The PaddlerUK magazine December 2015 issue 5 | Page 14

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Photo: Mat Dumoulin
Many have seen the video (above) of
your swim at Hamma Hamma Falls
on the Olympic Peninsula - is that as
scary as it gets?

No, I find it way scarier when I am watching
one of my friends take a beating.

If you could capture just one ‘feel
good’ moment in your kayaking
expeditions/competitions – which
would it be and why?

The redemption lap on Hamma Hamma. I was
so nervous at the top. To roll past that
undercut wall that I had been pinned up against
less than a week before, stick the line on the
60-footer and resurface to all the boys
cheering was pretty magical. We also drove
directly to silver falls that same afternoon and
ran that as the sun was setting. Overall one of
my favourite days on the water!

https://vimeo.com/72792859 by David Fusilli
If you had to choose one last thing
you wanted to achieve within WW
paddling before giving it up what
would that be?
I will never stop white water kayaking – ever.
Someday I want to land the double airscrew
and run something really big.