Joel wrote us this really nice comment the other day-
The first year IR was around and these were in production was also the first year I was paddling C1, having switched from OC that summer. At the time, a few people thought I was taking a gamble picking up an IR Session from CKS while guiding on the Arkansas. The skeptics were wrong. That drytop has survived four seasons of guiding in Colorado and seven years of year-round slalom training since. With the help of a little 303, I am even still on the original gaskets. Every other piece of paddling gear I had from then has completely disintegrated by now. I still use this top. Just this morning when going for a morning paddle in my DR boat on the Catawba, this top went with. Nice work guys.
Thanks Joel. You can find out more about Joel and his involvement with paddling and whitewater slalom at http://performancepaddlesport.com
