Locker Room Speeches

Do you ever have a locker room speech with yourself above a rapid? In an eddy, before you take off downstream? This is mine: [st_video video=”http://youtu.be/20kbH_LRgZc” ratio=”16:9″ width=”” height=””]   Not exactly a locker room speech, but there’s something about Kevin McCallister smacking his hands to his cheeks and the audible intake of air that

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On Deck for 2014

Boy, oh, boy, what a busy fall we’ve been having! We’ve been slammed with clinics, lessons, moving… and, oh yeah: smoothing out details for our first ever international adventure travel trip to Chile. We are so, so excited! We’ve also been working on our 2014 details, sprucing up the website, and planning our next big

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Who is the Real Target? Recent Toys “R” Us Ad Stirs the Pot

A recent advertisement by Toys “R” Us has stirred a great deal of controversy as of late and there really is no question as to why. Toys “R” Us pits nature vs. toys (consumption), with a group of school children who are fooled into thinking that they are going on a nature field trip, but

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Overcoming Plateaus: 7 Considerations in Pushing Past Paddling Hang Ups

There’s been a lot of talk lately about progression and extremes and pushing ourselves. It’s given me, a relatively new boater, a lot to think about. I don’t know what it’s like to truly fear for my life or someone else’s on the water but I do know that as I push my boating, the

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