Phil Boyer’s Futaleufu Adventures by Will Richardson | Jan 28, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterPhotos By Phil Boyer My winter guiding season began several weeks ago down in Patagonia, Chile. I am working with Bio Bio Exp. on the Rio Futaleufu, located in region X. Our base camp is surrounded with views of glacial mountains, wooded valleys, and temperate...
Chris from the UK writes in about his All-Star by Will Richardson | Jan 26, 2008 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, Heros, Whitewaterdear EJ I thought I would write and tell you about my last weekend. I bought an all star in the autumn and have mainly used it at park and play over the autumn, winter. However on Sunday a bunch of us were heading off to do a river called the Tees. This is well known...
Kids Boats? Oh yea, getting even better…. Side Kick is only days away from getting its first test from Dane!!! by Will Richardson | Jan 25, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Rockers, WhitewaterI got a call on my cell phone from Jody, our project manager for the Hero series molding, who described her first attempt to reach me at my home office. She called and asked for me; Dane answered. When she said she was looking for me and where she was from, Dane...
Jesse is profiled by the Rogue river's #1 outfitter and guide by Will Richardson | Jan 25, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Hello everyone. I was recently contacted by the Whitewater Warehouse, the Rogue River’s #1 outfitter. Now Joy could just have easily written to say that she knew me when I didn’t have a roll and she wanted me to stop posing as some big time...
In Between Swims by Will Richardson | Jan 25, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Ruth Gordon We eddied out in the middle of the river. But the eddy was moving, Clay was talking and I was falling low, low, low in the eddy. Noticing he was falling back too Clay paddled away. I watched his line, thought it looked good and went for it. It certainly...
Jesse Coombs back on the water after breaking fingers by Will Richardson | Jan 24, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs As you may have heard, I broke three fingers in Newfoundland when I hit a rock 20′ down on a 30′ waterfall. I screwed up my line and know the outcome was completely my fault. The good news is that was only three months ago, and I was just...
How to Pan Am by Will Richardson | Jan 23, 2008 | WhitewaterBy Dane Jackson How to Pan Am – Quicktime Video
Lauren Burress (age 11) shares her overnight experience on Henderson with some good lessons for all of us by Will Richardson | Jan 22, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Lauren Burress This Isn’t the Piney Is It Dad? Hey EJ just thought I’d update you on my latest adventure. It might have been the toughest yet. As you know it hasn’t rained much here in Tennessee so we were super excited when it rained all night....
Pikey from England- writes this story called “Pushing your limits” by Will Richardson | Jan 21, 2008 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Pikey Pushing your limits, Well this past weekend I had the joys of heading down to beautiful Dartmoor to spend time in The Rocker hitting my first English Creeks. The simple joys of getting out with friends I hadn’t seen in a while, enjoying the stunning...
River Crawl in Costa Rica! (Like a pub crawl but with kayaks and whitewater!) by Will Richardson | Jan 21, 2008 | WhitewaterRiver Crawl in Costa Rica! (Like a pub crawl but with kayaks and whitewater!) Photos By Jennifer Kellerman In November I was lucky enough to help Liquid Sills Kayak School with their Paddle Costa Rica Trip. Liquid Skills is a well-known school up here on the Ottawa...
Learn more about the next Hotel Charlie: The Lost World! by Will Richardson | Jan 21, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterHere are some comments from Ben and Jesse…. The new title from Clear H2o Films that is set to release May 1st is The Lost World, Hotel Charley vol. 3. The meat of the feature length film features First Descents of wild, freeflowing rivers from the Northern...
