Idaho’s Epic Winter by Will Richardson | Feb 8, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker I thought I would send in a little snow report. We have more snow than we know what to do with! The good news is that all of that snow will turn into mighty waves this spring! One of these waves is called Pipe Line on the Lochsa River along Highway 12....
In Between Swims by Will Richardson | Feb 8, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker Dear Friends, Here is an interview from Jeff McIntyre on his broadcast, In Between Swims! I was fresh off a swim myself when he caught up to me to chat about the big wave surfing in the Basque Land this fall at the World Surf Kayak Championships. Here...
National Public Radio and Cascade Whitewater Park by Will Richardson | Feb 8, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker As I finished up working with the Cascade School District with my Dare to Kayak program I was asked to meet with NPR about the proposal for a whitewater park in Cascade. I was working with the students in Cascade through a grant from New Belgium...
Another AWESOME day on the Falls at Rock Island! by Will Richardson | Feb 7, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, WhitewaterBy Stephen Wright With the dam releasing a BEEFY 11,000 cfs, the surfing wasn’t great so we headed-out for some high water falls lines and Sieve City action! At this level there are tons of great lines to run all over the falls–probably 20 or more runnable...
Caney Fork with invisible Sponsons (Hero report) by Will Richardson | Feb 7, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Clay Wright Part-time JK staff member Justin Owen surfs Rock Island almost every morning. Just last year we ‘got him down’ Upper Caney Fork at a really low level and he’s been boating hard ever since. So when the gages spiked I knew he...
Out of India and into Brazil by Will Richardson | Feb 6, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Ben Stookesberry EJ, I feel more than lucky to be on the receiving end of all of the Jackson Kayak staff and Team members hard work in getting this year´s 2008 boats out. I can not wait to see and boat the Super Heroes. It looks like it should be the perfect...
8 year old gets his roll borrowing a Fun 1 by Will Richardson | Feb 6, 2008 | WhitewaterMy son got his first roll last night! My son (8 years old) got his first roll last night! We have been attending Chattanooga’s Outventure roll sessions for a few weeks. One of the other boaters let us try his Fun 1and within 5 minutes my son was able to nail a...
The Daily News profiles Jesse as a kayaker by Will Richardson | Feb 6, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Funny, somehow I’ve been given a title I didn’t earn in the headline. I told The Daily News that the owner of the waterfall photograph, Eric Jackson, is the World Champion. And somehow they gave that title to me. I guess their signals got...
JK Staff paddles the Hero and Superhero over the Falls! by Will Richardson | Feb 6, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By Stephen Wright After many months of patience, Great Falls dam finally spilled it’s mighty waters yesterday. The Staff took the afternoon off to try out the new Heroes and the 1st Superhero to enjoy running the falls. They walked back up over and over...
Side Kick and Super Hero get virgin runs!!! by Will Richardson | Feb 5, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterToday the Super Hero ran Great Falls here at Rock Island! Brad, our assembly manager got the virgin run in this new boat after it got built only 1 hour after we got the hull!!! We have two Super Heroes here that will both be sent to Jesse Coombs. Jesse is taking them...
Team JK’s Heather Herbeck sends in this great update from the Women’s Clinic she just did by Will Richardson | Feb 5, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Heather Herbeck Hey Clay/EJ – Well the women’s clinic at the University of Pudget Sounds (UPS) was amazing. Michael Gordon and his girlfriend Kate put on a very successful event. We had about 25 girls – some brand new to kayaking and others who...
The Sidekick by Will Richardson | Feb 5, 2008 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterBy Dane Jackson Last Thursday I was expecting to have the first Sidekick ever on either Friday or Monday. But my mom came down to the basement on Thursday and said that the Sidekick arrived. I was super excited to hear that it was in. I went to the plant with my mom...
