Mar 28 2008
I’m not sure how old this skit is, or on which tv show it might have first appeared. Based on the fact that the Malone Brothers are in it, it seems likely it is recent. I’m pretty sure I met these guys on the boardwalk right next to Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz.
Jul 29 2007
Began Kayaking in 2000.
Awards
BCU Canoe Safety Test Award
BCU 3 Star Award
BCU 4 Star Sea Award
Sea Kayaking Trips
Pictured Rocks Miner’s Castle to Spray Falls round trip 2001
South Haven to Saugatuck one day trip 2001
Crossing to Bois Blanc Island 2001
North Manitou Island 2002
Pukaskwa National Park 2002
Cleggan to Inishbofin and Inishturk Island Ireland 2003
Silver Islet to Rossport 2004
North and South Manitou Island 2005
Apostle Islands 2006
Lake Superior Provincial Park 2007
San Francisco Paddle Bay Golden Gate to Marin Headlands roundtrip 2007.
Surf Specific Kayaking since 2005
Numerous solo trips Lake Michigan.
San Diego 2007
White Water Kayaking since 2003
Wolf River Class III Section
South Bend White Water Park
Apr 24 2007
I began paddling in 1999 after trying my brother in law’s Dagger Seeker on Thumb Lake in Northern Lower Michigan. I always loved sailing in our small family boat. My only regret was that I couldn’t be in closer contact with the water. I got hooked instantly. I first borrowed an old river runner torpedo shaped kayak from my buddy Ed Hingleberg and then later purchased a used Chinook. In 2001 I moved to the west side of the state. My paddling really took off from there and I’ve been an avid year round paddler since.
Over the last six years I’ve done several Wilderness trips on Lake Michigan: *North and South Manitou Island including the crossing to North Manitou island. *Day long trip of 30+ miles from Van Buren State Park to Saugatuck *Crossed under the Mackinac Bridge *Crossing to Bois Blanc Island *Rounded the tip of Leelenau from Northport
On Lake Superior I’ve paddled: *Pukaskwa National Park *Silver Islet to Rossport along the Black Bay peninsula *Apostle Islands National Lakeshore *Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
In the North Atlantic I’ve paddled from Cleggan to Inishbofin and Inishturk islands and back.
I’ve also kayak surfed extensively on Lake Michigan in both long and surf dedicated craft.
Awards-I currently hold: *BCU 4 star sea award *Canoe safety award
I am working on my 3 star and coach two star assessments.
In 2002 I began using a traditional paddle for sea kayaking. I’ve managed 26 of the Greenland competition rolls in my Nigel Foster Silhouette. I am currently working on a forward forward hand roll with no Norsaq and an elbow roll.
I am fascinated by both white water playboating and surf kayaking. I really like moving water and I’d like to get some more opportunities to do both.
White water: Wolf River class III.
Surf San Diego Scripps and Bird rock reef breaks.
Oct 11 2005
I started this web site as an exercise in text pattern, but quickly realized I liked having one central place to communicate with friends about all of my activities and interests.
Husband to Laura, Father of Gabriel and Isabella. Brother to Kristofer. I am a literature geek masked as an outdoor nut. I am enamored with the water, but scared of heights. Give me an icy 8 foot wave everyday of the week before you give me a razor knifed peak ascending into the clouds.
I got my start sailing a 13 foot Drake sailboat with my father. We would wait for terrible weather and sail the boat across our home lake at breakneck pace until we capsized. We would right it and start all over again. I fell in love with quiet sports from there. One of the biggest thrills in my life is getting somewhere under my own power. If I catch a ride on the wind and waves so much the better.
Homer -The Iliad
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.
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