Mexico Update by Will Richardson | Dec 11, 2008 | WhitewaterPhotos By John McConville Hola Me Amigo’s!!! So here I am, reporting live from the warm waters of Mexico. Where the waterfall are big and the travertine is sticky. Currently i’m located in Ciudad Valles at Aventura Huasteca where Lance Reif, Chris Bear,...
Pakistan Day Eight – On The Water by Will Richardson | Dec 9, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid After seven days of travel and dealing, we were ready to get our Heros on the river. Deciding that we didn’t need an early start and it would be one of our last mornings to a nice motel, we slept in and enjoyed a nice breakfast. Enjoyed...
EJ's Hero Review in its first season by Will Richardson | Dec 8, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Whitewater The Hero has now had most of the first season to prove its meddle among a large group of river runners. Our design criteria for this boat was to make a boat that was: 1. Incredibly stable and easy to keep upright. 2. Roll like a Jackson-...
Pakistan Adventure, Days 5-7 by Will Richardson | Dec 8, 2008 | WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid During our second dinner in Pakistan we debated the merits of two options. One was to put on the Indus the following day and after completing the desired section, explore rivers in the Hunza Valley region. The second was renting jeep that would...
EJ's Keener Coaching and "EJ Week" at OKS is scheduled! by Will Richardson | Dec 8, 2008 | WhitewaterOne of the places to find great water and weather in July is the Ottawa River in Ontario. Warm water, big water, variety of rapid types and even two channels to run make this an annual stop for me. Ottawa Kayak School is a JK Super School, meaning that they have the...
KC Update by Will Richardson | Dec 7, 2008 | WhitewaterKC is now over 3 months old. Being a premature kid born two months early we worried about him putting on weight and eating well. From the photos you can see that he has packed on the pounds and is quite healthy weighing in at over 14 pounds! I wish I could catch a 14...
Why Pakistan? by Will Richardson | Dec 7, 2008 | WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid There were a myriad of reasons to choose another destination. Pakistan almost exactly half way around the world from California, and coupled with a high priced ticket was my loathing for sitting in planes. This journey would require three...
Its a Blast! by Will Richardson | Dec 7, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Emily Jackson Yesterday was my first day learning how to do a proper blast. I have done several unintentionally and for very short periods of time but yesterday was the first for long blasts and on purpose. We have been on our Jackson Dealer Tour for 5 days and...
I googled Emily yesterday and came up with this article from Canoe Kayak that I hadn't seen yet from World Cup by Will Richardson | Dec 7, 2008 | WhitewaterEmily Jackson Takes Women’s Freestyle Pro World Cup Title EJ
Rock Island is running again after the longest drought in history! by Will Richardson | Dec 6, 2008 | WhitewaterI moved to Rock Island, TN after spending years here in our RVs, starting in 1997. This is my favorite place to paddle and if it weren’t for this place, I would not likely have a house at all. Typically we have great mild weather in the winter, lots of water,...
NEW Moves & Combos by Will Richardson | Dec 4, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Nick Troutman Well for the past five years or so it has been said that freestyle has plateaued, meaning that everything that could be invented had, and everything possible in a whitewater freestyle boat had been done. Well, we all know that that hasn’t been...
Pakistan Part 3: A new Bench Mark on the Indus by Will Richardson | Dec 1, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterMonday, December 1st, 2008 – New Delhi , India Exactly 11 days after entering the Indus at the cusp of a 3000 foot descent to the Karakoram Highway ; Ben Stookesberry, Phil Boyer, Darin McQuoid, Rafael Ortiz and Chris Korbulic accomplish the most complete...
