Spring 2012, My first kayak race that year

The first Saturday in May came and I was once again back racing a kayak on the Tye River in … More

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all from Dave The Kayaker! I’ve spotted Santa Claus in my neighborhood in Central … More

From the “Epic Guy’s” perspective. Race description

September rolled around and it was time for the annual Wye Island Regatta in Maryland. I had been working out … More

That summer of 2011 I stalked a lot of boats online and eventually picked up the phone and called Doug Bushnell at … More

The summer of 2011 brought a significant change to my life. For most of my adult life I had ridden … More

A little less than a month after the Rivanna River Race in May, 2011, I entered the Camp Kumbayah Downriver … More

The week following the Tye River race in 2011 I decided to try to paddle my Cobra Viper kayak down … More

I paddled as much as I could throughout the Fall and Winter of 2010 and into the Spring of 2011. … More

Shortly after the Wye Island Regatta kayak race in Sept. 2010 I purchased a wing paddle. Wing paddles came into … More

I began my search for a fast, racing-style kayak after that Rivanna River Race in 2010. I spent many hours … More

So the second Saturday of May (May 8) 2010 rolled around and I was ready to compete with the best … More

So Spring 2010 rolled around and I had, what I thought at the time, was a very fast boat and … More