'Road to the Mountains': Family paddle with Tucker- EP6

After a couple weeks of training and competing I figured it was time to get the whole family out on the water and take our 2 year old son Tucker out kayaking. Emily and myself, along with two close friends, Jason Craig and Phil Sheppard, took Tucker down the Truckee River in Nevada. It was a epic day of river fun with some train spotting, looking for animals like beavers, ducks and geese, and a great finish with some jungle gym fun in the park. I know Tucker had a blast, check out the video for yourself and let me know what you think. 

'Road to the Mountains': Reno River Festival/ National Championships- EP5

The family is off to the biggest little city, Reno Nevada. Both Emily and I competed in the Reno River Festival and the National Championships for Freestyle Kayaking, where Emily took home the title National Champ, while I won the C-1, Slalom, Boater-X and took second in the Freestyle. So much fun to be had at the 2016 River Festival.  

'Road to the Mountains': Race Tips with Rush Sturges- EP4

I caught up with Rush Sturges on my way back down south for another quick lap on the Little White Salmon and a couple tips for Race Training. 

'Road to the Mountains': Skookumchuck- British Columbia- EP3

Well after several week in my creek boat I figured it was time to get back in the ol’ play boat and work some freestyle skills. So I figured I would take advantage of being on the west coast and make the trek up north to British Columbia to surf the world famous Skookumchuck tidal wave. 

Skook is one of both Emily and my favorite places to surf, and we knew Tucker would also love the experience, the purple starfish ended up being a big highlight for him. Dane and Alec both ended up joining us for an epic week of surfing this amazing wave all to ourselves. 

Check out the video from our northern adventure.