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Kaituna River

Kaituna River

For the past five winters I have chosen to make Okere Falls, on the banks of the Kaituna River my second summer home. You may have seen the Carpark of Dreams video showcasing the transient, summertime Kaituna community- and are already thinking about this dreamland,...

Yoga for Paddlers| Shoulder Reach Through Stretch

The mark of a kayaker, more than the beat up hands or a twice broken nose, or even a vocabulary diminished to the adjectives of “brown” “stout” “sick”, would have to be the shoulders. The broad, muscular, possibly even overdeveloped, yet with a history of...

Spring Reflections

Exactly a year ago I ran some of the hardest whitewater of my life. It was a semi-intentional decision, influenced in part by the right time, the right place, and the right group of people. I had just finished a year of working for World Class Academy, where I spent...

Learning To Commit

Crystal clear water reflected the vast wilderness back, the red of my boat framed by a splash of blue sky, towering grey rock walls, and the luxurious green of New Zealand moss and ferns. We were nearing the crux of the first gorge on the Waitaha River. Like most of...