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I haven't been home on a Memorial Day weekend in 5 years!  Usually, we are in the RV out in CO for a few weeks competing at events.  I could of gone out for 2 weeks this year but decided to just stay home and focus on WildWater training.

I've been hanging out at home in VT since US Team Trials.  I worked this fun demo event a few weeks ago for Westfield Water Sports and learned a lot about Confluence's other brands.  It was fun helping out at an event that was getting people to demo…

Reno River Fest

I left good ole VT on Wednesday and landed in Reno Wednesday night.  I didn't fly with a boat or paddle and this awesome guy Jonas Milton who doesn't know me let me borrow his Project X 48.  Pete Delosa helped with getting me the boat and returning it.  Stephen Wright and Ruth Gordon let me borrow paddles.  A guy let me borrow his really nice slalom boat.  NRS let me borrow a SUP and Pau Hana let me borrow a SUP paddle, oh and Pete Delosa let me borrow his wife Amy's…

We've had a couple of good weeks on the road.  It started off heading to North Conway, NH for the Mount Washington Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon.  The Inferno is a 8.3 mile run, 5 mile kayak, 18 mile bike, 3 mile hike, and skiing down Tuckermans Ravine. That's what it usually is. This year it rained the night before and the river rose pretty high and the organizers decided to cancel the race on the river and make the kayak a flat water race.  Another change this year was the…

This past weekend was the first down river race on the Lower Millers in MA.  It's a class II section with a class III rapid called the Funnel which is a fun rapid that's a big wave train.  

It was part of the NECKRA race series so a bunch of racers came to paddle.   Jeff has been racing with me so it's been super fun, we are not competing against each other yet since he's paddling in the short boat class and I'm paddling in the long boat class but soon enough that will change.  My…

I've been out of the scene for a few months enjoying my winter in VT.  We've had lots of snow this winter and it's been pretty cold.  I spent most of my time working at Timber Creek Cross Country and doing a lot of classic and skate skiing.  It was finally time to get out of VT and start paddling.  I headed to WV for a week bringing snow and cold temps with me.  I got some great days in on low water New River Dries and the Gorge section.  It was a great week getting myself comfortable in my…