Nick Troutman and the 582 boys (Ottawa River exchange in Beachburg, ON) send in this update from Canada.

By Nick Troutman. Learn more about Nick.

April 4, 2006

Hey EJ,

How are you doing? I’m pretty good up here in Canada. The ice is starting to melt, and since the ottawa was at an in between level, us 582 boys (joel,
deuce, and I) decided to go to Chambly on Sunday. Its on the other side of
Montréal, if you didn’t know.

It was a good little road trip, and the wave was pretty good too. It was
just good to get back on the water. This was my first time, since Africa.
The wave was around corner wave size. We could blunt, back stab, panam,
airscrew, and helix, but had to be careful because it was pretty shallow.

We paddled for just over 4 hours, and then headed back home. When we got
home we checked the level (at 10:30 at night) with a flashlight, and
buseater was in. I’ll send another update about that soon.

I hope everything is good back in Rock Island.

Nick