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Some moments on the water stay with you and today was one of them. Kirsten, our newest paddler, sat bow for the very first time. It’s her first year paddling, and this season she’ll be racing in the greenhorn category alongside other first-year paddlers. Watching her step into that role today was something special. In the canoe, every seat teaches you something different. There’s real value in moving around the canoe, learning each position, and understanding how it all comes

There’s a kind of stillness that comes when your body forces you to slow down. For me, that moment came while I was off work waiting for knee surgery on my meniscus. I had to miss out on the canoe racing season, something that’s usually such a big part of my life. Being away from the water, from my team, and from racing was hard. It felt like a part of me was on pause. What I didn’t expect was that this pause would open the door to something deeply meaningful, something that

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