Catching Up on our Outs and Abouts

Since the beginning of March, we have been training twice a week and the Youts are getting back in the "attaining saddle".  The Youth program veterans, Taylor, Will, George, Liam and Ben are stronger than ever and paddling well. Kira is getting better and better and fast acquiring great boat control.  As of Justin, he just got a new toy: a brand new Wavehopper, that he already took out for a few spins.  I just love seeing them all make progress.

All of these achievements were of course laced with much fun, trash talking, forgotten shoes (right Liam and Ben?) and other pieces of gear...etc.  After all, that is the Youts we are talking about!
Of course, I suspect Liam "forgot" his shoes to get the opportunity to wear my super cute pink Crocs. 

Liam sporting some mighty cute Crocs (Sandrine's, that is... )

Getting ready to rock!

 Since the beginning of the season, the Potomac has been holding between 4 and 5 feet.  This made for some challenging attainments.  But nothing could stop the Youts from making it to Wet Bottom and a few of them even attained up past it despite the challenging water levels.












At the same time, our own "Georgio" (a.k.a George Boss) has been keeping himself busy with a lot of paddling and a brand new blog: Big Left Boof or BLB.  Go check it out and follow his paddling adventures.  Also give him a little "Like" on Facebook to support his undertaking.

George, Taylor and Will at Wet Bottom putting a plug in for George's BLB

 Fast forward...

April 6 was our first trip down the Cheat.  Will, Liam, Taylor, Ben and Kira tackled the river at the friendly level of 3 feet.  This was a first time and big step up for Kira who had never paddled anything as big as the Cheat at 3 feet.  She aced her run, had a ton of fun and made it to the take out with a big big smile! :D

After two run of the Cheat, Will and Ben had to refuel with some nutritious food, which in Youts terms mean: CHIPS!!! Yeah... that's how they roll! :)

So far the season has been good and everybody is paddling very well. Fun crew and fun time on the water!

Stay tuned for the next page on the run down the Kitzmiller!