Salida Colorado has a great new hole in the park! by Will Richardson | Jun 16, 2005 | 2010 Fun, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterJune 16, 2005 Mike Harvey has done it again, making his home town a sweet hole, right at the boat ramp! Last year we competed downstream at the lower hole, this year the top hole is awesome and makes for the best rodeo spot. It is only Tuesday, with three more days...
4 Fun Review by Will Richardson | Jun 13, 2005 | 2010 Fun, WhitewaterJune 13, 2005 Eric: All the marketing is true – My new 4Fun is the most comfortable boat I’ve ever been in!! I turn 60 this year and was looking for something that didn’t torture me ( I moved from an Ace 5.1), yet still enables me to cartwheel and...
Michael writes in about the 2005 Jackson Kayak retrofit backband by Will Richardson | Jun 12, 2005 | 2010 Fun, WhitewaterJune 12, 2005 EJ I just wanted to drop you a line to tell you how satisfied I am with the new retrofitted backband. I have really long legs so my seat is all the way back in my 2004 4Fun. That left very little hand space for making adjustments to the old ratchet...
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...
Wolf Creek Pass lured the Jackson’s in for some snow kayaking… by Will Richardson | Jun 11, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJune 11, 2005 Photos We were driving over Wolf Creek Pass from Six Flags in Denver to Durango last night and the amount of snow left was awesome. At the top of the pass is a pull-off big enough for the RV and an awesome hill, mostly covered in snow. If I had rushed to...
OK Vail Story, now that I have had a good nights sleep! by Will Richardson | Jun 7, 2005 | Rockers, WhitewaterJune 7, 2005 Sorry about my wrap up story, my fingers were hitting the keypad but I was dozing off! It is a beautiful morning in Vail on this Monday and I can now recollect the whole thing better. The general theme was once again enjoying a great competition, and lots...
Story about little Brad moving from Fun 1 to Fun 1.5 on the Nanty by Will Richardson | Jun 5, 2005 | 2010 Fun, Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterJune 5, 2005 Hey EJ, Another great weekend on the river. Took Brad over to Nantahal for his first solo run in a hard-shell. I was a little worried about cutting him loose, because he still doesn’t have a roll. But, what the heck, what’s a few swims among...
Vail Mt Games report from Clay by Will Richardson | Jun 4, 2005 | Rockers, WhitewaterJune 4, 2005 The Dowd’s Chute race went sweet; we added gates to the course this year and made this ho-hum spectacle of sprinting into a head to head battle to make hard moves while racing. The footage speaks for itself. Amongst about 1/3 the racers getting a...
Vail Mountain Games kicks off today with me paddling the Super Hero! by Will Richardson | Jun 3, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJune 3, 2005 Photos Today was the opening day of the Teva Vail Mountain Games with the Time Trial and Head to Head race on the Eagle River at Dowd Chutes. The first race was 3.5 minutes long and at 8,000+ feet in altitude it is a tough one. It is a time trial to see...
Habitat 67, Ottawa Fun, and 2 HUGE loops! by Will Richardson | Jun 1, 2005 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterJune 1, 2005 Here’s some shots of Ottawa Kayak School instructors Sharky and Matt Hamilton on the Ottawa, as well as Keener Student Joel K. I was lucky enough to get to Montreal yesterday for a day of big-wave fun on Habitat 67. Levels were great, and I had a...
Milton Mann writes in about his new yellow granite Rocker by Will Richardson | May 27, 2005 | Rockers, WhitewaterMay 27, 2005 Hey EJ, Finally got the Rocker out for a test ride. The Green River, NC was running 200% yesterday, so I slipped out with a couple of friends for a run down the upper section. Great intermediate run and one I enjoy every chance I get, especially at 200%....
The Maryland Chute out on the Potomac River is going strong in DC by Will Richardson | May 15, 2005 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterMay 15, 2005 The Maryland Chut-Out is a series of rodeos on the Potomac River in MD that occur on the last Thursday of the month from April through September. The first Chute-Out of ’05 was a huge success with Nineteen competitors, and about 10 spectators making...
