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The Legend and his Student at Kanumesse

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picture by Peter Lintner – courtesy www.kanumesse.de I still remember being a new student in a “Fun with Foster” class at a symposium on Tybee Island at Sea Kayak Georgia, probably year 2004? – the job was to “have fun with the kayaks”. I stuck my head into the cockpit of a floating Explorer, face […]

25Oct

More Kanumesse Pool Pics

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picture by Michael Neumann – www.kanumagazin.de picture by Heiko Fricke – courtesy www.kanumesse.de Never tried my headstand in a Tahe Marine Greenlander T – and probably haven’t been headstanding for quite some months now 🙂 – but the old girl still can do it… 🙂 Tuiliq and pants by Reed, boots by Chota picture by Heiko […]

24Oct

Kanumesse Nürnberg

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My third year at the Kanumesse in Nürnberg, one of the biggest International canoe and kayak “only” shows, was like a “walk of fame” through the aisles – congratulations everywhere on my trip, I was busy signing heaps of posters, magazines, cards and whatever…handcramping included 🙂 – buisiness as usual… My original Australian kayak (the [...]

23Oct

Tour de Gudenaa

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It felt a bit strange to paddle the traditional 120 km Tour de Gudenaa race on a almost not streaming flatwater river in Denmark in my OZ kayak, but in the seakayak class I easily won the woman’s division in 12:11:52 hrs- as there were only two woman at the start in this clas :-)) – amongst about 675 […]

23Oct

Talk at the Seakajakwoche Spiekeroog

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I like to thank Eckart Pfeffer and his wife Ulrike for not only getting me to speak at the Seaakajakwoche in Spiekeroog, but for organizing the whole event! Eckart did a great job and was actually the one to invite me to join. It was a pleasure to be back to the roots of my […]

23Oct

Outdoor Retailer Daily Magazine

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There were two nice entries in the OR daily about me and my talk: For sure it’s a bit late now to write “news” about that show happening in early August, but I still like to thank the Outdoor Retailer show organizers the find me a slot on the paddle zone floor and some $$ […]

23Jul

Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium

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Thanks very much to Bill Thompson from Downwind Sports to invite me to teach and speak at the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Sympsoium! It was a pleasure to be at Grand Marais/ Lake Superior. It is a great place for beginners and intermediate kayakers to meet and to learn form each other! There are hundreds […]

13Jul

OZ Slideshow in Chicago

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Thanks to Ryan Rushton from Geneva Kayak Center for organizing and hosting my talk, and thanks to Paul and his lovely wife Kim for hosting me for the night! My shirt says: “Women who behave rarely make history!” So true…

11Jul