My first time down the Russell Fork with Dane by Will Richardson | Sep 3, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterOctober 3, 2005 Clay and Stephen both emailed me from the Gauley saying that they were headed to the Russell Fork and Dane told me that he wanted to do some creeking. Made sense to me, so we loaded ourselves in the RV, along with Mario, and Kristine, of course, and we...
Big Week at Jackson Kayak headquarters! Meeting of the big wigs all week by Will Richardson | Jul 25, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJuly 25, 2005 Phase one of Jackson Kayak is completed. Introduce the first ever complete line of kayaks all in one year, and work out the production kinks to be able to produce enough to satisfy demand. Now it is time to have a meeting of the minds as we enter phase 2...
Photographer, Chuck Kennedy, captures EJ crash and burn from Great Falls Race on film by Will Richardson | Jul 18, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterJuly 18, 2005 Here they are: EJ, Jason, and Andy lined up at the final drop and then the crash. Notice that it is Jason’s body and paddle with my red Super Hero in front, you can barely see my paddle in the background. 🙂 EJ EJ Crash Sequence EJ...
Life’s Lessons, 180 degree change of course, opportunities disguised as hardships, all can be found in a suddenly broken body; day 1 by Will Richardson | Jul 17, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJuly 17, 2005 Photos Yesterday the Potomac Whitewater Festival’s competitions got kicked off with the Great Falls Race. This is perhaps the oldest running extreme race in the USA, and likely the world, with my first falls race back in the 80’s. The race is...
Hero, Super Hero, and Rocker all get out at Great Falls for some action! by Will Richardson | Jul 14, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterJuly 14, 2005 Photos I wrote about Great Falls only two days ago, and now we are here running some of those lines I was so excited about, and Emily got to run one sweet drop today too. Danny Stock, Emily, and I hit the falls at noon in the summer heat, 90+ degrees,...
Heroes and Rockers get some good use at Great Falls of the Potomac in Wash. DC! by Will Richardson | Jul 12, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJuly 12, 2005 Photos The Jackson’s have arrived after a long drive from the Ottawa at the steps of the capital of the USA. In this beautiful city lies a gem of a river called the Potomac. Just upstream from the Capital about 12 miles is where you will find the...
Jackson Kayak is finally making kayaks “just in time” after 15 months of playing catch up!!! by Will Richardson | Jul 8, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterJuly 8, 2005 We are a small company trying to build a brand that can satisfy our customers requests for the boat of their choice on demand. This means that if you want a pink Hero and go to your local Jackson Kayak dealer, which will likely not be stocking a Pink...
Jackson Kayak update – Factory is firing on all cylinders! by Will Richardson | Jun 29, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterJune 29, 2005 I can’t tell you how cool it is to get the updates from the factory now! Everyone there is working like crazy to bring our backlog of kayaks down to zero in three more weeks. What this means is that for the first time in 2005 you can order a kayak...
Oh-Be-Joyful Race 2005 by Will Richardson | Jun 28, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterJune 28, 2005 Racing down Crested Butte, CO’s 400ft/mile Oh-be-Joyful Creek is an annual tradition, whether there’s water or not, and this year at long last there was plenty! Brent Toepper set the date on Mt. Buzz and gave a ‘5PM race time’ but...
What Jackson Kayak products should you now own or get ASAP? by Will Richardson | Jun 20, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJune 20, 2005 It is mid-June 2005, a great water year in many places, average in others, but finally summer has arrived everywhere. We have been busy making many new products, of which most people are not really aware of all of them or the ones that will change your...
The first ever Pine Creek Extreme race was held today and what action! by Will Richardson | Jun 19, 2005 | Heros, WhitewaterJune 19, 2005 We had 2 swims in the practice rounds, then another in the time trials. Once we moved on to head to head you would have thought the swimming was done, but we were wrong. 2 of the Pro men ended up in the drink – at least – and some of the...
Hero, Super Hero, and Rocker are on the way to a store near you, get your boat on order today! by Will Richardson | Jun 12, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJune 12, 2005 Oh yea baby, we are making your new favorite long boats and shipping them! We shipped 40 of them last week, and another 80 of them will be shipped this week! Get your name on one today to avoid losing time in your new boat! Go to the appropriate pages to...
