In Spirit of Learning to Roll

In the spirit of Dan learning to roll a whitewater kayak, I figured it would be fun to post some Old pictures of me learning too. This was at my Grandmas pool in Eagle Point Oregon when I was 13 years old. My Uncle John was my faithful teacher who got me truly into the sport of whitewater kayaking. With his help I got my roll in a few hours and headed to the river that same day to paddle at a Class 3 play spot. Thankfully it had lots of deep flat water after the rapid so I didn't have to bad of an experience. Although I did swim one or two times! Enjoy the old Photos!

Uncle John Helping me Learn

My Cousin Rob Helping me fine tune the Roll


Here is another old photo of Max Holden, Ryan Hackbarth, and myself paddling down a Class 3 rapid on the last day of our Wild and Scenic Rogue River trip. We acutely did really well through the rapid this way, but I Made us swim at the bottom for fun!

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