Jackson Family and Team JK head to GAF tomorrow by Will Richardson | Sep 25, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterNOC is hosting their Guest Appreciation Festival this weekend and we are heading over with RV, KC, EJ, and Team JK, and the rest of the family. We are doing a big trick contest (for beginner-advanced paddlers), as well as a Wesser Falls Clinic with Clay Wright showing...
Middle Kings by Will Richardson | Sep 25, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Darin McQuoid The Middle Fork of the Kings River is one of the most epic runs in the world. It drops over 7,000 feet in forty miles of wilderness, and requires an epic fourteen mile hike in over a 12,000 foot pass. Ben and I had just finished our first descent of...
Women's, Junior Men, and Men's Semi-Finals are finished… by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 Today was a huge day for the athletes trying to make it to the finals. For the men a cut from 20 to 10, and then a cut from 10 to 5 with the competition being so fierce that people couldn’t believe the scores they were seeing. I just finished...
Augberg Semis by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 By Clay Wright Semis went down yesterday and boy the competition stepped it up while the rain poured down again! 2 of our biggest players, Stephen Wright and Nick Troutman were eliminated despite throwing HUGE tricks with massive pop after missing a...
Jason Craig gets an article in the Reno paper by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 Reno teen kayaking around the globe EJ
Dynamic Duo and Little Hero are a GO!!! by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 Great news to all Jackson Kayak fans. We are moving forward with the Dynamic Duo- our two person whitewater kayak designed to bring whitewater to more people and makes learning easier! Based on our super successful Hero series, this boat is going to...
World Cup 2 Final Results and Photos by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 Photos World Cup 2 was held in Augsburg, Germany, on the Eiscanal, a man-made whitewater course built in 1972. The Washing Machine is still the best hole for this type of course and it was built 36 years ago. The feature was awesome, and people had a...
World Cup Kayaking in Germany by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 By Devon Barker Photos Greeting from Augsburg, Germany. I have been here, the site of the 1972 Olympics & 1995 Freestyle World Championships, for a week. It has mostly rained but the famous feature, Washing Machine, is great. The loops are super...
Semi-final results for all classes- Finals today! by Will Richardson | Sep 24, 2008 | WhitewaterAugust 24, 2008 C1 Semi Final Results Junior Womens prelims Men’s Kayak Semi-Final Results Augsburg Germany Women’s Semi Final Results World Cup 2...
International Whitewater Hall of Fame, the write up by Will Richardson | Sep 23, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterOctober 23, 2008 Photos The International Whitewater Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held at NOC last week. There were a lot of grey haired people there; legends of kayaking. People that every paddler should have heard of, and would be impressed to get to know....
