Yoho National Park of Canada, British Columbia Fall of 2007 by Will Richardson | Feb 15, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Brad Sutton One of the best river trips I have been on was on the Yoho River Canyon in British Columbia this past fall season. Established in 1886, Yoho National Park is one of 41 national parks in Canada. Our nation’s parks celebrate and help protect...
What a birthday weekend! (and a bit of carnage) by Will Richardson | Feb 11, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Boyd Ruppelt I took off to Alabama this weekend to celebrate my birthday weekend ( I’m 24! ) with Samantha for some creeking and skydiving action before heading back to Memphis and back to school. Saturday started out right with 3 skydives, a beautiful day,...
Beautiful Day on Little River Canyon! by Will Richardson | Feb 11, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright On Saturday, I read on Boatertalk that "Habitatmapper" had written, "LRC–it’s so hot right now…". That was all the prodding that I needed. On Sunday I loaded up Jessica’s van with 4 Heroes, 2...
Paddy talks about what happens when a 10 year old gets in a Fun 1 by Will Richardson | Feb 10, 2008 | 2010 Fun, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterHi Eric, The first jackson fun1 arrived at my local club at christmas time and if i am totally honest my opinion was ‘it’s too small’. The 10 year old that was paddling it i thought struggled with how responsive the boat was and on the first river...
Jesse Coombs gets the Super Hero on the water by Will Richardson | Feb 10, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Super Hero Review We have just built the creek boat I have always wanted. If the Super Hero had a motto, it would be ‘Where do you want to go today?’ That is because the Super Hero provides a platform for you to decide how far and where you...
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...
Caney Fork with invisible Sponsons (Hero report) by Will Richardson | Feb 7, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Clay Wright Part-time JK staff member Justin Owen surfs Rock Island almost every morning. Just last year we ‘got him down’ Upper Caney Fork at a really low level and he’s been boating hard ever since. So when the gages spiked I knew he...
Out of India and into Brazil by Will Richardson | Feb 6, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Ben Stookesberry EJ, I feel more than lucky to be on the receiving end of all of the Jackson Kayak staff and Team members hard work in getting this year´s 2008 boats out. I can not wait to see and boat the Super Heroes. It looks like it should be the perfect...
JK Staff paddles the Hero and Superhero over the Falls! by Will Richardson | Feb 6, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright After many months of patience, Great Falls dam finally spilled it’s mighty waters yesterday. The Staff took the afternoon off to try out the new Heroes and the 1st Superhero to enjoy running the falls. They walked back up over and over...
The Sidekick by Will Richardson | Feb 5, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Dane Jackson Last Thursday I was expecting to have the first Sidekick ever on either Friday or Monday. But my mom came down to the basement on Thursday and said that the Sidekick arrived. I was super excited to hear that it was in. I went to the plant with my mom...
JK Staff Working Insane-O OVERTIME to get your Kayak Built! by Will Richardson | Jan 31, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright With more Kayak orders than ever before, the JK Staff has taken boat-building to the next level this week. Everyone is working 10 hour days to build record numbers of Funs, Stars, Heroes, and Rockers so that our dealers can get you your 08...
Pikey's past weekend! by Will Richardson | Jan 30, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Pikey Another weekend another great destination and some crazy beginners! Last weekend Dartmoor this Weekend the stunning Lake District! The Lakes is England’s more mountainous region with breath taking views, every building seems to be made by slate...
