Exhibit 31.1  -  Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 302)


                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Rick Jesky, certify that:

     1.   I  have   reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB  of Pinoak, Inc.;

     2.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  this  annual  report  does  not contain any
          untrue  statement of a material  fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this annual report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included  in this  annual  report,  fairly present in all
          material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
          this annual report;

     4.   The registrant's  other certifying  officers and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange  Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
          registrant and have:

          a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
               disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
               supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
               registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
               known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
               the period in which this report is being prepared;

          b)   evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's disclosure
               controls and  procedures and presented in this annual report
               our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
               controls and procedures, as of the end of the  period covered by
               this report based on such evaluation; and

          c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
               control over financial reporting that occurred during the
               registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
               fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
               materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
               reporting; and

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
          based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and to the audit committee of
          the registrant's board of directors (or persons fulfilling the
          equivalent function):

          a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
               which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
               ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
               information; and

          b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that  involves  management or
               other employees who have a  significant role in the  registrant's
               internal control over financial reporting.


March 29, 2004                        /s/ Rick Jesky
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                                            Rick Jesky
                                            Chief Executive Officer
                                            Chief Financial Officer




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