Category Archives: Introduction

Kayaking English Corner

February 13, 2008 - Another post left unpublished.
My job in China is now teaching English. Yesterday I taught an “English Corner” about kayaking. An English Corner is supposed to be giving the students a topic they are comfortable talking about but kayaking is brand new to all of them. It wasn’t a [...]

First Roll Practice in Wenzhou, China

Been here 3 weeks and I finally got into my boats. They made the journey in the bottom of the United Airlines 747 with me. On the day I arrived my brother-in-law and nephew anxiously helped me unpack my Huck & Hoss. Between them I had packed about 200 pounds of gear, clothing, various sports [...]

Hello and Nihao!

I began paddling in June 2006. This was during the drought that is extending well into 2007 in the Southeastern US. Initially all of these ELF runs were still rather exciting to me, for the first 10 months or so. Now I’ve had a few good level runs and realizing why everyone is complaining about [...]

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