Josh. This is truly the steepest, coolest creek I’ve ever run. It just keeps dropping steeper and steeper in an epic gorge! Ending the day...
Kayaking's First Mega Ramp Falls by Will Richardson | May 17, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Ben Stookesberry Kayakings first natural 20 meter megaramp! Summit Creek, Washington is the venue for one of kayaking most noteworthy drops. First found by up and comers Todd and Chris Wells, they soon spilled the beans to Cody Howard who in turn thought it was the...
Stephen & Nick's (and Dane) Cali Creek Week #3: Upper Middle Cosumnes! by Will Richardson | May 17, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright After taking Wednesday off back in Reno, we picked-up Dane for 2 more days of creeking fun! Dane has been dreaming (and talking non- stop) about creeking in California for the past several months. He wasn’t happy to have heard that we...
Stephen & Nick's Cali Creek Week #1: Big Kimshew by Will Richardson | May 17, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright After an awesome Reno River Fest, Nick and I headed-out to try to enjoy a week of the best that California has to offer. We started Monday by joining up a large group for a run down the infamous BIG KIMSHEW. This is know as one of the best/hardest...
Reno River Fest by Will Richardson | May 16, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterBy Dane Jackson This weekend was the and it was a blast liike always. The levels were super high the weekend before the event. It was 420 cfs on Friday and on Saturday in the morning it was 2000+ cfs. So it stayed good levels for number 3 throught the week, and then...
Open event at Reno River Festival by Will Richardson | May 16, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker May 4, 2009 The open competition this year at the Reno River Festival was intense with great action. Enjoy the photos. You will see a lot more to come from these competitors. I have been able to paddle with Erin, Hayden, Alec as they are from Idaho. I...
Pine Creek Falls by Will Richardson | May 15, 2009 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Lauren Burress has about a mile class I II paddle in. Then you see a huge horizon line, make sure you eddy out. This is the 30 foot waterfall. After watching everybody do at least one run off the waterfall, and getting pointers from everyone. I decided to run it!...