Yoga for Kayaking: Upward Frog Pose
The Iliopsoas is a hip flexor muscle group comprising of three muscles: The psoas minor, the psoas major and the iliacus. This group is one of the strongest of the hip flexor muscles and the psoas major runs from our lumbar spine across the hip joint to the upper inner thigh. Very important muscle! [...]
Filed under Kayaking Tips, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Feb 25th, 2010
2010 Mexico Recap and Photos!
This year’s Girls at Play Mexico women’s whitewater kayaking trips were awesome! We hosted three intermediate whitewater trips and one beginner whitewater trip. Filled with paddling, yoga, salsa dancing, bongo playing, laughter and more… I’ll let the photos and the testimonials below do the talking. I want to give a big shout out and thanks [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Feb 24th, 2010
Holiday Paddling in Mexico
Our flight to Mexico City took off just before a major snowstorm hit Western North Carolina and buried the area under 15 inches of snow. Talk about good timing! Jalcomulco, Veracruz is one of my favorite places. The town of about 3000 residents is located in the Antigua River Valley surrounded by beautiful hillsides of [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Jan 12th, 2010
Anna’s Top Five Winter Paddling Accessories
I have to say that I’m not a hardcore winter paddler, obviously, since I run winter trips in Mexico! So, I can relate to those of you who hang up the paddle for other, dryer, sports in the winter. However, I do know paddlers who still motivate even with snow on the ground and icicles [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Dec 7th, 2009
Whitewater Technique: The Seal Launch
The ’seal launch’ is a term used to describe the act of getting back into the river by launching your kayak down the face of or over the edge of a rock. I’m not sure how it got that name, I’m assuming that seals do something similar when they dive back into the ocean. Seems [...]
Filed under Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Nov 15th, 2009
Interview with Green Queen Adriene Levknecht
The Green Race is the premiere whitewater kayak extreme race in the world. Thousands of people hike in over steep terrain for over an hour to spectate and world-class paddlers travel long distances to compete. Most of the race takes place in a mile that drops 342 ft so it’s a steep, narrow and technical [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News : Comments (1) : Nov 15th, 2009
Top Five Reasons to Take an International Paddling Trip
Traveling and whitewater kayaking are two of my passions so I naturally get excited when I have the opportunity to combine both! As the regular paddling season comes to an end for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a good time to start thinking about possible winter trips. There are two ways that [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Oct 22nd, 2009