I’ve been running the Tallulah Gorge for a while now and have always thought the famous rapid Oceana was not that much about skill and more like rolling the dice. After today I was puzzled because I swam the rapid and I was not entirely sure why. Did I roll the dice wrong? I had […]
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2021 Dirty Bird (Pigeon River) Recap
It was a breath of fresh air to be able to run the Paddle In Pink annual Dirty Bird event at the end of July this year. For most of us, the last year has been an incredibly hard year. As a kayaker, I really missed the closeness that the community can bring to this […]
2021 Dirty Bird Confidence Series
Let’s face it ladies, 2020 was likely not the best year for most of us. Most events were cancelled, we were in isolation, many experienced financial hardships and many other reasons why we want to keep 2020 in the past. Paddle In Pink has a long standing of our Dirty Bird event and while we […]
Mindset: Growth or Failure?
Do you ever have those moments where you do something on the river, mess up and replay it over and over in your head wondering how you messed it up and your self-talk isn’t all that positive? What if you could change that mindset and look at how you can grow and learn from that […]
Dirty Bird 2019 Recap
First, let me apologize for being incredibly slack on adding posts. Life seemed to happen. This is far overdue but here we go. Every year Paddle In Pink hosts an event on the Pigeon River in TN to raise money for the Live Like Maria Foundation. The event consists of a group of women all […]
Tallulah Fun
Living so close to the Tallulah River, one would think I would be super stoked on when these releases approach. Truth be told, this is not on my top river list. The reason: complete head game. Years ago, I broke my rib near my spine due to flipping in Tom’s Brain Buster. The first time […]
