EJ’s 2005 World Freestyle Kayak Championships Wrap-Up by Will Richardson | Jan 30, 2005 | Rockers, WhitewaterJanuary 30, 2005 The World Championships stands alone as a meeting place of the best whitewater paddlers in the world gathered for a competition, fellowship, and a good time. They arrive interested in the feature they will be competing on and training. Then they...
Airblunt Rockers the spout . . . by Will Richardson | Jan 26, 2005 | Rockers, Whitewaterby Clay Wright January 26, 2005 I went down to the hole to see if I could find anyone to go run the falls with and ran into young James and Alex Tansey just getting out from surfing Brave Wave at 5 grand. James was telling me all about his first airblunt when I...
Manly Beach by Will Richardson | Jan 18, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterJanuary 18, 2005 Photos Two big things happened today. 1. Jackson Kayak has left the starting line for the 2005 season. We closed the doors to the shop on December 20th and reopened them today. John Ratliff is the head honch/big cheese in charge of making sure that...
First look at the new River Running/Creek boats, the Charger and Super Charger by Will Richardson | Jan 11, 2005 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterFirst look at the new River Running/Creek boats, the Charger and Super Charger January 11, 2005 Well, the Jackson Kayak lineup is coming together quite nicely I must say. The final designs to complete the Jackson Kayak boat line in plastic boats will be the Charger...
Pictures in my SuperStar – A Review by Will Richardson | Dec 31, 2004 | 2010 Fun, 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterDecember 31, 2004 Photos Hi, I’ve just swapped my 4Fun for a Superstar, and I have to say I am impressed. I was a bit too heavy for the 4Fun really, but I wanted it more for playing than river running, and the Stars weren’t out when I bought it. I have...
2005 Jackson Kayak outfitting upgrades completed and ready for production! by Will Richardson | Dec 27, 2004 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterDecember 27, 2004 Less than one year ago, we brought you an innovative, comfortable, lightweight outfitting system in every Jackson Kayak. It was our first year and I was very happy with how things turned out. The only piece of outfitting we didn’t make on our...
Clay Wright gets in the Rocker today! by Will Richardson | Dec 22, 2004 | Rockers, WhitewaterDecember 22, 2004 Just back from a trip to Belize, Clay finally gets a chance at the Rocker! The timing was hard for him, since we pulled the first boats out of the mold the day he left. The good news is that he returned with a ready to paddle prototype in my front...
The Rocker, Jackson Kayak’s creeker hits the water and is awesome! by Will Richardson | Dec 20, 2004 | Rockers, WhitewaterDecember 20, 2004 The excitement and butterflies I get when I put a new design on the water for the first time is unreal. This is the first time David Knight and I have had the opportunity to design a creekboat with no strings attached ever. We pulled as much...
Valley Mill Kayak Shop’s own Colin Kemp shows off his Super Star in Harper’s Ferry by Will Richardson | Dec 15, 2004 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterDecember 15, 2004 I got this email from Colin today. Rob and Colin are both Team JK paddlers and they sure can paddle! Colin set up Valley Mill Kayak Shop in March of 2004, and will come in second place in the entire US/Canada for total number of boats sold at over...
Rocker Proto 1- Hull Photo by Will Richardson | Dec 14, 2004 | Rockers, WhitewaterDecember 14, 2004 Well, here I am at my Christmas tree with the first Rocker out of the temporary mold! This particular one is too thin in the hull for paddling, but we will use it for outfitting purposes. Today we will have some that we can use to paddle in. We made...
David Knight saving lives in Iraq, while making lives better for the kayakers of the world by Will Richardson | Nov 27, 2004 | Rockers, WhitewaterNovembe 27, 2004 My design partner, David Knight, and I are now in our second decade of designing boats together. David and I first designed the “Hotlanta” slalom kayak together in 1994 and made the plug, mold, and boat in his basement. We designed the...
Hot News from Down Under in Australia! by Will Richardson | Nov 7, 2004 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterNovember 7, 2004 I got this email this morning from Jez, our Australian importer! EJ, I just received a shipment of boats in Australia which included the first All Star in the country. The boat looked great but would Jake Farragher,our sponsored paddler fit into it?...
