KAYAK SURF – Photo Gallery

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Check out this photo series by our own Peggy Peattie!

Team River Runner, an organization of kayakers that teams up with therapists from Naval Medical Center, gives wounded active duty and veteran soldiers and sailors a chance to take on the sport of surf kayaking twice a month at the beach in Del Mar. Many of the participants learn the basics of paddling, boat handling and rolling in the pool at the Balboa medical campus before heading out into the surf.

http://www.utsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2012/may/10/kayak-surf/#/3

MAY 12th – Paddling opportunity and road closures!

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Lots going on next week for kayakers. SDKC has a rescue practice; volunteer to clean up on San Diego River; and the Silver Blade Regatta at SDCKT on Fiesta. Island. Beware of access to these activities, though. A racing event will close Sea World and W. Mission Bay Drive early in the morning on 05/12/12, and access to Quivira Basin may be impossible. Parts of La Jolla will also close:

http://sandiego.triathlon.org/event_information/road_closures/

See you out there!

April Meeting recap

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We had a nice turn out for our April Meeting. It started with a presentation from the San Diego River Park Foundation. A lot of interesting things are happening along our ‘forgotten’ river. For more information about their effort, please take a moment to visit their site (http://www.sandiegoriver.org/).

I gave a brief recap on the changes to this site. I am now working on improving our email/newsletter system. Look for this to occur in the next week!

Robin then gave a talk about navigation (Sadly I had to leave). I am sure it was full of great information.

Our next meeting will be June 12th. Hope to see you there!

Video of Cherry Gorge River Run

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Following is a link to a video about running the multi-day Class V Cherry Creek run up near Yosemite’t. It contains a lot of how-tos and safety info that is relevant to all kayaking, and plenty of beautiful scenery. The only downside is that it will make tons more people want to do this run, which may greatly increase the impact on this obviously very fragile and unique place. Fortunately, the skills and work involved to do it are far beyond most people. Enjoy!

-Steve Huemmer