Archive for the 'Whitewater Kayaking' Category



On Saturday I went with a group of friends, six of us total, to paddle the Hiwassee. I was in a Kingpin 6.3, the boat I’ve been paddling recently.
It was a little overcast, but the water at the Hiwassee was not very cold (it usually isn’t). I spent the day working on my surfing. Last […]

I almost forgot to write about this. I paddled the Bowling Alley section of the North Chick (North Chickamauga Creek) this past Saturday morning. It’s been raining almost every day for the past 3 weeks here in Tennessee, so I’ve been itching to go kayaking.
A good friend, Jeremy Malin, invited me and offered to let […]

Hiwassee kayaking

On Sunday I took a friend, Mike Freeland, for his first whitewater kayaking trip. This weekend the TVCC had a Paddle School on the Hiwasse, so there was a little more traffic than usual, but not bad. It was slightly overcast, and the water was colder than I remembered. I should’ve worn a top.
We started […]