As an athlete, there are many points in our lives where things just don’t seem to work out. There are also an exceeding number of times when things not only work out but go better than planned. I’d like to discuss when they don’t go as planned. For the last month or two, I have […]
Tag: whitewater kayaking
Christmas Break And A Look Forward
As a teacher, December tends to be a bit crazy. We are trying to wrap up the semester, get grades in and believe it or not, plan for the next semester. Typically winter is crazy for me because I coach basketball but this year I am not coaching for the school, which allows so much […]
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 […]
Kayaker Van Life
This is the first of hopefully many posts about taking a passenger van and converting it into the ultimate whitewater kayaking camper. Here is the background to making the decision to go from a 4×4 truck to a van: I wanted to head to Canada and California this previous July but circumstances stacked up and […]
Confidence Series Dirty Bird Recap
On June 24th, 18 women gathered at the Pigeon River to get their play on. This year marked 3 years of Paddle in Pink putting on this event and every year things seem to get better. Groups this year were split into smaller numbers so there was more one-on-one instruction. Nikki Malatin (team Pyranha) and […]
West Fork Tuck
A short video shot from above flight simulator;
