Hero in Action! by Will Richardson | May 26, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hey Everyone, The photos and details below say more than I could ever write… Boat: Super Hero Rivers: South Branch Feather and McCloud Paddler: Ryan Knight Photographer: Devin Knight Result: The Knight brothers are absolutely loving their Super...
Last week on my way home from Uganda by Will Richardson | May 25, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Jessie Stone , I made a quick stop in Switzerland to see how the spring run off was and visit my boyfriend, Juerg Ruf. It was a gorgeous warm, week so snowmelt was contributing to nice high flows in local rivers and creeks. As I was staying in the Berner Oberland,...
Darin McQuoid Photo Essay! by Will Richardson | May 23, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid
Glenwood Springs Exposed II: Playboating the Hero! by Will Richardson | May 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright After running lots of creeks in my Hero–which it does very well–I’ve also recently had a chance to playboat the Hero as well. IT ROCKS. The Hero is super easy to surf, carve, spin, VERY stable and controllable side-surf, loops HUGE,...
New Blog- Winter skiing, Box Elder, and the Lochsa by Will Richardson | May 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Eric Seymour Wow what a winter in Jackson. We received 600 inches of snow (the second highest on record). Skiing was unbelievable and the powder days just kept coming. Spring is finally here and the season is going to be unbelievable. The day after I got my...
Cascades, Whiteoak, and lots of girls by Will Richardson | May 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Boyd Ruppelt So last weekend I had the incredible opportunity to tag along with Jackson Kayak’s own Samantha Brunner to help with a women’s specific river running/ intro to playboating clinic. I got to paddle the Nanti with 14 women at...
Glenwood Springs Exposed: Day 1 @ 13,000 cfs! by Will Richardson | May 21, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright After a great weekend in Buena Vista with CKS, I spent a day in Salida before hearing statewide rumors of a big wave in Glenwood Springs. I had heard all that I needed to, so I packed-up and made the drive on Tuesday morning. My 3 hours of road-time...
Hotel Charley 3: The Lost World tours California by Will Richardson | May 20, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hey Everyone, We are in the midst of a great tour with the largest audiences we have ever seen. Read below to check out the California shows. Salmon, CA Now this was a special event. Paul Gamache and Daniel Brasuell organized the second annual Salmon...
Chris Korbulic sends in a great update from Northern California by Will Richardson | May 18, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Chris Korbulic Hey there guys, Congratulations on the Jackson family sweep at Reno! It looked like it was a great event and lots of fun. I’ve been having a good bit of fun too over in Northern California on runs like the South Branch of the Middle Fork of the...
Devin Knight Super Hero Review by Will Richardson | May 14, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos As far as the new Super Hero goes, whew! Where to start…. I guess with the beginning! First time I even saw the boat was when Jesse showed up at my house with Ben to edit the new Hotel Charlie video. We needed a break from the work so kayaking was in...
Wild, Wonderful "Wet" Virginia Update (Mission Length, butbetter grammar) by Will Richardson | May 13, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Brian Jennings Well, there’s been lots going on in the Dubya-Vee. I wasextremely disappointed that due to some work responsibilities, I was unable togo to Reno this year. Jim Litchfield and crew always do an amazing job runninga top-notch event. It’s...
Sweden gets a hold of the new All-Stars for their Team Selection! by Will Richardson | May 9, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterI got this email from Erik… Jackson dominates the Swedish team trails Last weekend Jackson boats dominated the first of three team trails to the national team of the great nation of Sweden! At the Hagfors-wave local hero Mats Walstedt dominated in his green...
