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IR Custom Drydecks are comfortable, dry, iconic, handsome…

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

A custom IR Drydeck will make you dry and at home in just about any environment.  It’s as simple as choosing your favorite IR jacket and Sprayskirt to be combined into the Centaur of paddling gear.  When wearing his drydeck, Joey, “the original mustache king,” slips into the deepest relaxation, enabling him to mingle with [...]

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King wears IR Drysuit, Tick wears Union Suit, both have Mustache

January 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Dave Simonetti won the IR Mustache King “2008 Curt Davis Invitational Mustache Growing Contest of Paddlesports.”  He is the Mustache King, and the King only has the best things that life offers.  IR products naturally fall into that category.

King Simonetti himself commented, “Though the quality of IR products always seems to be really high, I [...]

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Setting up the booth

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

We arrived at Salt Lake at about 8:30 last night, and after well-needed full night sleep, we woke up and were busy setting up the booth by 9 this morning.
Our new booth was a delight to put up-kudos to Jess for a great design. With our old booth it would take two full days to [...]

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Day two of the drive to SLC

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

After about 30 hours of driving, we stopped in Edwards, CO to pick up Tim Kennedy, who reps IR, as well as Oakley sunglasses and a few other companies. We also stopped at Glenwood Canyon Kayak and said hey Brian and Nick, and dropped off a new dry top for Tommy Hilleke, who lives nearby.
We [...]

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Pumping fuel in Indiana

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s 4:00 pm on the first day of the drive to Salt Lake City, and we stopped at truck stop- to pump our homemade fuel into the truck. This pic shows Harmon cranking away. “it comes down to two things”, says Harmon, “biceps and triceps, and I have tons of both”. 10 minutes and 30 [...]

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Making our fuel for the long trip to SLC

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

About 4 years ago- long before it was the cool thing to do- Jess Whittemore and I got the idea to make biodiesel and to sell our gasoline-powered vehicles and replace them with ones that run on diesel. We actually got the idea from Philip Curry from Astral (props). Anyway-  unlike most hare brained schemes, [...]

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The road to Outdoor Retailer, part one

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Its that time of year again- the summer Outdoor Retailer show. For those of you not familiar with the cycle of the “Outdoor” industry, there is a separate calendar for the people who buy, sell and make outdoor gear, and the OR summer show, which occurs every August in Salt Lake City, is New Year’s [...]

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