Compulsory, like latin or greek to a traditional classic education, I went back to get my 3 star. I speak as if I did it with the thought I dropped something on the pavement and went back for it. Not sure. I feel ready to take my next step towards my Coach 2. I It …
Tag Archive: kayaking
Jul
12
Jun
30
Norcal Paddling
Thanks to my benevolent benefactor and intrepid guide Chuck Freedman, I was able to paddle not once, but twice on what would normally have been a land based trip to San Francisco. Chuck made a long drive from Reno Nevada with gear to paddle with me. We decided to head out to Santa Cruz and …
May
29
Aubrey/Maturin
Trip dynamics are a difficult relationship to manage. When selecting a paddling partner you’re sort of looking for that sibling/spouse/wing man vibe from the person you may have to share a tent with. I’ve been relatively lucky on my trips to have really good vibes from my tent mates. We comprise separate elements of the …
Apr
26
Naturally Superior’s 2nd Annual Greenland Symposium
I just got word from “Conor Mihell”:http://www.naturallysuperior.com/staff/our_staff.php, the organizer of the Naturally Superiors Greenland Symposium that I will be assisting with traditional paddling instruction in Wawa Ontario for their 2nd Annual Traditional Paddling Symposium. Naturally Superiors is situated right in the mouth of the Michipicoten River mouth, near Wawa Ontario on Lake Superior. The Rock …
Jan
28
Into the blue
I am more accustomed to the smell of chlorine these last few weeks than the smell of fresh air. The lakes have finally started to freeze over. I am blessed with three pools to visit. Two of which allow kayaks, the third being the YMCA. The “WMCKA”:http://wmcka.org pool sessions are fun, but crowded. We are …
Jan
12
This is the Lake
There are so many reasons why this is probably only funny to me. But I’m posting it anyway.
Aug
28
You just gotta believe…
Leaving a great Cuban themed work party was hard, mohitos on the lawn of the Kellogg’s mansion beckoned. Bocce ball and other diversions abounded just prior to departure for Qajaq Training Camp. I sucked in my temptation to indulge my vices and drive up late in the dark. I just managed to squeeze in to …
Jun
20
Tail Wind
Tail Wind While she sits mired in windless doldrums in the castle of our domesticity, like Penelope weaving an endless blanket for our empty wedding bed, I beat my blades like wings in quick rythmic loops to catch the wind. To paddle downwind is to sail like shadows of cormorants before a gale at twelve …
Oct
16
Through the looking glass
It was an odd sensation to be out on Lake Michigan less than 24 hours after yesterday’s surf session. I took a buddy out from work. I sort of gave the impression that it would be calm. And then when we head out, what does he see, but 3-5 foot swell. Unbroken nonetheless. But swell. …
