by Christopher Crowhurst | Dec 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Perhaps it is unwise to write such intimate thoughts about moments so personal. Yet the cathartic relief and therapeutic value that the written word provides me outweighs the societal scorn that may result from putting fingers to keys. Two months ago Jacquelyn and I...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Nov 15, 2016 | Review, Uncategorized
There are only a few weeks left now when the water will be fluid in Minnesota. The Fall (Autumn) represents the transition from green to brown as the leaves move through the intense colors from green to reds to golden yellow before finally falling brown and withered....
by Christopher Crowhurst | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
I first met Chungshih Sun and Henry Po Hsiang Chang for breakfast in the lobby restaurant at Hotel Novotel at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport in November, 2014. They were not hard to spot, crossing the lobby with a Greenland paddle bag across their backs was kind...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Technique, sport, craft or art? Greenland kayak rolling is like writing, many people do it, each for their own reason and purpose. Each person seeks to achieve a different outcome. There is a deeply personal connection, a relationship, between the paddler and their...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
I help a lot of people learn how to roll their kayak. Many people come to a mentoring session and leave having completed a dozen or so rolls that they never dreamed they could do successfully. Many people come back to their next session saying their rolls vanished as...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jul 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Yesterday evening I ran a mentoring session at the cabin, helping people to develop their kayak rolling. Two other mentors, Mike and Renee, came to help. A few people showed up early, Mike being one of them. Mike and I don’t get enough time to play together so I leapt...
