Phil Boyer’s Futaleufu Adventures by Will Richardson | Jan 28, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Phil Boyer My winter guiding season began several weeks ago down in Patagonia, Chile. I am working with Bio Bio Exp. on the Rio Futaleufu, located in region X. Our base camp is surrounded with views of glacial mountains, wooded valleys, and temperate...
Chris from the UK writes in about his All-Star by Will Richardson | Jan 26, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, Whitewaterdear EJ I thought I would write and tell you about my last weekend. I bought an all star in the autumn and have mainly used it at park and play over the autumn, winter. However on Sunday a bunch of us were heading off to do a river called the Tees. This is well known...
Kids Boats? Oh yea, getting even better…. Side Kick is only days away from getting its first test from Dane!!! by Will Richardson | Jan 25, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterI got a call on my cell phone from Jody, our project manager for the Hero series molding, who described her first attempt to reach me at my home office. She called and asked for me; Dane answered. When she said she was looking for me and where she was from, Dane...
Jesse is profiled by the Rogue river's #1 outfitter and guide by Will Richardson | Jan 25, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hello everyone. I was recently contacted by the Whitewater Warehouse, the Rogue River’s #1 outfitter. Now Joy could just have easily written to say that she knew me when I didn’t have a roll and she wanted me to stop posing as some big time...
Lauren Burress (age 11) shares her overnight experience on Henderson with some good lessons for all of us by Will Richardson | Jan 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Lauren Burress This Isn’t the Piney Is It Dad? Hey EJ just thought I’d update you on my latest adventure. It might have been the toughest yet. As you know it hasn’t rained much here in Tennessee so we were super excited when it rained all night....
Learn more about the next Hotel Charlie: The Lost World! by Will Richardson | Jan 21, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterHere are some comments from Ben and Jesse…. The new title from Clear H2o Films that is set to release May 1st is The Lost World, Hotel Charley vol. 3. The meat of the feature length film features First Descents of wild, freeflowing rivers from the Northern...
Rollapooloza was the best pool session I have ever done! by Will Richardson | Jan 21, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterWhat an incredible job by all of the organizers and sponsors of Rollapooloza in creating a fun, instructional, and social event for paddlers in the dead of winter! With a snowy forecast, some vendors didn’t show up, and the attendance, I was told was a little...
Rollapalooza Rocks Raleigh! by Will Richardson | Jan 21, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright This past weekend Rollapalooza once again proved that it’s the coolest pool session in history with hundreds of paddlers who braved the snow for it! EJ, Nick, Dane, Ruth, and some jerk loaded-up with 14 JK boats for this event, including...
Hero World Premier Saturday Night at Rollapooloza! by Will Richardson | Jan 18, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterCome try the new Hero in the pool at the Rollapooloza in Raleigh, NC (if you are not too far away!). We’ll have two of them to try out! Side Kick mold arrived today and the Super Hero mold comes in next week!!! Horray! EJ...
Mark Hammock, Customer Service, got a chance to paddle the Hero today by Will Richardson | Jan 18, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterI called the factory at 8:00 am and Mark answered, “Jackson Kayak, this is Mark.” I said, “What are you doing there, man, we need a big guy like you to try the Hero! He said, “No way man, I have work to do!” ….. Uh, OK, maybe, If I...
Rodrigo from Chile sends in this note about his yet to be born Super Hero by Will Richardson | Jan 17, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Rodrigo Tuschner Hello there my incredible kayak Family from the end of the world Chile : Woooowww, at the moment that I see the new SUPER HERO I in love. I cant believe that model is so perfect and so cool, I think that kayak go to be the real revolution and I...
VIDEO: There is a New Hero in Town by Will Richardson | Jan 15, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Nick Troutman Here is the much anticipated 2008 NEW HERO SERIES video. Check out the video, and try out the Boat! See you on the River, Nick Troutman
