Jez and Jackson Kayak wrap up summer camp tour! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 4, 2007 Jez with his sweet FJ Cruiser completes a major summer camp tour doing daily stops at 20 camps that teach whitewater kayaking to kids and have Jackson Kayak kids boats! Jez was on a burn out pace, hitting one camp each day, doing clinics all day with...
Rogue River Inner City Kids Kayaking Trip by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterAugust 22, 2006 By Jessie Stone Where the Rogue River Meets Lower Harlem How often do you get an opportunity to impact people in a really positive way and have tremendous job appreciation at the same time? During our 5-day inner city kids kayaking camp on the Rogue...
I got this email today, “Stolen Porsche 911”– Funny! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | 2010 Star, Classic Stars, WhitewaterAugust 8, 2006 Subject: stolen Porsche 911 Eric – I recently had my 2006 Porsche 911 twin turbo stolen out of my driveway. It was jet black and had an All Star on top. If I take up a fund, could you please send me another All Star, and another 2006 Porsche 911...
Philipp Hochstrasser, our importer for German speaking countries, makes a risotto dinner for the Jackson’s and Jessie Stone by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 2, 2006 Philipp just sent me these photos from when we were in Europe in June. While he is relatively unknown to European paddlers as of today, he is making a big splash in the German speaking market, bringing Jackson Kayak products to dealers in Switzerland,...
Michael Palmer World Cup Update by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 By Michael Palmer Hey everyone, Its late here in prague and I thought I would post the Junior mens results from the semifinals today. 1st Michael Palmer (USA) 2nd Sebastian Devred (France) 3rd Maxime Renault (France) 4th Jason Craig (USA) Wish us luck,...
World Cup, Event 1 Prague, Czech Republic by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 13, 2008 Photos Update on Monday AM, August 11, 2008 First Day of Team Training Slots for all Teams. This means that because there are 35 teams competing and only 24 hours in a day, each team only gets official training one hour, every other day! The time slots...
Life at 43, a husband, dad, paddler, and businessman by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 24, 2007 Photos In the circle of kayakers I compete in, I am an old man. In the circle of friends I have in my business, or in the kayaking industry in general, or even family friends, I am right in the middle. And to some, of course, I am quite young. My dad,...
To teach or not to teach, that is the question! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2007 Take a look at this excellent story from a first year instructor on the World Kayak site. You can check it out at http://www.worldkayak.com/article_wk.cfm?newsid=163. Thanks for sharing your journey with us Martin! Later ; Colin Team JK ...
Ruth Gordon’s boyfriend, Klaas, sends in greetings from British Columbia by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | Rockers, WhitewaterAugust 10, 2007 Hi Ej, long time no see! Big smiles all around..! a picture says more than a thousand words right?! – check how much fun I am having with the new Super Star and Mega Rocker 🙂 Soo much fun! Aloha from BC, Klaas...
Two Weeks at Ottawa Kayak School and Keeners (at Wilderness Tours) and life is great! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | Heros, WhitewaterAugust 4, 2007 Photos It should be obvious by now that I am a big fan of the Ottawa River! Big water, warm water, and tons of great play make this river the best place to be in July and August if you want to play. Every year I spend about three weeks on the Ottawa. I...
USA Team Trials Start at 8am Wednesday Morning, August 23, 2006- 16 hours away! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 22, 2006 For some, this event doesn’t have a lot of bearing on their lives; for some it is a really big deal. This time two years ago, I was competing in USA Team Trials and had I not gotten top 5, I would not currently be the World Champion. Why? Because...
15 Year Old Sam’s misfortune has reversed, friends to the rescue! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 7, 2006 Jackson Kayak, with Tony Lunt, myself, and staff, in conjunction with friends of Sam have put together the support for him to replace his stolen Star. Thanks to all of you who contributed and will put Sam back on the water! 🙂...
