Posts Tagged ‘white water kayaking for women’
Colorado Tour Wraps Up: Recap & Stats
By Em Shanblatt
All good things must come to an end. The GAP Colorado Summer Tour is no exception. Mary Frances and I had our last few days of kayaking, and are wrapping up things here in the beautiful and burly state of Colorado. We spent our last days of kayaking on the Upper Eagle (@ [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 28th, 2011
Colorado Update – Getting Joyful in Crested Butte
By Em Shanblatt
The Girls at Play summer tour in Colorado has officially found the most beautiful place yet. As Mary Frances and I rolled into the town of Crested Butte over Monarch Pass, we were blown away and speechless at the immensity and grandeur of the mountains and scenery that lay before us.
We met up [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Inspiring Articles, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 24th, 2011
Colorado Update – Exploring, Racing, Dancing…FIBARK!
By Em Shanblatt
Early this week we rolled into Salida, Colorado, home of the famous FIBArk festival (First in Boating on the Arkansas). The Festival has been going on for 63 years, and this small town has really come alive! It’s the oldest paddling festival IN THE WORLD!
Mary Frances and I spent our first day in [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 20th, 2011
Living It Up in Durango!
By Em Shanblatt
Here’s what Mary Frances and I have been up in Durango to when we’re not teaching.
Our first destination was Durango, where we spend 5 days kayaking big water, surfing big waves, getting to know the Durango hotspots, and living in a parking lot! It was actually a very nice parking lot, and was [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 17th, 2011
The Yoga of Kayaking
As kayakers we have the unique ability to spend a lot of time close to water and observe the qualities and energies of her currents firsthand. The inspiration for this article comes from that intimate proximity to water and the lessons water has taught me throughout my kayaking career. The word ‘yoga’ means ‘union’ and [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Inspiring Articles, Kayaking Tips, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Jun 6th, 2011
Boaterchick Festival 2011
by Mary Frances Hansford
Girls at Play was thrilled to take part in Boaterchick Festival for the fourth year in a row this year. It was this past weekend (May 20-22) at Nelson’s Hideaway Campground just down from the Nantahala River in Western North Carolina. This year there were about 80 women — all ages, all [...]
Filed under Latest News, Mary Frances' Blog, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : May 31st, 2011
What It Means to be a Female Paddler
By Emily Shanblatt
Everyone has challenges at the beginning. Any aspiring paddler, male or female, has to find the right people, get the gear, get over the initial intimidation of trying something new, and learn the basics. These universal challenges don’t separate men from women in the boating world. It’s after the first [...]
Filed under Inspiring Articles, Kayaking Tips : Comments (1) : May 4th, 2011