Post 911 world and the risk of cynicism. Warning Non-Kayaking Content. I was 27 years old when I and saw two planes hit the World Trade Center. I didn’t even know how to contextualize it, or process that sort of event. It seemed part of some sort of Dadaist nightmare, or more fairly like Guernica. …
Category Archive: Blogging
Sep
12
Mar
21
Who’s the dumbest, but luckiest person you know?
Who’s the dumbest, but luckiest person you know?, originally uploaded by Go Kayak Now. Lost @ 7:45 last night as I was leaving the pool. Werner Sidekick 194cm carbon foam core 35 degree offset Ikea bag with: Retrofit Kokatat PFD SZ M-L Immersion Research Neoprene paddle pants size L NRS Hydroskin Top Brand new size …
Mar
15
Road Trip-Santa Cruz, SMX West, Canoecopia
I am fortunate enough every year to get out to California to surf kayak because of SMX West. Santa Cruz is now a town I feel I know pretty well. If I had to designate a second home in this universe, it would be a tough call between the west coast of Ireland and Santa …
Jan
18
Wintertime for kayakers
You can sort of see the pier in this one. It’s looking to be a long dark tunnel to march folks. Icepaddle please come soon, I am going bananas.
Jun
23
Remembering my fondness for Saramago
The article linked to here was from 2001 on my first website Turtleneck.net where my buddy Josh and I began our first foray into literary journal. It was a great time and the article I wrote on Saramago and Myth holds up pretty well actually. I was a bit cheeky in my literary theory then. …
Jun
21
Jose Saramago Dead at 87
Jose Saramago came into my life at a time after college when I thought all new discoveries in literature were over. I thought that I would no longer see new books that thrilled me the way they did before. I was out of the loop, and no longer in the know on good new authors. …
Apr
26
The rails of possibility and limitations
Every day of your life people tell you what you can and can’t do. Parents, spouses, children, doctors, teachers, and bosses all exist to tell you what is possible and what is not. Most of us view our lives rolling ahead on fixed rails like a train. One rail is possibility, the other is limitations. …
Mar
24
How to Visualize Success
I’ve written a few articles before on how state of mind affects success within paddling. This applies to life in general. If you can picture what your goal is, you are far more likely to achieve it. If your mental state is bent on fear and failure, the outcome is already defined. However if you …
Mar
17
King Folding Boat Company-Kalamazoo
I have been to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum a number of times. They have all sorts of displays on the various objects that were made or manufactured in Kalamazoo. I spotted this display on the King Folding Boat Company when I was there this weekend. I probably passed it three times and never looked at …
Feb
25
Freestyle Canoeing Videos
In the spirit of the olympics, now in full swing; I thought I might share the um… wilder side of paddling. Freestyle canoeing! Freestyle canoeing is essentially the figure skating of paddling. A paddler in costume, (though not always) sets a series of maneuvers to music in a solo canoe on flat water. I believe …
