The Jackson Kayak Hero with Stephen Wright

The Jackson Hero and Super Hero Super Linear (SL) has been redesigned for 2011 with one goal in mind: Performance! EJ stepped up the performance for the beginners with a design that rolls easier, attacks eddy lines, and provides a stable platform to get down your next rapid. Not just getting started? Take those improvements for beginners and add crisp maneuvering, super boofing and the ultra safe uni-shock bulkhead to protect those feet and ankles. The result is a boat that you can learn in and and hold on to for the day you get after some class 4-5.
Jackson Hero and Super Hero Features:

The 2011 Hero and Super Hero were created to make river running and creeking easier and more fun than ever before.
The Hero is a uber-stable, sporty, quick, easy to drive, simple to roll, and instantly boofable kayak
A very short package that is surprisingly fast, nimble, and just plain easy to paddle is the result of a very well thought out hull package for starters.
It is as wide and flat as possible, while still allowing the paddler full edge control both on the water and on rocks.
The refined drop chines allow for snappy eddy turns and incredibly easy to control ferries and surfing.
The new rocker profile improves all the 'pro's of the last generation Hero AND provides an effortless boof designed for shallow landings or crossing sticky holes.
If you want a feel for how the boat will paddle....think sporty: the Hero is short and uber-stable, yet super-fast for the length
Specific improvements over the last version are: Faster, better boofing, easier to control, better surfing, greatly improved creeking ability, lighter weight
Both the Hero and Super Hero are outfitting with the "Uni-Shock Bulkhead" system and "Boat Armor Outfitting" A new feature that will be standard in the 2011 Hero and the 2011 Villain will be a new Thermoformed U-Channel Vertical support that is double the strength of the original!