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JK 2004 Stories

Team Spotlight: Matt McQuire- "Sharky"

Great Outdoor Provisions' paddle with EJ day was fun!

Valley Mill Kayak Shop

George Whitefield

Dane discovers trampoline for kayaking

Team JK competition season was awesome

What I am most proud of for the Fun Family of kayaks

Life Revisited

Perfect end to my best season ever

Super Star gets put to the test at Gauley, and now at Rock Island

Dries of the New Cool Shots

Jackson Kayak/American Whitewater membership drive

Gauley Fest a Hoot

Gauley Festival

Dries of the New

8 Year Old Girl on Telico

2004 US Slalom National Championships

National Slalom Championships

EJ All-Star Review for Holes

Clay Wright hits West Virginia

The business side of Jackson Kayak

Canada Cup Final Results

EJ's Review of the All-Star for Waves

Garberator- Last day on the Ottawa

Which model or size of a Jackson Kayak is just right for me?

Ottawa River Rodeo Coverage

The Swiss Champ is at it again!

Cool, scary house

2005 U.S. Freestyle Kayak Team Trials Results

Jackson Kayak Marketing

US Team Trials is over

Dane makes the USA Freestyle Kayak Team!!!

U.S. Junior Women have competed- Team is final!

Routine Maker

US Team Trials in full force today!!!

Training at wave

Summary of Jackson Kayak

Registration and athlete meeting

Athletes arriving in force in Watertown

US Team Trials Training Video

US TEAM TRIALS- 4 DAYS AWAY!

Tommy Gunn party

Day 2 of training at Watertown

Training for the US Team Trials- Day 2

2005 - USA TEAM TRIALS- training begins in NY

Kristine takes my stitches out

Day 2 of Outdoor Retailer Trade Show

Faces in the Crowd

Day 1 pool session at Outdoor Retailer

Jackson Kayak now has booth at O.R

Final day of kids camp

Jackson family is my dream

NYC Kids Camp Day 3

New York City Inner City Kids Camp

Fungis Fun series review

Marc Kundar's Super Fun Review

Defective river knife and 10 stitches

James Roddick shows off 4 Fun

EJ's All-Star Review

All-Star on Bus Eater wave

All-Star Rocks!!! Today a new legend is born!

EJ drive Mini in Rock Island Hole

Fun Camp Fire

4 Fun Review

My Life: A Poem

I am so happy that I started Jackson Kayak

Kids Clinic at Durango a success

Honey cancel all trips, Brave Wave hits 12,000 cfs

Rock Island at 14,000 cfs

Rock Island Waterfall Tour

Dealer Review- Bay Creek, Pennsylvania

How to demo a boat when the dealer is closed

4th of July Weekend

Zoar Outdoor Demofest 2004

Colorado Foam Boating Championships

FIBARK is Incredible!

Dane does his first skateboard competition

2 Fun Review

RMOC Kids Clinic

Colorado Dealers Do Great Job

Colorado Kayak Supply Can't Keep Boats in Stock

Hail Storm takes out Mini

Vail Mountain Games

Getting Personal

Hal Tutor, Jackson Kayak Inventory Manager

Fun Review

Potomac Festival Freestyle Competition Results

Last day in DC is a play day

Potomac Festival Wrap Up

2004 - First ½ Summary- Personal

Valley Mill Kayak School

JK Production Crew 2

Billy's 2 Fun Review

JK Production Crew

Stephen Wright Puts 2 Fun to the Test

French-Canadian Woman Fits in Fun1

Reno Freestyle Invitational

Reno Boatercross Emily Medals

Reno Men's Boatercross

Reno Pro Invitational

Oregon Cup Wrap-up

Bob's Hole Rodeo

Pacific City

Oregon Cup

American River Festival

Classic Day on the South Silver

Yagi Wins in All-Star

Kern Slalom

Bush Creek

Kern River

Trip to the 100 Giants

CJ's Fun 1

First Fun 1s Delivered

Fun 1 Photo Essay

2 Fun Really Fun

Women Kayakers

Clay and EJ Run Sieve City

David Knight - Designer Extraordinaire

Rock Island - A Valentine's Day

Fun 1 and 2 Fun Kids Kayaks

Making of "Rolling & Bracing" DVD

Jackson Kayak R+D Process

Emily Returns from Chile Dec. 10

A Dream Becomes Reality

Dane Pumps Iron

Fun 1 Plug

Jackson Kayak is Born

 

 

 

Day 2 of training at Watertown- Getting comfortable on the Black River

August 20, 2004

Today Emily, Dane, and I paddled at Hole Brothers one more time, doing 5 competition rides, then some work on specific moves. For me it was backstabs, and back loops and super cleans. For Emily it was her right/left splitwheel, for Dane it was his front loop and righty blunt and splitwheel. We went out at 7:30 and beat the crowd. So far the crowd consists of Devon Barker, Todd Graff, World Class Kayak Academy (14 people), Tracy and George from Colorado, and about 10 locals. Luckily the river runs all day so on average we have paddled with only the Jackson family and about 4 others. As the competition grows closer the river will begin to fill up and earlier workouts in the morning will be needed to beat the crowd. Kristine just checked on the Route 3 Wave and it is finally going!!! It isn’t perfect yet, it is tall and steep and mostly green, with only intermittent foam pile. Once they get it tweaked the foampile will be steady, with a tall green shoulder for Helix, Donkey Flips, Aerial blunts, and the foam for the hole moves, cool.

The next photos will be from the wave.

:) EJ

 

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Our home in Watertown- Tommy Gunns place

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Unwrapping my new All-Star for the big comp!

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Crew preparing for the big event!

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Wildlife of Watertown, neighbors to the Jackson RV

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All-Star, Fun 1.5, and Fun 1 on one car- cool

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Internet Café Staff/Owners

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Deep Vertical Blunt

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Dane surfing away

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Front Loop compliments of the All-Star

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Emily working the wave in her Fun 1.5

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Backloop


Dane working the hole

 
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