Darin McQuoid's Hero Review by Will Richardson | May 7, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid My new love: The 2008 Hero. Here are just a few reasons why I love the ’08 Hero. Nimble: The Hero is easy to move around the river. Because it rides high in the water and has planing hull with just enough edge, it’s easy to use the edges...
Check out Lauren Burress' run of Richland by Will Richardson | Apr 30, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Lauren Burress Hi JK Family, I just wanted to send in a story of me and Dad running Richland Creek a couple of weekends ago. With all of the rain we have been hitting up some creeking rivers lately. I paddled my new Pink Star instead of my Punk Rocker. I am still...
USA Team Trials Over and was awesome! by Will Richardson | Apr 28, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterWhat a great weekend with plenty of drama, great racing, great weather, and tons of people! The Canadians selected their Olympic Team in David Ford (now 5 time Olympian!), and Sara Boudens for the women. They didn’t earn a spot for C1 as the USA took that spot...
Colorado 2008 Creeking stoke by Will Richardson | Apr 16, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Joe Keck Yo Jackson World! First blood has been drawn from the 2008 Colorado creeking season! Yesterday, a solid crew rallied out to the desert near Montrose and fired Colorado’s classic early season run – Escalante Creek. The bad news is my camera...
Kate Howell sends in this Ladies “Park and Boof” course photos and note by Will Richardson | Apr 16, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterHey EJ Thought I’d write a quick note to say how much I enjoyed paddling my new Rocker for the first time on the weekend, when I tried it out in a class. Nine women attended the “Park and Boof” class that myself and James Bagley Jr organized in...
Heather Herbeck: Happy in Hero by Will Richardson | Apr 14, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Heather Herbeck Hey Everyone – Yes, here is yet another quick update on the Hero: Wow! The Hero is an amazing boat. I didn’t think I would be able to respond to the boat as quickly and easily as I did, being that I have been paddling the Rocker (no...
Hero testing on Cow Pie Falls :-) by Will Richardson | Apr 7, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Boyd Ruppelt Hey EJ! It was great seeing you guys this weekend and awesome to be blessed with so much rain! Friday me and Sam went over with Clay and John McConville to Pine Creek Falls, also known as Cow Pie falls, to test the new Heros waterfall running abilities...
Rain brings up Henderson on Walden's Ridge! by Will Richardson | Apr 6, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos What a great creek we have in Henderson only about 60 miles from Rock Island and on the "Mini-Road" (route 30 from Rock Island-Dayton), SWEET. A road side put-in and 3 miles of class 1-3 drops you into a steep mile of quality Cumberland Plateau class...
Jesse is loving his Super Hero more and more, and so are his friends by Will Richardson | Apr 6, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hi Everyone, The Super Hero just keeps getting better and better! If I could reach through your computer and pull you onto a river trip with me with a couple Super Heros I would. This boat has set the new mark of what a river running creek boat needs...
Happy Easter! Hometown Cooking in Pacific Northwest by Will Richardson | Mar 24, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hi everyone, There is something great for me in paddling with my original crew in the Pacific Northwest. These are the guys with whom I cut my teeth on class five, and it is always great to be back in the Pacific Northwest with them. It is what I like...
EJ's gets this note from Ben Stookesberry today, WHOA baby!!! by Will Richardson | Mar 15, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBen Stookesberry, Jesse Coombs hook up with Pedro, David, Chris Zwacky and others in Brazil and find the goods, apparently! I got this note from Ben today… Eric, We will be in Brazil until the 18th (3 more days), and then we will start unleashing a small...
Toni learns to roll a kayak, gets a new Hero and sends in this great note about her transition from open boat to kayak! by Will Richardson | Mar 9, 2008 | 2010 Fun, Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterHi! As I sit, watching the snow fall and the Jackson video, that accompanied my new Jackson Hero kayak, I wanted to send you an email with a picture of its maiden voyage and a picture of the kayak, it will be taking priority over. Last week, I took my new boat to...
