Flatwater Training for Whitewater Kayaking

One of the things that I’ve found most helpful to gear up for the whtiewater season is weekly flatwater paddling.  By training regularly on flatwater, both stroke technique and endurance, you can dramatically improve your paddling ability on whitewater.  Read More »

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OKCC Pool Sessions @ North Clackamas Aquatic Center

Pool Sessions: Every other Monday, 7:30 – 9:00 (Nov. 14, 2010 – Jan. 30, 2011)

Cost: $8 for OKCC members, $12 for non-members, $6 16 and under, free when you renew your OKCC membership

Address: 7300 SE Harmony Rd, Milwaukie, OR‎ ‎

Website: http://www.clackamas.us/ncprd/aquatic/

Phone Number: 503.794.8080

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Dates: Nov 14, Nov 28, Dec 12 – Private rolling clinic, Dec 26, Jan 2, Jan 16, Jan 30

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Columbia Pool

Pool Sessions: Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 – 9:30. The pool will be closed Nov. 20, 2011 – Jan. 1, 2012 for resurfacing.

Cost: $8

Address: 7701 N Chautauqua Boulevard, Portland, OR 97217

Website: http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=38284&

Phone: 503.823.3669

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Sunset Pool

Pool Sessions: Tuesday & Thursday 8:45 – 10:15 pm

Cost: $3 (in-district residents), $9 (out-of-district residents)

Address: 13707 NW Science Park Dr, Portland, OR 97229

Website: http://www.thprd.org/aquatics/sunset/home.cfm

Phone Number: 503.629.6315


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Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center

Pool Sessions: No longer doing doing pool sessions as of June 2011

Cost: $3.50 (in-district residents), $10.50 (out-of-district residents)

Address: 15707 SW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006

Website: http://www.thprd.org/aquatics/hmtaquatic/home.cfm

Phone Number: 503.629.6310

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Marshall Pool

Pool Sessions: Saturday 3:00-4:30 pm. Accurate January 1- April 29, 2012.

Cost: $5.50

Address: 1009 E McLoughlin, Vancouver, WA

Website: http://www.ci.vancouver.wa.us/parks-recreation/sports/aquatics/pools.htm

Phone Number: 360.487.7100

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Blind Rafting

dave with BVA

Under the best of circumstances, swimming through whitewater can be disorientating.  Even though I’ve done so many times, every time I end up out of my kayak and in the water, it’s a little overwhelming. Currents pull and twirl my body, water rushes over my face, I float and spin and even sink for a little bit.

These thoughts are running through my head as I’m about to take 32 vets rafting on the Deschutes River in Central Oregon.  In town for a national conference of disabled veterans, this group is from the BVA.  That’s the Blind Veterans Association.  I’m about to take dozens of guys rafting, most for their first whitewater experience, and they can’t see.  Some of them fully lost sight in the last few months. Read More »

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Deschutes River Awesomeness

I love kayaking and being on rivers for 3 big reasons.
  • I love the challenge of improving my technical paddling ability, paddling harder whitewater with ease.
  • I love the people that I meet on the river, the smiles I share with my friends and the great times we all cherish with every ounce of our hearts.
  • I love the beautiful places I travel to, many of which I wouldn’t ever see without a paddle in my hands.

And really, it’s the last 2 reasons that have kept me enjoying the sport for nearly 17 years.

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Hometown Beatdown

Great Falls Headcam with a swim at the Spout from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
It’s been a great week on the Potomac River.  I’ve surfed some fun waves with my best friend and our mentor, Bruce Uthus.  I paddled with John Haddock, a good friend who I hadn’t seen since Costa Rica in 2007.  Despite difficult logistics, Read More »

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Back home to the Potomac

Great Falls of the Potomac River.

The sirens at gate 20 in JFK’s Terminal 5 are making babies cry.  I couldn’t sleep on the plane.  But I have a smile.  In a few short hours I’ll be home.

I was born and raised in suburban Virgina, just outside Washington, DC.  While I was in Peru, my parents sold the house and moved to Houston, TX.  But my home remained as it was.

I grew up on the Potomac River.  For me, high school was a series of trips Read More »

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