Instructor Highlight – Eric Starr
Eric Starr has been a kayak instructor working for Tom McEwan, owner of Liquid Adventures, for 18 yrs. Starr has traveled multiple continents seeking high adventure on many of the world’s premier whitewater rivers. Starr began his kayaking career in 1987 and is known for his vibrant personality and professionalism on the water. [...]
How Do You Know You are Ready to Take on a New River?
October 29, 2012 by tommcewan
Filed under Blog, Paddling Tips
Whether it is the Upper Yough, the Lower Yough, or maybe even Great Falls, you just want to run a harder river, move up in the ranks of paddling, take on a bigger challenge, and stand out and be bold…. But are you prepared? And do you have what you need to take that step [...]
Great Falls Race 2012
Welcome to the 2012 Great Falls Race. The race is a collaborative effort between, Liquid Adventures, the National Park Service, and a group of dedicated volunteers and will benefit the American Whitewater Assn. As always, the actual course will be finalized the day of the event and will be determined by water level. However, we [...]
where instruction fosters adventure
Saturday last, various students in the Upper Yough Training program, headed to run the formidable, class IV+ Upper Yough. We had been training in the gates and at Dickerson for most of a month. There were two groups, one more experienced with the river, and another of mostly first-timers. The more experienced group took off [...]
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 20, 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 [...]
