Rodrigo from Chile’ sends in some beautiful photos from a creek near his home called the Rio Plata. by Will Richardson | Jan 5, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Rodrigo Tuschner Hi EJ, One of the most beautiful and hard rivers to run in my home town is the “Rio Plata”. Not many kayakers have run this river because access is very difficult and not every time have a perfect level also. After walking for probable...
Better than bowl games … North Chick New Year’s! by Will Richardson | Jan 4, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Clay Wright This New Year’s day we got Lucky! It was my last day before knee surgery, Dane’s first chance to try the Punk Rocker, and EJ’s first chance at the 07 Rocker so we were all eager as beaver to ‘get lucky’ on North Chick this...
Dane’s North Chick Video by Will Richardson | Jan 4, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterVideo (QuickTime, 7.9 MB) of Dane, EJ and Clay on North Chick on New Year’s Day.
New Years Trip Report by Will Richardson | Jan 2, 2007 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Boyd Ruppelt After Champaign and fireworks on the Rock Island dam, we decided to start our New Years right with a day in the smokies!!! Brad Sutton, Samantha Brunner, and myself took off from Rock Island to meet up with our friends Drew from Memphis, and...
Rocker Report by Will Richardson | Jan 2, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Brad Sutton The New 2007 Rocker was a treat to try out today on the Caney Fork at Rock Island. I weigh 175 pounds and the medium sized Rocker floated me evenly from bow to stern. The 2007 Rocker turned and spun really well and has an excellent chine configuration,...
All Rocker’s are IN! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Clay Wright Here we’ve got Brad Sutton in an orange Rocker, he weighs 175. We’ve got Samantha Brunner trying out the little green Punk Rocker, at 115 lbs. We’ve got Jason Burton in the Blue Mega-Rocker weighing in around 205. And here’s me...
Evan Lloyd puts his new Jet Black Mega-Rocker to good use in Arizona on Fossil Creek! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterHey EJ, I just got back from Arizona for Christmas. My brothers and I went to Fossil Creek to give my Mega Rocker a go on some falls. It was pretty sweet. The water is from a spring and is 78 degrees year round. It’s pretty easy class II-III stuff, but there are...
EJ’s new 2007 All-Star Review by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 2007 | Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterThere is no satisfaction like being completely happy with something that you worked really hard for. The 2007 All-Star was a very long term project by David Knight, myself, and the team. We didn’t start on the boat until we truly knew what we wanted to improve...
My favorite part of Jackson Kayak by Will Richardson | Dec 20, 2006 | Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterMore than anything, my favorite part of owning Jackson Kayak is that the hard work we do puts smiles on people’s faces. Nothing is more precious to me than a smiling child, and the joy a parent gets from seeing their own child truly happy. Bringing Kayaking to...
“Uni-Shock” bulkhead system gets another full Piton test, awesome! by Will Richardson | Dec 20, 2006 | Rockers, WhitewaterOne random magically warm day this summer I was on a classic high alpine run with good friends deep in the Colorado wilderness. After a particular bend in the river lies a good pool with a cliff standing around 20 feet over the water. Since it was a balmy afternoon...
Heather Herbeck going hard in Oregon! by Will Richardson | Dec 19, 2006 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Heather Herbeck Hi EJ, December 17th, 2006 Beaver Creek Falls, OR The first time I saw this waterfall in a video, I’ve dreamed of running it. This 55-foot waterfall was given the name "The angry Beaver" (located on Beaver Creek, OR) by the Epicocity...
Eric’s Christmas list by Will Richardson | Dec 18, 2006 | Rockers, WhitewaterDear Carman, You are the best customer service manager the industry has ever seen. You are also my personal Santa Claus that has given me the best presents in the world. Here is my Christmas list for this year… For Christmas I would like: (it is OK that you...
