Creek Week & AW Raffle Success – nearly $1400 for AW! by Will Richardson | Mar 17, 2009 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Boyd Ruppelt Every March nearly a hundred river rats of various skill levels take over Pickett State Park on the Cumberland Plateau in TN for an event put on by Memphis Whitewater. They take over the bunkhouses of the "Group Camp" in the park, eat...
Headliner: 2.3 Inches of Rain on the cumberland Plateau- Life is good! by Will Richardson | Mar 16, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos This was an epic Rock Island Weekend! Yesterday was a run down the Upper Caney Fork River with three Dynamic Duos. Clay and David (from Brazil), Emily and Nick, and dane and I all ran down the 8 mile run along with some folks from Knoxville. What a great run!...
Pakistan, Indus River – Last day on the river by Will Richardson | Mar 16, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid Rain started to drizzle down. Was in late in the night, or early in the morning? Either way it didn’t matter, I had gone light and had no shelter. During the evening I had scouted out an alcove in the boulders, and was glad I had scoped...
Phil Boyer sends in this tribute to the man that got him paddling, Lars Holbek by Will Richardson | Mar 16, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Phil Boyer Paddling legend Lars Holbek lost his fight with cancer on Friday March 13th in Durango Colorado at age 51 Lars gave his life to the outdoors, whether it was skiing, climbing, hiking or kayaking, some bit of Lars is in and with all of us. He helped open...
Keegan Grady surfs big breaks in Chile with NRA by Will Richardson | Mar 14, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Keegan Grady We just spent an amazing 5 days on the Rio Maipo near Santiago. I am hooked on Chile and think I will be back soon. We are all in the Santiago airport right now waiting for our flights, can’t wait to get back to Canada for some big waves and big...
Mission: The Factory faces of Jackson Kayak by Will Richardson | Mar 13, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Billy Harris I often just take for granted the boat I paddle was paid for and built by others at a cost to others. I very rarely think about the people who put their time and energy into each touch, finish, and bracket grab handle. Nothing overlooked and...
A Beautiful Day on Giant Gap by Will Richardson | Mar 13, 2009 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright I had the pleasure of joining Darin McQuoid and 3 other good friends for a sunny day of beautiful paddling on the Giant Gap section of the North American on Wednesday. I’d never been able to run this section before, though I had always...
Valley Mill Kayak School and Boat Shop's Jim Buley, and Team JK Mike Mathwin take the Dynamic Duo down the Fish Ladder!! by Will Richardson | Mar 12, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos Here is Jim’s story. Hey EJ! I thought I would share some pictures of me and Mike Mathwin’s run of the Fishladder Rapids of Great Falls yesterday. We put on kinda late, and had to race to keep the light, but still managed to get some pics out of it-...
Dynamic Duo runs the Caney Fork by Will Richardson | Mar 11, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, WhitewaterBy Nick Troutman I had the time of my life the other day when I took the Dynamic Duo down the Caney Fork with Billy, Stephen, Ej and Dane. It was a blast, I highly recommend it to anyone. I have already made a list of all the different rivers I want to run in the...
World Cup Road Trip Short Vid and Cover by Will Richardson | Mar 10, 2009 | WhitewaterBy Jez Well I can finally release the cover of our latest video, World Cup Road Trip showing the team in Switzerland. Clear water, a great wave and all right in the middle of town. Thun really is an amazing place for a World Cup. Here is a short B-side video. B-sides...
Check out a waterfall in Arizona! Travis Collins (6' 8" tall) paddles the Mega-Rocker over it by Will Richardson | Mar 9, 2009 | Rockers, WhitewaterHi Eric, A group of us guys just got back from a weekend creeking at Fossil Creek in northern Arizona. Thank you and your family for creating your Mega Rocker. My best friend Travis Collins is 6’8” and was not sure he could find a boat to fit. Well last...
Pakistan, Indus River – Day Seventeen by Will Richardson | Mar 9, 2009 | WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid Now that we were approaching the Haramosh Valley on the river, we knew it was time for our anticipated visit to the school. Roland and Chris had visited the previous day and read two English books owned by the school, but our whole group was...
