A Couple of Fall Days on Fun Tour with KC- photo essay by Will Richardson | Sep 4, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 4, 2008 Photos The Fun Tour isn’t over with GAF, NOC visits, Rock Creek visits, paddling the Nantahala and Ocoee Rivers, and spending a little time with KC. Here are a few images from the past week… EJ
All-Star the Big Winner at World Cup by Will Richardson | Sep 4, 2008 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterThe World Cup was a great place to showcase the most successful freestyle kayak of all time, the Star series. The results were 10 of the 15 medals were won in a Star series kayak for the World Cup overall. The other 4 medals were won by: 2 by the French...
Want your 2008 Action Jackson- and the JK Box Set of promo videos? by Will Richardson | Sep 4, 2008 | WhitewaterWe physically have the JK Box set in hand and ready to distribute! If you are already a “JK Member” you only have to click here and verify your address for us to ship it to you! If you aren’t a member yet (free, it is the JK Database for sending out...
Final Team USA/Canada Dinner before we all went home by Will Richardson | Sep 3, 2008 | WhitewaterKeegan, Nick, and Ruth were there for Team Canada, while Adrienne, Nichole, Jonathan, Jason, LP, Emily, Dane, EJ, Clay, Jez (team Australia), and LP’s Mom, Jason’s Mom, and Adrienne’s Mom, and also the "HuckZenar" USA volunteer for...
Summer Gauley Surfing by Will Richardson | Sep 3, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Katy Doyle Due to the some extremely low levels on the New River (-2.5 to -3 ft) the Summersville dam releases in order to augment the flow of the Kanawa River which in made by the New and Gauley Rivers. While this means some boney runs down the New, it also means...
World Cup Wrap-Up by Will Richardson | Sep 3, 2008 | WhitewaterThe 2008 World Cup- held over the past three weeks in Prague, Czech, Augsburg, Germany, and Thun, Switzerland has been wrapped up and everyone is on their way home. It was a very heart-warming sight to see the period of time from the Awards on Sunday onwards. It...
Daddy and Dane get to meet KC! by Will Richardson | Sep 3, 2008 | WhitewaterPhotos Finally, after our flight back from Europe, we get to meet KC! He is a little guy! You can tell already that he is patient, strong, tolerant, and happy! We are so lucky! I have a lot of playing to do in the name of raising him ahead of me! 🙂...
There and Back Again: A Hobbit’s Tale by Will Richardson | Sep 3, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright Photos It’s been a wild ride all the way across the ocean and back, and I’m now sitting in Jessica’s house in Reno—awake at 5:30 a.m. due to jet lag. Yesterday was a 25 1/2 hour travel day beginning in Frankfurt, Germany and...
Stuck in Switzerland by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Jez I am sitting in Switzerland pondering what an amazing month it has been on the road with the World Cup. The results are in however this does not come close to describe what ridiculous fun we have had while on the road. The parties, the paddling, the total...
"Am I Ready for the Gauley Yet?" by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Colin Kemp Come and join JK team members Ruth Gordon, Clay Wright, and other JK team members for your first time down the Gauley River! If you have never been on the Gauley now is your chance to do it in style with some of the worlds best guides. World Kayak has...
Reno Sparks NEW Whitewater Park by Will Richardson | Sep 2, 2008 | WhitewaterOctober 2, 2008 By Ruth Gordon This week just downstream of the current whitewater park another was completed. Though it is still not officially open I had the chance to test out the new features in the Sparks Whitewater Park – and yes I got to be the first...
Max Renault from France sends in his Team Bio by Will Richardson | Sep 1, 2008 | WhitewaterOctober 1, 2008 My first 5 minutes at the Prague Whitewater park was spent marveling over the young Maxime Renault that was out paddling in the hole. I never met him before that moment and, after watching him relate to others around him, and watching him paddle, I...
