Phil Boyer sends in this update with him in his Punk Rocker! by Will Richardson | Jun 2, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Phil Boyer Hey there E.J. I just had a great day on South Silver. The water has been holding out for the run and I had a great time. The weather was sunny and clear and the walk back up to run the drops over and over is super easy. As always the PUNK ROCKER paddled...
Paddling Life Pro Invitational Rocks Steamboat Springs! by Will Richardson | May 29, 2007 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright Photos The Paddling Life Pro Invitational went-off with a bang in Steamboat Springs, CO on Memorial Day–making for a great event in a cool town. This is the only event in the US where a creek race and a freestyle event are combined for...
Why the Mega Rocker? by Will Richardson | May 25, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Rodrigo Tuschner For all the addicted creeker kayakers, here is some reason why you need to have the mega Rocker: -Over 20 Mts. Water fall, what you need is feel safe and comfortable whit your kayak. -In deep gorges, when you need take strong decisions, a fast boat...
Darin McQuoid High Sierra Creeking Report by Will Richardson | May 25, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid Photos Just got off one great week of creeking the Rocker in the High Sierra. Our five day trip included a quick run down Love’s Falls, South Silver, and an epic three day wilderness run through Fantasy Falls on the North Fork Mokelumne. The...
Stace and Keith Kimmel take advantage of the clinics (women’s clinic and playboating clinic) in Colorado and have this to say… by Will Richardson | May 24, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Rockers, WhitewaterPhoto is after the women’s clinic taught by Ruth Gordon, and Emily Jackson (both current world champions!) Playboating clinics by Jesse Coombs (Hotel Charlie/Clear H2O films), and Ben Guska (Team JK) EJ, I wanted to drop you a quick note and let you know what a...
Salida Fun Times by Will Richardson | May 24, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright Photos After a great weekend in Buena Vista where we helped-out with the CKS Paddlefest event, it’s been 4 magical days in Salida for many of the JK Team. Ruth, Nick, Emily, Dane, Jason, EJ, Kristine, Jesse Coombs, Klass, and I have all been...
Mission: Lost in the woods and Project: Jackson North by Will Richardson | May 19, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Billy Harris Well as most of you might have heard, I almost didn’t make it for the Finals. I showed up after warm up rides in my jeans again. Jumped in to the first of 2 rides pretty much freaked out. Second ride was better but not much. I guess that I have...
Mega Rocker Video Green 100% by Will Richardson | May 16, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Eric Stalowy Things have been pretty dry here in the SE but we are so lucky to have the Green when things dry up. Here is some footage taken a couple of weeks ago. There is a great line by Jeb Hall at Go Left, a good ride at Speed Trap for Joe, and i get up close...
4 Corners and Hotel Charley 2 go BIG in Durango by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Andy Corra and 4 Corners River Sports put on a great show at the Abbey Theater and had their annual huge gear swap. I arrived in Durango on Thursday, and kayaked the play park in Animas a minimum of twice each day that I have been here. Saturday...
Opening night of the Worlds by Will Richardson | Apr 29, 2007 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Devon Barker My drysuit, my squirt boat, my All Star, and the Little Pickey Lodge here at Wilderness Tours is the best! Joe Kowalski is our host here on the Ottawa River. It has been hard not having ideal training levels but we had a great option in New York. I...
Box Canyon Race by Will Richardson | Apr 27, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid On April 21st local shop Shasta Base Camp hosted a race down Box Canyon of the Sacramento, and we had a great showing of paddlers brave enough to face low flows and rainy weather. Some of the more competitive paddlers ran the box the day before and...
Awesome Middle Palguin, Mega Rocker fly good by Will Richardson | Apr 25, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Rodrigo Tuschner I love this run, I love this water fall, this section is the sh*t, is very close to the town and is incredible soft on the bottom, Something that I really love is the entry… In this time when I be on the bottom I was so happy because I...
