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Name: Stephen Forster Birthday: December 26 1991 Current Residence: Wilton, CT Favorite Shred Ready Helmet: Standard: full cut in green Email: stephenforster@optonline.net website: airbornathletics.com http://revsofrapids.blogspot.com/ What Person do you respect the most? Who is your hero? Anyone who pushes their sport to the next level Who do you admire most on the Shred Ready team and why? It’d have to be my coach Tino Specht. He kills it out there What movies/books/comics/TV shows, etc are you into right now? I am pretty into reading and watching movies. I like the movies out there with a ton of action and good special effects. What are you listening to these days? I am pretty big into Atmosphere, K’naan, Brother Ali, Kid Cudi, Guster, Third Eye Blind, Modest Mouse, Shpongle, Glitch Mob, and a ton others What was the best concert you attended? they were all pretty good What are some things that motivate you? Watching my friends get a new trick or style a line on a river What sports do you enjoy watching or participating in besides your main sport? Hockey, Lacrosse, Mountain biking, longboarding What’s the most fun you’ve ever had while participating in your sport? Running Salto Palguin, rolling up and hearing all my friends cheering for me What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on? My second Chile trip was epic What goals are you working towards right now? Getting better at video, more expeditions, and getting better at competing When people look at your life, how would you like to be remembered? Hopefully they think of me of that guy that charged it What do you view as your biggest accomplishment? IR video scholarship to New River Academy What advice do you have for other people coming up in your sport? You have to work the hardest to be the best One sentence that describes your life: Carpe diem Why are athlete bios always so lame? because I am sitting here next to a wave writing a bio
Age : 22 Practice : Creeking and freestyle
Accomplishment: Freestyle: Twice European champion, 4th at the 2007 worlds in bus eater, in the French team since 14 years old. Creeking: first descents in Kenya, and a few extreme race over Europe. Philosphy of paddling: do my best, and enjoy as much as I can the time spend on the side of the river with friends and this specific athmosphere that create kayaking, with or without beers. Dreams: do the green race Spend a spring in Canada to rock those big waves.  Spring training at the USNWC. Name: Casey Eichfeld Hometown: Drums, Pennsylvania (according to a map, doesn’t exist) Years Paddling: 20 Years Favorite SR Helmet: Shensu for Slalom, Standard Half Cut for rivers Current Residence: Mount Holly, North Carolina Hobbies: Slalom Racing, River Running, Snowboarding, Mountain Biking Sponsorships: Shred Ready, BracaSport Synopsis: Some may know that I am 20 years old and then you may wonder; how has he been paddling for 20 years? Well, I started my river adventures as a newborn riding in my parent’s open boats and graduated up from there. My first boat was actually purchased before my birth. My parents got very lucky that I fell in love with it, or very unlucky…. From the moment I took a paddle in my hands, I was hooked and have been paddling ever since. My parents liked to say that I had river water running through my veins. That all lead to a lot of years of training, traveling, and the always dreaded expenses.
 Durango Team Trials after a successful last run! My dream became rising to the top of the C-1 Whitewater Slalom world. From then on I took the titles of Cadet Team Champion for 5 plus years, Junior Team member for 4, and Senior Team member for the past 3 years. In that time I traveled to Europe competing and training with other athletes and learning from the best in the world. In these last few years I took some time to participate in the C-2 class with a boyhood friend, Ricky Powell. In our time as a C-2 we qualified for the senior national team 2 years. One of those years brought us all the way to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With an unsatisfying finish, but a boat load of new experience, Ricky and I took to our separate boats. This past year I joined the Senior Team once again but in the C-1. Now it is a new year and a new season on the way. I’d like to make it a good show!
Training has brought me to the United States National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina as it has done with other slalom athletes, including some from Team Shred. There we do some of the hardest stuff we can possibly do. Racing, that is the easy part. It is the training that comes to get you! Nevertheless, we push on letting our love, determination, and need for the sport take over and drive us through the days of hard workouts and sore muscles. There is a reason we have earned the title of athletes and we train to maintain it!
Nickname: Butter
Name: Eric Hurd
Birthday: 05-19-1986
Age: 23
Current Residence and Home: Gastonia, North Carolina
Favorite Shred Ready helmet and color: Shensu for competition and training. Standard Full Cut & T-dub for creeking and big whitewater
Sponsors: Shred Ready, Mitchell Paddles, Level Six, Ibex Outdoor Clothing, Sun-Valley Bar , Website/ Links to Video/Photos: www.erichurdkayak.com
Email: eric@erichurdkayak.com
Describe the time you were most glad that you were wearing your helmet: Every time I am on the water especially when I am shredding up on a slalom course and take a gate pole to the head. Or whenever I *^&@ up What person do you respect the most? Who is your hero? I respect My Dad the most, My Dad is also my hero because he has taught me the real meaning of life from a very early age.
Who on the Shred Ready team do you most admire and why? Everyone, we are all amazing at what we do, I respect all of you guys.
What movies/books/comics/TV shows, etc are you into right now? I love to sit down with a book when I can find the time. Generally I like to read the news paper every morning. I don’t really watch TV but I love the News and the Weather Channel , Discovery Channel, anything involving the Planet.
What are you listening to these days? I listen to just about everything, but a few of my favorites are Widespread Panic, Xavier Rudd, Bob Dylan, the Doors, Against Me, Cat Empire, MMW, STS9, Blood Kin, and David Byrne, Outformation.
What was the best concert you attended? Which ever one I was at last!
What are some things that motivate you? Competition, rainstorms and designing new composite equipment.
What sports do you enjoy watching or participating in besides your main sport? Hiking/Backpacking, Running, Climbing, Downhill Mountain biking, Ski/Snowboarding.
What’s the most fun you’ve ever had while participating in your sport? Crossing the finish line at any race or World Championships knowing you just threw down an unbeatable time.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on? Probably my first European world cup tour as a junior back in 1999. But all of my and adventures with my closest friends and family always turn out best.
What goals are you working towards right now? I am currently training at the US National Whitewater Center full time, goal this winter is to achieve higher focus and mental preparation for race day.
When people look at your life, how would you like to be remembered? I would like to be remembered as honest, and that my life resembles my work ethic, Give It Your All and Never Give Up!
What do you view as your biggest accomplishment? I finished 2nd place in the 2008 Pan American Games, prior to the Olympic Games in 2008. Also Placed 4th in the 2009 Green race. These are a few that stand out in my mind at the moment.
What advice do you have for other people coming up in your sport? Stick with it; paddle hard and this sport will take you to the top. It has taught me all I know.
One sentence that describes your life: swift like the river.
Why are athlete bios always so lame? Because we would rather spend our time out on the water training and shredding it up, But I still don’t think they are lame.
Nationality: French Age: 28 Hometown: La Ville aux Dames in France Resides: Auburndale, Florida Occupation: Professional Waterski Jumper Website: www.aurelienserrault.com Sponsors: Shred Ready, Camaro Wetsuits, French Waterski Federation, Sport 37, CPAS Best Performance: 217 feet About me: I am 28 years old, I have been leaving in Florida for the lat 5 years as it is the place to be for a waterskier. I grew up skiing in France with my family, and everyone of us is a waterski addict, we just love it. I started jumping when I was 9-10 years old and I think I just fell in love with it. The intensity and adrenaline that this sport provides is just incredible. I hit the jump between 60 and 70mph and fly for more than 200 feet, you should try it’s a lot of fun! I have been doing it for almost 20 years and I still love it! Career highlights:
 Portugal 2009-World Surf Kayak Champs Surfing kayaks is the thing that makes scense, everything else is just in the way of that perfect feeling that I get from Surf Kayaking.  Hanging out with good friends in South America After a solid introduction into kayaking being born into a kayaking family and thrown into a kayak at the age of 4, I began surf kayaking at 15 years old. I spent a few years competing, but although doing well in both National and International competitions I have found a passion that I have to keep fueling; SURF TRAVEL
Travelling the globe with a surf kayak and scoring some of the best surf sessions with my mates is what keeps me smiling day in, day out.
 Test piloting Cooke's 'Sword' surf kayak @ 2009 Worlds. Representing my home Nation at the World Champs this year was great, and finishing in third place was a fantastic result, but the next trip around the next corner is the thing that gets me excitied the most.  Peru 2009
 Ecuador 09 Age: 27 Years kayaking: 21 Current World ranking: 3 Home: Wales Helmets used: Standard for creaking, Shensu for surfing. Find what it is you enjoy doing, then do it as much as you can. NEVER stop chasing your dream. Name: Nick Troutman Home: A 2006 Honda Element/Ontario/Tennessee Favorite Shred Ready helmet and color: The Standard, in white or custom green! Website/ Links to Video/Photos: Click Here Describe the time you were most glad that you were wearing your helmet. I fell off the side of a 20 foot waterfall and landed on my head, with only 1 foot of water below. That was the moment I realized how important it is to have a good safe helmet. What person do you respect the most? Who is your hero? I have respect for everyone, though my hero is Forest Gump. Who on the Shred Ready team do you most admire and why? Chris Gratmans, he is soooo dreamy! What are you listening to these days? Everything, though I have recently found a taste for Classical: Mozart made some Epic stuff! What was the best concert you attended? Red Hot Chili Peppers What are some things that motivate you? To TRY HARDER! What sports do you enjoy watching or participating in besides your main sport? Any extreme sports where you go fast, get big air, or is dangerous. What’s the most fun you’ve ever had while participating in your sport? Competing on the World stage at the World Championships is pretty sweet, and so is nailing some First Descents, but usually the most fun is just hanging out with my best friends on the water. What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on? It would probably be the first descent expedition of the Rio Alsesseca in Vera Cruz Mexico. It was a pretty unreal trip. What goals are you working towards right now? I have a lot of goals, though one of my main goals is to always have fun on the water. When people look at your life, how would you like to be remembered? Full of laughs, smiles, and great times. What do you view as your biggest accomplishment? Never giving up. What advice do you have for other people coming up in your sport? Start with a friend, it is always easier when you have a friend by your side. One sentence that describes your life: Living the Dream! Why are athlete bios always so lame? Because athletes are only thinking about getting it done, and getting back outside. The High (tension) Life Bear Creek Buseater Ravens Fork Nick Troutman Promo My name is Spencer Cooke and I play my own part in the film THE TRAVELERS. I am also a kayaker and sales representative for Shred Ready.  My best buddy by my side at the Nantahala - Photo Hanna Grace Cole, NOC My Shred Ready helmet of choice is the Standard. Typically I use the Standard Half-Cut for play and surf kayaking and the Full-Cut on creeks or in cold weather.
the Travelers: a short film by Spencer Cooke from Effort Inc on Vimeo. 
Name: Charlie Simmons
Age: 24 State/Hometown: Alabama, Birmingham/Auburn Sponsors: Wave Sport kayaks, Shred Ready Helmets, Ophion Paddles, SkirtworkS, and Bomber Gear Favorite place to paddle: Little River Canyon and its many steep tributaries Playboat: Project 52 Creekboat: Habitat 80 Favorite Helmet: SR T-dub, carbon fiber Favorite Freestyle Move: Splitwheel-2-Phonix Monkey combo, but they’re all good! Favorite Music: Music is key in my life so I keep it playing, but most Reggae, Blue/Newgrass, jam rock and so so much more!
Hobbies Besides Kayaking: Im an avid outdoorsman, I love camping, backpacking, climbing, BIKING (road and Mt.), custom helmet art at shred ready, and I really enjoy PHOTOGRAPHY to bring all these elements together. Websites: www.charliesimmonsboating.blogspot.com www.vimeo.com/charliesimmons Videos- Go HUCK Yourself – Spring/Summer 2009 kayak update from charlie simmons on Vimeo. Fired Up!!!- whitewater kayaking from charlie simmons on Vimeo. Ophion Paddles presents… Canoe photo montage from charlie simmons on Vimeo. Photos- |
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