Wenatchee River Festival 08 by Will Richardson | Jun 24, 2008 | WhitewaterThe Wenatchee River Festival was a great event this year! With the weather in the mid 80’s (unlike the weekend previous when it was in the low 60’s and cloudy) we saw rising river levels throughout the entire weekend from snowmelt. Over 250 whitewater...
Hero, Super Hero, and Side Kick offer River Running Bliss! by Will Richardson | Jun 24, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterIt is about time for me to send in my Hero Review! When David Knight and I set out to design this kayak, it had several key elements that it had to accomplish like no other boat. 1. Super easy to paddle downriver, across the river, in and out of eddies, and through or...
EJ, Kristine, and Dane go Day Trippin' at Rock Island by Will Richardson | Jun 23, 2008 | WhitewaterPhotos This past Sunday was family day for the Jacksons (minus Emily and Nick who were in Canada), and we decided that a day on the Caney Fork River (man made lake) would be perfect. Kristine was in charge of packing the picnic lunch, which consisted of Turkey and...
Strokes and Concepts DVD- should be ready to ship in 7 days- got delayed at the duplicator by Will Richardson | Jun 22, 2008 | WhitewaterMy old duplicator for DVDs caused me a bunch of grief this time around in making a new DVD. Typically, as long as I can prove I have the rights to the music I am good to go. This time around he refused to duplicate the DVD until I created a separate license for the...
My good friend Danny Stock sends in this note by Will Richardson | Jun 22, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterEJ, Having WAY too much fun at Maryland Chute these last couple days in my AllStar! I’m getting much more air on my loops than I ever have before (and probably ever will in my slalom boat!). The competition was stiff for who was going to have more fun yesterday,...
EJ Summarizes the "Fun Tour" starting three months ago… by Will Richardson | Jun 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterI decided after Fibark that it was time to head home for a week. This Spring has been an incredible flurry of family events, kayaking events, business events, and more. A few highlights: 1. My Wife, Kristine is now pregnant with a boy, due in October. 2. My Daughter,...
Kristine's new baby Horse by Will Richardson | Jun 22, 2008 | WhitewaterKristine has had her TN Walker, Flow for a couple of years. Finally, she has a little painted baby TN walker to go with it! 🙂 EJ Flow and her baby Kristine and her baby to be, and flow and her baby Curious little thing with really long legs Painted TN...
Canoe and Kayak Magazine covers Team Jackson Kayak in Newfoundland by Will Richardson | Jun 18, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hey Everyone, Canoe and Kayak magazine did a great write up on the team Jackson Kayak’s trip to Newfoundland. Check out all the thrills at this link. Best Jesse
FiBARK Action Photos! by Will Richardson | Jun 17, 2008 | WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright What a weekend! High water meant HUGE air loops, and both wave and hole tricks for freestyle. EJ’s already written-up the entire event, but I’m so happy to have been there with Jessica and our 2 dogs. FiBARK is always a fantastic...
MIssion:LIMO tips and the unique request by Will Richardson | Jun 17, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Billy Harris I have been asked some funny things in my time. Sign my back for instance, and some normal stuff like, write on my boat or sign my paddle. But this call kinda made me feel a little funny. I was hitting up a good friend for a peice of rug for the...
Colorado Wrap Up 2008 by Will Richardson | Jun 17, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Emily Jackson This year was one of the biggest Snow Packs in Colorado’s History but the snow isn’t what I was excited for. It was the water it was going to turn into. We started off in Buena Vista for the CKS Paddle Fest and helped promote our sponsors...
Fantasy, aka Freezing Falls by Will Richardson | Jun 16, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Darin McQuoid With warm weather spiking Dinkey Creek in a major way, Devin, Ryan Knight and myself hit the road to Sacramento to pick up our great friend Ben Stookesberry who was just getting off his Clear H20 Films tour. After checking flows we opted to...
