Just got off the phone with Evening Magazine and they are going to air the story on Al Faussett and Rob Mckibbin in there extreme water sports segment on Monday night. She informed me Monday is their most viewed night too, stoked! I'm trying to make it so they air the full segment I edited for The Risen Sun but we will see. They will credit myself and Rob as well as plug Huckin Huge so we're stoked.
Lets make a name Rob Mckibbin character dammit! I asked them if they could cut Rob a 10K check for the story but I don't think she thought that was very funny.. Hope you all check it out, Monday night, not sure the time but I'll keep everyone posted.

Jake

haha yep that is Rob for ya! He is definitely the man and I like this story thing so I'm going to add to it:

When I first started boating with Rob years ago, didnt know him super well like I do now and we were running Tumwater at around 3-3500K. We got down to POW, Fuqua and I decided against running it, Rob on the other hand, was all about it. He went charging through there and styled the entrance but got stuck in the main meat hole on the big drop. He got his ASS handed to him for about 45 seconds before his paddle snapped in half. then with half a paddle got POUNDED for another 45+ seconds and some how worked his way out of there and styled the rest of the rapid with half a paddle.

So, then we get to Exit Drop and again Fuqua and I opted against it, Rob on the other hand, asked if he could borrow my paddle cause he really wanted to run it. I was like, "who in the fuck is this guy, he wants to run Exit after the beating he just took, one of the worst I've ever seen that didnt result in a swim". So, nice guy that I am I let him borrow my paddle and next thing I know there goes Rob, I don't know how to say this nicely but he got his ASS handed to him in Exit too, didn't get stuck anywhere but pretty much ran the whole thing upside down, breaking his shoulder along the way. His shoulder turned black and blue instantly and looked like his collar bone was in the wrong spot. Bummer, I figured he was out for couple months at least.

SO, the NEXT WEEKEND, were meeting at the put in for Tumwater and here comes ROB! He was like "yeah, I'm just gonna take my creek boat and try not to paddle on the left side". Damn I was thinkin, what an idiot!
But he got in his boat and was paddlin down the river looking like a goof ball cause when he paddled on his left side only his forearm moved. It was hilarious and he styled everything, never rolled, never got his face wet, it was unreal, paddled Tumwater at 2800 with a broken shoulder.

From then on I have had nothing but love and respect for the dude and I realize that he loves and needs kayaking more than anyone I know. He needs kayaking like we need air and I think it's safe to say that there arent many 45 year old boaters that compare to Rob.

Damn, I have like 20 more stories I could tell.....

My editors asked me a few months back,  if i knew anyone who was "older"  that still runs the shit.  I laughed, because i knew the perfect person that fit  that description.  I told them about Rob,  they had heard of him, but knew little more.    So,  our whitewater issue comes out this next month with a section called "Old Man Ripper"  Old dudes who still rip it up.  Though Rob is going to kill me for calling him old, the article is hilarious, and i couldnt think of someone more deserving.  I'll have the issue here in about 3 weeks,  stoked to show everyone!   

Yeah,  Rob was the youngest of all the "old man rippers"   we profiled.  But if you look at what the other old guys are running, you might agree that most of the old timers that boat class V, are mainly doing boulder garden V.   Rob is out there running Spirit falls, Sunset, Alpine, blah blah blah, and doing so at a frequency that even most young bucs cant match. That was the main reason for including him.  My dad ran class V up to his late 40 too,  but he didnt rip...   thats the difference.

just coming back from a seven day marathon roadtrip, tired, beat, and stumbling around scratching my bald head (shaved the hair for the Bald Brothers Tour); and then there's ROB who is racing around to get on Ernies just as soon as we get home.  Where does this guy get all his energy... he's been living on granola bars and juice for the last week, paddled seven days straight, and when asked "are you sore at all?" (this question was posed day six following the two hour surf session that he rallied for while D1 and I caught a few precious hours to recoup), and his reply simple: "nope, not sore or tired or nothing, but if I do anything besides paddle... then I be sore"  It is tough to keep up with this guy.  I would challenge anyone out there to try and hold up to his standard.  Very, very few in the country could, or would even want too.  Marco maybe....  Like you said Jake, he needs kayaking like we breathe. 

Looking forward to seeing the 'goodness' on primetime tv.

Well that was cool.....but we needed more Rob!

Yeah, I agree also.  I also thought it was pretty ridiculous that they refered to Al Fausset as "paddling" while they are showing him enclose himself and be pushed off by others.  

Yeah they botched the shit out of that at the end, they mispronounced Robs name and Huckin Huge. I wend over it with them 4 time too! I even had to explain what the word "Huck" meant, jeeezuzz.. They used the Robs shit to sell the whole story then through in 10 seconds at the end. I wrote a big complaint, told them that was pretty unprofessional. I guess Al Faussetts grandson called them and complained as well, told them they should have done more on Rob too. Maybe they will feel bad and do a big story on Rob.. right..
It was just an easy out for them, re-air a story they already did then throw 10 seconds of new footage in, save a dime and lots a time.. Oh well... better than nothing I guess..