Media Specialists
Unless otherwise noted, all portraits of media specialists
are copyright-free, pre-approved for publication re-use, as long as the photo is
affiliated with Boomershoot.
Joe Huffman
JoeH@boomershoot.com
Voice: (208) 301.4254
Fax: (425) 491.6239
Event Director, 64. three children. Joe and his two oldest
kids, Jaime and Kim, attended their first dynamite shoot in 1996. They were
immediately hooked and began planning to host their own event. Jaime is now a
software developer for Microsoft in Redmond but Joe's daughter Kim and her
husband Jacob help out each year. For complete details, see
the background page.
Joe organizes the Boomershoot, helps with other shooting events, and is a
certified firearms instructor. He has also been active in the gun rights
movement in many capacities including a speaker at the Gun Rights Policy
Conferences in St. Louis (1999), and Washington, D.C. (2000). Wanting better
software to simulate precision long-range dynamite shooting Joe wrote the state
of the art exterior ballistics program
Modern Ballistics. His blog is
considered one of the top gun blogs receiving an average of nearly 1000 visits a
day. He has a Masters degree in electrical engineering.
He is currently employed as a software developer.
Ry Jones
(425) 736-9587
Ry.Jones@live.com
Assistant Director, 48. Three children; appeared in
Armed America;
blogger. Current interests include
photography and firearms.
Designed and managed construction of the explosives magazine for Boomershoot.
Rolf Nelson
Rolf at thestarscameback dot com
(425) 868.5268
Range Officer, 55. Rolf is a teacher (sci
/ math / soc studies) in the Seattle area. He's the kind of science teacher who
enjoys hands-on chemistry work, as evidenced in his appearance on NBC King 5
News, where Rolf
blew up an unforgettable fireball at
Boomershoot 2005.
He's is also an NRA certified instructor, former
Microsoft employee (and a founding member of Microsoft Gun Club, former US Army
combat engineer, and former medieval fighter. Rolf is married, has two kids, and
a dog. Hobbies include gardening, reading, writing, hunting, stock option and
precious metals trading, photography, and the occasional 700 km canoe race.
Having grown up in Alaska, Rolf has been around guns
and shooting his entire life. The US Army was his formal introduction to the use
and enjoyment of explosives.