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JK 2004 Stories
Team Spotlight: Matt McQuire- "Sharky" Great Outdoor Provisions' paddle with EJ day was fun! Dane discovers trampoline for kayaking Team JK competition season was awesome What I am most proud of for the Fun Family of kayaks Perfect end to my best season ever Super Star gets put to the test at Gauley, and now at Rock Island Jackson Kayak/American Whitewater membership drive 2004 US Slalom National Championships Clay Wright hits West Virginia The business side of Jackson Kayak 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? The Swiss Champ is at it again! 2005 U.S. Freestyle Kayak Team Trials Results Dane makes the USA Freestyle Kayak Team!!! U.S. Junior Women have competed- Team is final! US Team Trials in full force today!!! Registration and athlete meeting Athletes arriving in force in Watertown 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 Day 1 pool session at Outdoor Retailer Jackson Kayak now has booth at O.R New York City Inner City Kids Camp Marc Kundar's Super Fun Review Defective river knife and 10 stitches All-Star Rocks!!! Today a new legend is born! EJ drive Mini in Rock Island Hole 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 Dealer Review- Bay Creek, Pennsylvania How to demo a boat when the dealer is closed Colorado Foam Boating Championships Dane does his first skateboard competition Colorado Kayak Supply Can't Keep Boats in Stock Hal Tutor, Jackson Kayak Inventory Manager Potomac Festival Freestyle Competition Results 2004 - First ½ Summary- Personal Stephen Wright Puts 2 Fun to the Test French-Canadian Woman Fits in Fun1 Classic Day on the South Silver David Knight - Designer Extraordinaire Rock Island - A Valentine's Day Making of "Rolling & Bracing" DVD Emily Returns from Chile Dec. 10
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EJ has sudden drop in IQ, but results are fun camp fire, an EJ story July 16, 2004 Short story- but it is an ongoing saga. In our yard we had a beautiful big, dead tree. I am talking HUGE Sycamore, with huge branches that were quite water logged and would randomly drop at the rate of one per week. These branches were 20-200 pounds each and hung over the far side of the driveway. Luckily nobody ever parked there, because they would have had a smashed car. Last week I got the bright idea to burn the brush from around the tree since it hadn’t been trimmed in a while. Using the best brush burning material I know of, gasoline, seemed in order, with bottle rockets to ignite the gas. My dad always said, never use gas to start a fire. Well, since his advice, I have found that by using bottle rockets, I could have all of the fun of a good gas explosion, with the added fun of shooting a rocket in the right spot to try to light the thing. Well, this time I was about 30 feet from the tree with a line up of about 10 bottle rockets (just in case the first one didn’t work) and a lighter. I clicked the lighter and “BOOM” I was standing in a gas explosion. Like in most action movies, it dove far and straight, getting clear of the flames only to check myself for body hair or charred flesh. Yippee, I got away with it I thought! OK, so, my advice to you is to not use gas to start a fire, just like my dad told me. (I wonder if he too, had a similar experience.) Well once ½ of the weeds burnt down and the fire went out, I went in for dinner. When I came out the whole top of the tree had fallen and the bottom was a towering inferno, cool! Now I know what the end of this tree will look like. Way better than a chain saw. Well, David Olson was in town to work with me on the Jackson Kayak financials and I happened to get a clip of him, showing what a really good Chief Financial Officer should act like. Meanwhile- it is 8 days later and the tree is still burning and it will probably be finished in another two days. Since then, John Ratliff from Rogers Foam has also been here to help fuel the fire by stacking the left over stumps in a big pile, while shooting off the remainder of my bottle rockets, cool. This tree is now gone, but the remains are smoldering and there is a big hole in the ground where it once stood. The whole one side still has weeds, go figure. I am out of gas. View video of Dave Olsen at the burning fire 1.6 MB, Windows Media Player 9 Required, Cable or DSL Strongly Recommended View video more fire video 1 MB, Windows Media Player 9 Required, Cable or DSL Strongly Recommended EJ |
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