Rock Island is running again after the longest drought in history! by Will Richardson | Dec 6, 2008 | WhitewaterI moved to Rock Island, TN after spending years here in our RVs, starting in 1997. This is my favorite place to paddle and if it weren’t for this place, I would not likely have a house at all. Typically we have great mild weather in the winter, lots of water,...
NEW Moves & Combos by Will Richardson | Dec 4, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Nick Troutman Well for the past five years or so it has been said that freestyle has plateaued, meaning that everything that could be invented had, and everything possible in a whitewater freestyle boat had been done. Well, we all know that that hasn’t been...
Pakistan Part 3: A new Bench Mark on the Indus by Will Richardson | Dec 1, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterMonday, December 1st, 2008 – New Delhi , India Exactly 11 days after entering the Indus at the cusp of a 3000 foot descent to the Karakoram Highway ; Ben Stookesberry, Phil Boyer, Darin McQuoid, Rafael Ortiz and Chris Korbulic accomplish the most complete...
Russell and his weekend of kayak fishing and kayak duck hunting by Will Richardson | Nov 30, 2008 | Day Tripper, Recreational/TouringMarty, What a great weekend. Four days to play in the boat. In Virginia we are not allowed to hunt on Sundays so we have to make due with only Saturdays for those of us who work a typical five day work week. The day started like this, 3:30am alarm clock sounds, 4:00am...
West Virginia Update by Will Richardson | Nov 30, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Justin Owen There are always lots of things to be thankful for, especially this time of year. This year I can add one more to my list, as whitewater is on the plate in wild and wonderful West Virginia. I left Rock Island a few weeks back in hopes of finding some...
Kayak Fishing the Caney Fork for Browns and Rainbow by Will Richardson | Nov 28, 2008 | Day Tripper, Recreational/TouringOn a gorgeous fall day, Edward, his kayak fishing buddy Brandon and their buddy Jack (who had never gone kayaking before) all set out for a hard day of work. Well that’s what they told their wives! We had a great time fishing, paddling and just hanging out. What...
Day Tripp’n in Florida on Shell Island by Will Richardson | Nov 28, 2008 | Day Tripper, Recreational/TouringSeth and I had a great time at the Paddlesports Industry Association event. As you can see we found time to get out and paddle. What a great time we had paddling to Shell Island. This year it was held in Panama City and was a total success. This was my first time...
November Skook 2008 by Will Richardson | Nov 28, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Nick Troutman We just got back from the famous Skook Wave up in BC Canada. Dane, Stephen, Clay, Ruth, Jessica, and myself had a great time rippin’ up the wave. We lucked out with great weather, being bright and sunny for more than half our trip. We were all...
Thanksgiving 2008 by Will Richardson | Nov 28, 2008 | WhitewaterThanksgiving- I have had some of my best childhood memories from Thanksgiving. My mom, along side of her sisters (my aunts), in my Grandmother’s kitchen, cooking the big dinner. My could be found dad playing chess with my uncle, or my Grandfather in the den. My...
Skookumchuck Surfing with big tides! by Will Richardson | Nov 26, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright Go to British Columbia in mid November? They’re crazy! Well as it turns-out, we had mostly sunny days in the 50’s and perfectly warm cabins at Strongwater Campground in the nights. What a perfect trip! The adventure started on a Friday...
Holiday $100 rebate Introductory Special for Dynamic Duo and Little Hero! by Will Richardson | Nov 25, 2008 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterWe decided that we should do something special this holiday season. This is the end of our 5th season at Jackson Kayak. It is a special time of year, and we have two special new boats arriving too! The Dynamic Duo and the Little Hero. So you want to be able to take...
Remembering Christmas 2006! by Will Richardson | Nov 25, 2008 | WhitewaterI got a suprise brand new All-Star under the tree! EJ
