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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.org
Voice: (208) 301.4254
Fax: (425) 491.6239
Event Director, 52. Married for 31 years, three children. Joe and his two oldest
kids, James and Kim, attended their first dynamite shoot in 1996. They were
immediately hooked and began planning to host their own event. James is now a
software developer for Microsoft in Redmond but Joe's daughters, Kim (and her
husband Caleb) and Xenia 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. 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, 37. Three children; appeared in
Armed America;
blogger. Current interests include
photography and firearms.
Designed and managed construction of the explosives magazine for the Boomershoot.
Stephanie Sailor* *Please note: Currently, Stephanie is on hiatus
due to health matters. She's a bionic woman in repair.
Steph@Boomershoot.org
(Range Safety Officer & Boomershoot Publicist.) Stephanie’s interest in firearms
was sparked for self-defense reasons after experiencing two break-ins while home
alone and surviving gun violence from thugs in the streets of Chicago.
(Interestingly, handguns are banned in Chicago -- why so much gun violence?
Shouldn’t the streets and homes be free of crime? Read:
More Guns, Less Crime.)
After her Guns-Are-Good Enlightenment Phase of the late 90's, Stephanie
challenged corrupt IL anti-gun politicians (incl. now Governor
Rod Blagojevitch), founded the Chicago
Second Amendment Sisters,
became a certified firearms instructor, and ran $0 cyber campaigns for U.S.
Congress in 2000, 2002,
and 2004 as an
independent candidate (most recently battling
Jesse Jackson, Jr.). Stephanie is skilled in armed and unarmed self-defense,
including weapons retrieval and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. As Director of
Guns101.com, Stephanie has
trained scores of beginner shooters firearm safety/basic gun use.
Stephanie is also an artist, writer, designer, PR pro, head creative brain of a
marketing agency, webmaker, full-time homemaker, and single parent to a
wonderful dogchild.
Rolf Nelson
Rolf@boomershoot.org
(425) 868.5268
Range Officer, 40. Rolf is a physics and history teacher at a Seattle-area high
school. 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 a fast-moving-high-climbing toddler, and two dogs. Hobbies include stock option and precious metals trading.
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.
Lyle Keeney
lyle@boomershoot.org
Range Officer, 49, Lyle has owned and operated
a musical instrument retail business and custom instrument repair shop since
1978. Lyle is married to a local schoolteacher and they have two children, ages
9 and 14. Lyle grew up shooting with a rifle in Northeast Washington State, but
put aside shooting for many years, until the debate arose over the Brady Bill.
Says Lyle, "I figured I should buy a few good guns while I still had the chance
to do it legally."
Lyle's 26 years as a musical instrument technician, and as a live sound reinforcement engineer, have provided a unique perspective toward firearm mechanics and ergonomics. In 1999, he and his brother Randall started UltiMAK Enhanced Performance, a firearm accessory design and manufacturing business, and were soon awarded their first U.S. patent. UltiMAK products are now used by U.S. and coalition security forces, in increasing numbers, to improve the utility of the assault rifle.
Lyle is also certified as an NRA Pistol and Home Firearm Safety instructor.
Email: Joe Huffman
Last updated:
June 21, 2008