Well, things are shaping up to be a pretty good Junior Team Trials. After the weekend we weren’t really sure what to expect. It rained from Thursday to Monday non-stop. The river was in flood and all the little work that had been done, was getting washed out. All the Kan Fest goers were pretty crazy to come out and brave the rain. Canoe Meadows resembled a lake and I for one, was not looking forward...

Oh, the joys of traveling… I would like to thank the weather gods for holding onto all their wet stuff for the duration of our trip, well for the most part. If only they could have kept it up for a few more hours. Just as we are settled into our plane to Chicago, hasty introductions to row mates taken care of, our captain tells us that we can’t leave the tarmac due to bad weather in Chicago. He...

So after a long, heated weekend of racing, Team Canada has been decided. Here’s what it looks like: Senior Team K1- David Ford, Nathan Davis, Ben Hayward K1W- Sarah Boudens, Jessica Groeneveld C1- James Cartwright, Cam Smedley, Spencer Pomeroy Senior Development Team K1- John Hastings, Pierre Levesque, Chris McTaggert, Jon Allen, Connor Curson, Paul Manning K1W- Anna Williams, Sara Potvin-Bernal,...

Well, here we are again in Charlotte. The flight was long and it was way too early of a morning, 3 am to make sure our boats got on the plane. Greeting us in Charlotte was beautiful weather and our oh so faithful Studio 6 Extended Stay. There’s not nearly as much carnage as the last camp, well almost. Yesterday we had a technique session on the drop. We would paddle over to the corner eddy above...

Back in snowy Calgary again, the weather never ceases to amaze me. We had an amazing end to the camp, an epic hike. Mike gave us a choice on what we wanted to do, 30 on, 30 off or a hike up Elk Mountain. The boys had their elk steak to prepare before we left. At the bottom of the mountain, it was raining, the higher we drove, the whiter it got. When our van started slipping back downhill, we parked...

It’s been a busy past few weeks. After getting home from Charlotte, I found myself sick and not going to school. This was a problem since I had quite a few questions concerning my chemistry homework. The weather in Calgary was warming up, it was actually almost as warm as Charlotte and the sun was showing its face. I paddled at the Kananaskis for the first time since November. I remembered what a...

Well, after a long trip I am finally home again, if only for 2 weeks. It was a tough training camp, doing 2 sessions a day on whitewater sometimes 3 with a run or core was tiring. You were ready to go to sleep at night. I definitely learned a few things about Charlotte this time around. Maybe the most important, is that, contrary to popular belief, Charlotte is not warm in February. I brought a ton...

So much for warmth in the south, it is freezing cold here! I thought that after arriving here, it would be sunny and warm, but I guess it’s only like that in the spring/summer. Our hotel is super sketchy. The Studio 6 Extended Stay. There are permanent residents staying, cop cars sometimes circle the building at night, and to top it off, last night someone tried to open the door to our room. That...

Well, Charlotte training is going well, so far we have only had 3 casualties, Graham, Haley and Alex; only 2 bleeders, the later 2. On our 2nd day here, they both went over the drop upside down. Alex took some skin off his knuckles and his elbow and Haley took off some skin from her knuckles. Haley bled a lot. We paddled across the mini lake at the bottom, up the conveyor belt and across the mini lake...

So much to report on….. Thank you to the Alberta Sport, Recreation Parks and Wildlife Foundation for making this trip possible for me.