Lessons from cold-hand gurus by Rafael Ortiz | May 16, 2019 | Instructional, Internationalisation, Mexico, Whitewater, Whitewater Instruction7 years ago I was THAT guy. It was the middle of March, 65* out and I’d still be wearing poggies. I did grow up in Mexico paddling warm water, so this new cold water topic was tough. Fast-forward to this winter, I managed to stay away from using my...
Superchargin’ the Ice Bucket Challenge by colinkemp | Aug 28, 2014 | WhitewaterJim from Valley Mill Kayak School just sent in this story. Look in the background of the video to see my sweet kicker ramp that I build for the shop grand opening a long time ago! I was recently sent this video from a SUP student who was in one of our lessons at...
1st International Comp – 2012 ICF World Cup in the 2013 Superstar by alecvoorhees | Oct 11, 2012 | WhitewaterThe ICF 2012 World Cup was going to be very memorable for me. This was my first international event and also my first time in the Eastern United States. There were definitely a couple things that took me a while to get used to! One was the strict international scoring...