What are your goals for the next
12 months?
I would like to get back in to a structured training
regime, something I haven’t done for a few years. I
am planning to spend the summer (visas
permitting) working on my playboating whilst
working with the Ottawa Kayak School in Eastern
Canada and get to a competitive standard in this
discipline. I would also like to go and compete at
Sickline in Austria this year as I’ve wanted to go for
a long time but have always had other
commitments.
What would be your ultimate
achievement?
Winning a world championship.
Have you ever been scared and if
not – what would it take?
Any kayaker who says they’ve never been scared
on the river is a liar! However, overcoming your
fears is one of the most exhilarating and rewarding
parts of the sport.
What’s the most courageous thing
you have done in life?
I threw myself off Tomata 1 in Mexico last
Christmas. I don’t really like big waterfalls so it was
big for me. Unfortunately I totally ballsed up the
line so have to go back and do it again for
redemption ☹.
What’s the craziest thing you have
ever done?
Not sure it’s really crazy but one thing I really love
doing is full-moon paddling and I have been racking
up lunar descents all over the world my favourites
of which have to be on the Trancura and Futaleufu
rivers in Chile.
Any advice for women starting
out in ww kayaking?
Not really anything specific for women but for
anyone starting out you should just get out and try
as many different types of boats as possible on as
many different rivers. That way you can find what
part of the sport most appeals to you and the
people you most enjoy paddling with.
Which women paddlers out
there are currently pushing the
ww boundaries?
Sadly one of the women leading the charge in WW
kayaking, Louise Jull, passed away recently but it’s
definitely an inspiration still. In the compet