Mission: Cheoah River, sore backs and the chronicle of the shuttle bunny by Will Richardson | Feb 17, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Billy Harris Just going to put this out there, shuttle bunny’s get it tough. For all shuttle bunny’s everywhere I send my condolences. I literally sat on my butt all day long watching people have fun. Ruth Gordan left for Costa Rica with all her...
Another AWESOME day on the Falls at Rock Island! by Will Richardson | Feb 7, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright With the dam releasing a BEEFY 11,000 cfs, the surfing wasn’t great so we headed-out for some high water falls lines and Sieve City action! At this level there are tons of great lines to run all over the falls–probably 20 or more runnable...
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...
Dry Jackson Kayaks & Dry NRS Suits by Will Richardson | Nov 28, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterBy Devon Barker Today the temperature was 30 degrees and the water was a little warmer when we all convened at Sullivan Hole. Jud Keiser, Dave Turner, Chris & Liberty Hoffer, a young kid paddling a Super Star who started two months ago, and myself set out in our...
David Stefan wins the Brazilian national championships in his new All-Star! by Will Richardson | Nov 14, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterFrom David, HI EJ How it doing??? yeahhhhhhhhh sweet yestarday was awesome the ceremony of finesh of competition I win my 4 time brazilian national champion was awesome Behind the competidors had Chile guys and argentinians , and i win with my all star yeahhhhhhhh the...
Stephen, Ruth, Jud, and James in a new Skookumchuck Video! by Will Richardson | Nov 9, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright After 5 days away, I’m wishing for more surfing at Skook as soon as possible! I already miss the friends, environment, dog party, cabins at Strong Water Campground, and the epic waves. Here’s a video of Ruth Gordon, James Roddick, Jud...
Jonathan Shales from Alabama turns 16 and ready for regional team! by Will Richardson | Nov 6, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Rockers, WhitewaterI watched this young man grow up both physically and mentally over the past 4 years and I am very proud to present him as an ambassador for Jackson Kayak and paddling in general. Look for the biggest loops ever at Hell Hole, or any move anywhere going down the...
All Star reflection by Will Richardson | Nov 1, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterBy Jon Best I was rummaging through my video collection not long ago and came across a small film I made early this year of the new All Star in Africa. I remember the first time getting in the new boat and paddling up so Nile Special. I think it was one of the first...
New River Dries are AWESOME! by Will Richardson | Sep 30, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterOctober 30, 2007 By Emily Jacksony Hey Everyone! While i was attending the Wild and Scenic Film Festival a Fellow kayaker told me that the dries had been running that day, Nick nearly burst into tears at the news knowing that we must have missed it but we decided to...
Team JK’s French extraordinaire, Ludo offers his bio by Will Richardson | Sep 26, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterOctober 26, 2007 All good things come with time they say, and like a good French wine, 2007 wasn’t quiet Ludo’s time for showing his incredible skills. Ludo didn’t make the 2007 French team, but yet, has the skills to medal in the world championships...
A Serendipitous Adventure by Will Richardson | Sep 19, 2007 | 2010 Fun, 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterOn Saturday July 28, 2007 a group of friends met at the Wartburg ranger station in hopes of running Clear Creek from Jett to Lily. A huge red cloud had appeared on weather radar the night before. It was about the size of the lower part of the state of Kentucky and was...
Shon Cottrill (Flex) and Brad Sutton’s epic adventure down the Elk River Canyon in British Columbia by Will Richardson | Sep 10, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterOctober 10, 2007 By Brad Sutton It all started a few days ago with a call to Flex about paddling and to share Thanksgiving weekend together for Turkey Dinner. Which his girlfriend Colleen Gentemann made with many amazing dishes she cooked up for the special weekend....
