Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Emotion Kayaks inventory -- Ruby Creek Anacortes

Ruby Creek Boathouse LLC

Emotion Kayaks Current Inventory

Pickup address:

9117 Molly Lane #107

Anacortes WA 98221



Updated: 9/2/09


Contact: Bill Walker


paddlazz@comcast.net


206-940-6269


Dealers only please!

...not a dealer? Check with me and I'll help you find one.




Model

Qty

AdvantEdge - Blem


Sold out




CoMotion - No Hatch - Blem


Blue

1

Red

1

Tangerine

1

Yellow

2



Glide - Blem


Purple Haze

3

Yellow

1



Bliss - Blem


Yellow

1



Mojo - Blem


Red

1



Grand Slam - Blem


Blue

2



Tandemonium - Blem


Sold out




Temptation - Blem


Lime

sold out

Red

sold out

Yellow

sold out


Spitfire


Blue

7

Red

sold out

Yellow

sold out



Charger


Sold out




Comotion


Blue

1

Red

1

Tangerine

1

Yellow

1



Mojo


Blue

1

Red

1



Grand Slam Angler


Mustard

1

Olive Green

1



Stealth (Temptation Angler)


Mustard

1

Olive Green

1



Tandemonium


Blue

1

Purple Haze

1

Red

sold out

Tangerine

1

Yellow

2



Temptation


Blue

1

Lime

sold out

Red

sold out

Tangerine

sold out

Yellow

sold out



AdvantEdge


Blue

2

Lime

Sold

Purple Haze

3

Red

2

Tangerine

Sold

Yellow

Sold



Edge


Sold out




Glide


Blue

2

Lime

sold out

Purple Haze

1

Red

1

Tangerine

1

Yellow

sold out



Bliss


Purple Haze

1

Red

1

Tangerine

1

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Feelin' all kinds of Emotion



145 Emotions to be exact. They rumbled in from Emotion Kayaks' Pennsylvania plant to Ruby Creek's Anacortes boathouse last Friday the 5th of June. Ryan Murray and I were pretty excited when the doors on the trailer opened on big stacks of plastic-wrapped Emotion Kayaks. 2-1/2 hours later, 115 of them were were sorted, stacked, and squeezed into Ruby Creek's precious space, waiting for new homes on the West Coast.


Stacks of Spitfires...


Towers of Temptations and Bubble-wrapped Blisses...


Mucho Mojos, and Tandemoniums, CoMotions, Grand Slams and AdvantEdges.


And here's Ryan Murray strapping down the last boat on Ruby Creek's faithful gear-hauling rig, loaded up and heading North with 22 boats for Emotion's newest dealer, LFS Marine in Bellingham. GM Zack Miller plans to use some for his new rental program and the rest for sale to the folks who just have to have one of their own.

**thanks Ryan, you're awesome and Ruby Creek really appreciates your help**

With a handful more for Alki Kayak Tours and Ship to Shore Marine, by 8:30am the next morning Washington's kayak dealers had 30 more boats to show their customers, rent to families, and brighten up their shops.

For some awesome action shots of the Emotion fleet, including a smiling George Gronseth and yours truly, 200+ lbs each, with Ethan's 165 lbs filming from the bow making it nearly 600 pounds all together and paddling rock solid in the Tandemonium, check it out on the Happy Paddlin' blog along with more industry news and product info.

Next post will be a current inventory of Emotion stock in Anacortes, to be updated regularly.



Friday, May 8, 2009

Ahhhh, Sweet Temptation

Lead me not into Temptation? What if it's fun... and what if it comes in lime? or Tangerine? Or Purple Haze? Jimi?

Well you can lead me into this Temptation any time. The new 2009 model from Emotion grabbed its first kudos when it was named the 2009 "Paddler's Pick" Sit-onTop by Paddler Magazine (pssst... in the same article, check out the award for the Esquif Raven canoe)... then Outside Magazine chimed in this month naming the 10-foot, 44-lb playboat their 2009 "killer value" pick, saying in part, "this tricked-out and well-priced ten footer can do it all".

Sweet, thanks for the recognition guys, and we're glad to have provided a new happy paddlin' experience for this big fella who reviewed the boat for paddling.net.

Ethan put up a video of a big handsome dude paddling the Temptation on HappyPaddlin. Take a look!

For fishing, try the "Stealth Angler" version of the Temptation, with two flush and one Scotty rod holder, in olive, mustard, or sandstone. Shhh, be vewwwy vewwy quiet...

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Stand Up, my brothers & sisters!

Tahoe Board Works' top-of-the-Line "Woody", for standin' up in style

Woooooo hooo!
What a great time to be part of Eddyline Kayaks, as our good friends in Burlington are partnering with Tahoe Board Works to build a Stand-up Paddleboard with a Carbonlite shell for amazing durability. The Carbonlite "Rubicon" will join Tahoe's gorgeous "Woody" in their line of innovative touring boards. Here are a couple of shots from Eddyline's manufacturing plant where the first prototypes were finished last week:
Here's a little bit of what my boy Ethan had to say about the opportunity to bring these fine looking boards to a paddlesports or surf shop near you:

Greetings, We are thrilled to announce the representation of Tahoe Board Works ( http://www.tahoesup.com/ ). Here's what caught our attention and gives Tahoe Stand Up Paddleboards the winning edge:
  • Displacement Hull -- Unlike planing/flat bottom boards, these boards will track and cut waves like a kayak/canoe.
  • ThermoFormed Carbonlite Models (Rubicon)-- Industry leader in ThermoForming, Eddyline Kayaks, is helping Tahoe Board Works develop and manufacture ThermoFormed boards at affordable prices ($1100-$1395) out of Carbonlite. Carbonlite is harder than resin and easily repaired. The extruded seam offers even more protection against paddle and rock impact.
  • Double Fin System for flatwater tracking, on board gear bag, and tie downs on deck.
  • Glass/Epoxy and Wood/Epoxy/Bamboo (Woody) from $2000-$3000. Beautiful!
  • Made in the USA

The kayak industry can learn a lot from how fun and ACCESSIBLE paddling SUPs can be. Tahoe Board Work's has wisely blended the allure of this new sport with state of the art kayak manufacturing processes and hull designs. More information, videos and testimonials to come!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Red Neck - ouch! - in Pt Angeles

Every guest at the Port Angeles Red Lion got a good look at some happy paddlin'

So "Redneck" isn't a bad thing. It's what happened to me after a nice sunny weekend on the beach in Port Angeles without sunscreen. Wow. Gorgeous weather, new paddlers, old friends, and a 3-day paddling party made all the pain go away. What could be better?

Lots of pretty Eddylines all over the beach... and a nice blue Spitfire too!

Many thanks to Dave King of Olympic Raft & Kayak, and his whole crew who helped set up boat displays for my Eddylines and all the other gear Dave carries. Dave works his tail off to make this event a success every year, and he's done nine of them in a row.

Paddlers of all ages are digging the new Eddyline Journey!

In between putting plenty of excited new paddlers into every Eddyline model in the fleet, I saw my old paddlin' friends Sarah Krueger, Dave & Helaine Mottershead, Kirt Lenard, and Jory Kahn, among many others. Got to meet soon-to-be-150-mile standup paddler Ken Campbell, and hung out on the beach with Chris Mitchell of Secondwind Sports, who also just happens to be Eddyline's rep for the European market, where he says the Brits and everyone else is gaga over Carbonlite in general and the Fathom in particular.

3 nights of parties and music and friendship rounded out an excellent event. Great show OR&K, y'all rock!