I picked up a We-no-nah Orion K1 sprint kayak at the end of last summer and only had it in … More
Category: Charlottesville kayaker
2015
2015 was an odd year and my outdoor training took a huge hit. We made a local move to a … More
The Storming of Thunder Ridge
On May 19, 2013…the very next weekend…I decided to attempt to ride my first Century on a bicycle. (For those … More
Rivanna River Race, May 11, 2013
One rainy week passed and as a result the rivers were up the following weekend for my local Rivanna River … More
Whitewater kayaking
Somewhere around 2010 I also decided to expand my horizons and take up whitewater kayaking. A little bit late in … More
Wye Island Regatta Kayak Challenge, 2011
September rolled around and it was time for the annual Wye Island Regatta in Maryland. I had been working out … More
Starting to put the pieces together
I paddled as much as I could throughout the Fall and Winter of 2010 and into the Spring of 2011. … More
Enter: The Wing Paddle
Shortly after the Wye Island Regatta kayak race in Sept. 2010 I purchased a wing paddle. Wing paddles came into … More
My first fast kayak
I began my search for a fast, racing-style kayak after that Rivanna River Race in 2010. I spent many hours … More
Rivanna River Race 2010
So the second Saturday of May (May 8) 2010 rolled around and I was ready to compete with the best … More
2010, The year I started to take things seriously
So Spring 2010 rolled around and I had, what I thought at the time, was a very fast boat and … More
