Rhona (aka- angel) unloads kayaks off of a 40 foot container so her boys can go paddle the new Dynamic Duo which just arrived in England for the first time! by Will Richardson | May 5, 2009 | WhitewaterHere is Rhona’s note to me. How am on the bad side of this equation? Rhona you rock and I am sure that the boys owe you a shoulder massage from all of that work! Hi Eric The Container arrived very very early on Saturday morning . We managed to unload quite...
Dare to Kayak New Meadows, Idaho by Will Richardson | May 5, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker New Meadows, Idaho is home to a wonderful swimming pool size natural hot springs. The third grade teacher, Brent Lafay, and I took our 32 students for their first day in Kayaks as part of my Dare to Kayak drug prevention program with the New Meadows...
Arr! A pirates life for me by Will Richardson | May 4, 2009 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid Hearing the name Deadman’s Alley conjours up visions of buccanears and pirate ships, not a nice big granite set of drops. Triple Drop is now the more common, and generic name for a rapid on the East Fork Kaweah that was once known as...
Clay runs (sneaks) Seive City 61,000 by Will Richardson | May 4, 2009 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Clay Wright What a Spring! 4.5” rain yesterday on top of 2” the day before… haven’t seen 62,000 cfs here in years! All I’ve got is a cell-phone shot from Tara, but that’s my Hero – the little red dot bottom left of Seive...
California Boating by Will Richardson | May 4, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Emily Everytime I think California Kayaking I think Steep Creeks, Smooth Granite and Fun Water. The past week I got to see some other types and parts of California that I havent seen before. My first stop was at the Auburn Whitewater Park where the water was a...
Gladiator by Will Richardson | May 3, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Joel Kowalski There exists a wave bigger and more powerful than most will dream of… We’ve been surfing that wave for the past 7 days. Its name is . When the heavy snowpack from the northern fringes of the Ottawa River basin start to melt and flow...
Historic Idaho River Trips by Will Richardson | May 1, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker Cort Conley has researched and written the majority of history centered on the rivers of Idaho. I attended a fundraiser for the Salmon River Dive/Rescue Team in Riggins, Idaho after a great surf session at Rodeo Hole. Cort was showing his film on . The...
Ben Guska wins the Jake Brock Award by Will Richardson | May 1, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Ben Guska This year I was awarded the Jake Brock Award a long side with my line mate, Keith Birlson. Here is what my Coach Kameron Dudek had to say: “The Jake Brock Award is awarded annually to a member of the Mesa State Hockey team who best exemplifies Mesa...
Alpenglow, Boise, Idaho by Will Richardson | May 1, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker The Alpenglow Boat Swap happens each spring and is a great time to see all the area boaters. I visited with Chuck and his staff at Alpenglow the day before and then helped fit new paddlers into boats the next day at the swap and managed to paddle the...
Jackson Kayak Manufacturing, Materials, Quality, and Customer Support- The JK Story By Eric Jackson by Will Richardson | Apr 30, 2009 | WhitewaterIn 2003 when I decided to create Jackson Kayak, I had a vision of what this company would look like. We would make a better product, built by paddlers, using the best materials, and supported directly by our factory staff, and myself with the customers, and only...
The T'Ville Triple Crown by Will Richardson | Apr 29, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Jessie Stone This past weekend at Tariffville gorge on the Farmington river in Connecticut was the first ever T’Ville Triple Crown. What an awesome event! It combined Wildwater racing, Slalom and Freestyle into one competition. You had the option to compete...
Auburn Playpark EXPOSED–Great Sierra Playboating! by Will Richardson | Apr 29, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright After hearing rumors of a playpark buried deep within a California canyon with no access and fantastic waves, Nick, Emily, Jessica, and I headed down to check this place out! (Since Nick and Emily’s wedding, I’ve been mentally...
