Canada Strong Intermediate Trip 2009
March 29, 2012 by tommcewan
Filed under Trip Reports
Canada with Liquid Adventures, August 16-23, 2009 (The Black, Watertown, NY; The Ottawa, Ontario; The Gatineau and Rouge, Quebec) by Irene Owsley with help of other trip members Sunday, August 16 The trip began well (and did end well, by the way) – starting with a week-long parking space negotiated by Nathan at Rockwood Conference [...]
Alseseca Race Final
Now it is all over. The race has been raced, the awards have been distributed, the party has been enjoyed, and most of the racers have departed for their homes. All the LAKS students have flown back to the states. You can see the results on the alseseca.com website. Eric Deguil from France won, Isaac [...]
4th Annual Alseseca Race 1/14/12
Led by instructors Tom McEwan and Pablo McCandless, 7 stalwart and stout-worthy LAKS adventurers are headed down to Tlapocoyan, Veracruz to take part in the 4th Annual Alseseca Race. There is a short and a long course to the race… although it could be called long and longer. The fastest times last year were 8 [...]
Instructor Highlight- Thomas Esch
May 6, 2011 started off like the previous four weekends did. The entire LAKS youth team was on the Cheat River, playing around in their boats, getting warmed up. But this was not another practice day. It was the day of the Cheat Race. After the chaos of the mass start had cleared up, another [...]
Instructor Highlight- Ashley Nee
If you have ever been to the Feeder Canal, near Lock 6 of the C&O canal, then you most likely have seen Ashley Nee. This is where she trains with the US National Canoe/Kayak Team, usually paddling twice a day. She lives less than a half mile away so, when not paddling, you might catch [...]
Instructor Highlight- Simon Braun
December 20, 2011 by tommcewan
Filed under Blog, Instructors
At 19, he might be young, but Simon Braun is one of our brightest instructors and an awesome paddler! Like many of you, Simon first discovered kayaking in a recreational boat. He learned to paddle with his father and later, with Tom at Liquid Adventures. Simon was drawn to whitewater because of the “The [...]
The FULL story: Advanced Waterfalls trip
Full Trip Report from the Liquid Adventures Advanced Waterfalls Trip with Tom McEwan, Thomas Esch, Memo Guiloche and Todd Henry Day 1, Micos Cascadas, Nov. 13 We are having a great time in Mexico! This place is absolutely beautiful. I woke up this morning to see great mountains all around. I crawled out of the [...]
Why are those poles hanging over the river? and other questions about slalom
November 8, 2011 by tommcewan
Filed under Blog, Classes and Courses, Paddling Tips
What is slalom kayaking? Officially called Canoe Slalom by the International Olympic Committee, slalom is a sport where paddlers try to complete a whitewater course through gates strung over the water with the fastest time possible. An official course is 18- 25 gates, 6 of which must be upstream. A course often takes elite paddlers [...]
Dickerson Workout and Lessons on Sunday 11/13- Not Saturday
Because a fire and rescue squad is using the Dickerson course along with us this weekend we are changing the date for our workout. Please meet at the gate at the usual time, 12:15 pm on Sunday 11/13, not Saturday 11/12. Happy Paddling!
Ken Erskine to Teach Beginner PLP
Now I haven’t kayaked with everyone but I do know that Ken Erskine is fun to paddle with. I knew that as I followed his brightly-plaided drysuit upstream near Offut Island last Spring. ”Do you think we can make it up the left side?” I asked as the rest of the group headed for attainer’s [...]
