First River Run in the Dynamic Duo: Upper Caney Fork! by Will Richardson | Jan 29, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, WhitewaterJanuary 27, 2009 Photos By Stephen Wright With a sunny, 40 degree day, we loaded up the Dynamic Duo and a few Heroes and headed to the Upper Caney Fork. The Caney Fork is a sweet remote class 3/4 run in a spectacular gorge with some scary rocks, and quality moves!...
David Stefan Reports from Brazil by Will Richardson | Jan 27, 2009 | Heros, Rockers, WhitewaterPhotos By David Stefan Yesterday Pedro and I got together to teach a kayak clinic. Well Pedro was mostly teaching and I was taking photos of the guys but we worked together on both sides of the job. There were three guys in the clinic and they had a great time, one...
Check out this awesome note from Inka in Nepal by Will Richardson | Jan 23, 2009 | Heros, WhitewaterJust writing to tell you how much we appreciate your generosity sending a Jackson kayak for Nepals first ever winner of the Peak UK Himalayan Challenge! This was a dream come true for many people including myself having a Nepali girl winning a suitable boat in this...
First Dynamic Duo is Molded and Put on the Water! by Will Richardson | Jan 15, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterPhotos Wow! What an incredible day. The anticipation of having a tandem boat for me to paddle with my kids and friends has been eating away at me for years! Actually working on one with David Knight has been a dream come true! Getting to put my desires for this boat...
Welcome Back to the USA: Outlet falls by Will Richardson | Jan 13, 2009 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Ben Stookesberry Since getting back from Pakistan and India 2.5 weeks ago, I have been in touch with Erik Boomer about the record snow pack that was soon to be hit by a relatively warm torrential rain. With the true eye of the storm veering north into Washington,...
Little Hero on the Horizon by Will Richardson | Jan 6, 2009 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Ruth Gordon With the turn of the new year I spent some time this past week thinking about 2008; where I traveled to, who I met… a short inventory of my life in the last year. It turns out most of my paddling was based around playboating and the World Cup....
Kristine’s brother Scott, sends in this note and a great video he made in the swimming pool in his new Hero by Will Richardson | Jan 5, 2009 | Heros, WhitewaterEJ/Kristine – Got the Hero on Friday, I love it. I had to immediately try it, so into the pool it went. I’ve attached a link to a video, so enjoy and have a laugh at my expense! I do want to thank you guys and let you know that I appreciate it. I’m...
Monday, January 5th is the final day for the introductory offer on the Little Hero and Dynamic Duo! by Will Richardson | Jan 2, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterGet your order in at your local dealer and get $100 off! Normal prices apply starting Tuesday. The Jackson Kayak factory opens on Monday for the new year and we’ll be getting started on the Little Hero, and the Dynamic Duo mold should arrive this coming week!!!!...
Where can you find two Olympic Heroes paddling Jackson Heroes? The Tellico! by Will Richardson | Dec 28, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterJoe Jacobi and Horace Holden were spotted running the Tellico the other day… EJ, Thought you’d like to see what a couple of geezers can do with spare time and a couple of Heroes: Hope all is well and you and the fam had a good Christmas....
Rodrigo from Chile sends in this update by Will Richardson | Dec 26, 2008 | Heros, WhitewaterBy Rodrigo Tuschner Hello there my dear Jackson Kayak Team. What can I say, pucon have more and more surprices every day and every year, I was running the Nevados river for some years and was all the time very popular the normal TakeOut, but no more. Also, have the...
The Little Hero- JK's Newest Boat- Debuts today to Make the Hero Series the River Runner Dream lineup by Will Richardson | Dec 19, 2008 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterPhotos What a great day- to have the Little Hero molded in our own ovens, operated by kayakers, Jase, Tony Lee, Leif Koelher, and Geoff. Then to have Emily get one hot off the line to make the virgin run in it. North Chic was running at 615 CFS today, which is...
Little Hero Day 1! by Will Richardson | Dec 18, 2008 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterBy Emily Jackson Today was my first ever day in the Little Hero. I enjoyed paddling the regular Hero and was a little bit surprised at first that there was going to be a boat in between the Side Kick and Hero because I really thought the Hero paddled well for my size....
