Alseseca Race

  This coming Saturday, January 14th, is the 4th annual Alseseca River race in Tlapocoyan, Veracruz, MX.  Tom is on-site with a group of LAKS paddlers, training to be part of the race.  Anticipating the race, I asked him for the latest news: “Isaac Levinson,  Eric Deguil, Pablo McCandless,  and Isidro Sobranes seem to be [...]

What’s Been Happening in Mexico

The Drive Down:  In the middle of December Sarah and I set out to drive from Cabin John to San Luis Potosi, Mexico with a trailer full of boats and equipment.  This is a yearly pilgrimage for me, in order to be able to continue teaching kayaking in a warmer and sunnier clime.  Meanwhile our [...]

Brett discovers Mexico Kayaking

I just started whitewater paddling this year.

Mexico Advanced Trip Dec 09 by Dan Mehrez

This tale begins with a motley crew of characters. Some from the united states of america, some from its neighbor down south. These characters, in no particular order of goofiness are (drum roll)… Dr. Peter Pan (Peter), Pablo (Paul), Señor Jose Louise, Dan the Delirious, Memolito (Memo), and Tom the tumultuous.  Over the course of [...]

Candid Impressions of my week in Mexico by Carlos Ifarraguerri

  I include below some candid impressions of my week in Mexico.  Please forgive my poor writing style. I have been back for a week, but have had not time on email at all.  Mexico was wonderful, I will send out pictures later.  We had the coldest rainiest week in 20 years.  We even had [...]

Canada for Strong Intermediates

The trip began well (and did end well, by the way) – starting with a week-long parking space negotiated by Nathan at Rockwood Conference Center for left-behind cars, a new LAKS van complete with board in the rear, and an engrossing Sunday NYT crossword puzzle, finished off enroute by Alexina, Anne Nuechterlein, and Anne Kibler [...]

Mexico “Youth” Trip

Just got back from Mexico and I could not have asked for a better trip, but I could have done without getting sick. This year it was only Nathan Sass and I who decided to huck the gnar. We flew into Mexico City on Christmas Day and took a bus out to Aventurec in Tlapacoyan. [...]

My Trip to Richmond

I just returned from Richmond on Tuesday night. It all started as a trip to pick up some boats for Cheat Training, but turned into a great day on the river with one of our friends and students, John Bell. His sister and family live in Richmond and provided us with a lovely base of [...]

Mexico "Youth" Trip

Just got back from Mexico and I could not have asked for a better trip, but I could have done without getting sick. This year it was only Nathan Sass and I who decided to huck the gnar. We flew into Mexico City on Christmas Day and took a bus out to Aventurec in Tlapacoyan. [...]

Waterfalls Trip in Mexico

We drove to Mexico early in the season to experience the waterfalls around San Luis Potosi, and the higher river levels at that time of year. We got exactly what we were wishing for, with juicy levels on the Santa Maria, Micos, El Salto, Rio Verde, and Tampaon. We got loosened up really well on [...]