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February 27, 2006
Ice & No Gloves
The Reno-Tahoe Blog will occasionally feature entries from athletes sponsored by Reno-Tahoe, America's Adventure Place. Jay Kincaid, professional kayaker, has been paddling over half of his lifetime, and is back to blog about his life as a professional kayaker living in Reno, NV. As 2003 Freestyle Kayaking World Champion, 2001 U.S. National Champion and three-time U.S. Point Series Champion, Jay is the most proud of the many first descents he's done on rivers and waterfalls in his native Oregon and in California.
The last week here in Reno has been really cold until today. A little cold weather didn't bring me down though. I have been feeling tuff on the river, kayaking everyday, but admittedly coming home after and whining like a baby.
I am yet to get any sympathy from Lisa, but I haven't given up hope.
A few days ago I paddled up at Floriston and when I left Reno it was 26 degrees. That means that it was probably in the low 20's up there, but because of my great gear it really didn't seam that bad. I was hoping to find a new play spot that the river had created during the flood, but there was no new play spot to be found. I did call my session off when I had inch long ice sickles hanging from the bill of my helmet. Enough was enough!
The next day I went over the mountain into Cali with Macy and we paddled the Chamberlain Falls section of the N. American. It was a lot warmer and we managed to find a bunch of really fun play spots. Kayaking was somehow a lot more fun that day.
Since then the weather has slowly been getting better and I even paddled today with out gloves. Actually, I started my session with gloves on but had to remove them because my 12 year old paddling partner for the day wasn't wearing gloves. I paddled with Jason Craig today and it was awesome. We played in a small hole in the south channel of the white water park and I think that we both had a really good time.
The forecast calls for the trend of warmer weather to continue, and as far as I am concerned that is a good thing.
So, until next time I will be on the river. The competition season isn't far away and I plan to be at my best ever this year.
Posted by Nadia at February 27, 2006 01:56 PM