by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
On Sunday the Make–a-wish foundation ran a fund raising event on the St. Croix River, starting at Still Water and ending at Bayport. 20+ competitors attempted to swim the 3.5 miles down the river. I had been asked to recruit kayakers to act as the spotters to make...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Knackered. That wasn’t the first word that came to my mind to describe how I felt at the end of the weekend. Austin Powers used a better word but it is probably not PG rated. Saturday was the Inland Sea Kayakers Annual Picnic and Rodeo. I had not previously attended...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was a Qajaq Training Camp virgin this year so knew little of what to expect. Located in the North west of Michigan, it took a little over thirteen hours to get there. The first six hours were spent driving to Milwaukee, accompanied by Tim, another resident of...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
When you don’t have one, a forward finishing roll can seem like a huge mountain to climb. Retraining our bodies to rotate forward and not layback is a challenge for many. I learned the storm roll first. Alex taught me it in the pool a couple of winters ago. After the...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
This weekend I drove the family four hours north to Bemidji to visit the in-laws. A storm had come through recently and devastated their land, knocking down over one hundred trees (they have over 100 acres of pasture and woodland). We spent an exhausting Saturday...
