The Reno-Tahoe Blog will occasionally feature entries from athletes sponsored by Reno-Tahoe, America’s Adventure Place. Jay Kincaid, professional kayaker, has been paddling over half of his lifetime, and is back to blog about his life as a professional kayaker living in Reno, NV. As 2003 Freestyle Kayaking World Champion, 2001 U.S. National Champion and three-time U.S. Point Series Champion, Jay is the most proud of the many first descents he’s done on rivers and waterfalls in his native Oregon and in California.

It has been hard to match the great time that I had on the Gauley a week ago. I had a session on the Sout Fork of the American River the other day though that was at least as fun as any in the last couple of months. First threat was at around 1400 which makes for a really top notch hole. You ever see a fat boy fly? Huge air loops, air back loops, tricky woos, back loops linked into tricky woos, clean cartwheels, blunts, and just flat getting nasty. Man, I love this game, and it is a whole lot more fun in the boat called Super Star!

Lucky for all of us Reno folk, we seem to have a bunch more water this year then last. This means that as soon as the canals are shut down we should have close to 500cfs here in town. Not bad. Lately though, and until that happens, I have been spending lots of time up at Floriston playing at all my little play spots. Not so top notch, but a lot better then nothing.

I got back from a short trip to Colorado yesterday. I am working with the McLaughlin Design Group and we are working hard to get a white water park built in Eagle. So, the day was spent meeting with some town officials and examining some potential job sites. This is a project that I am very excited about and am optimistic that will turn out to be on of Colorado’s best.

Today I am getting all of camping and hunting gear packed up because tomorrow morning I am off on a two week long bird hunting trip.
These trips are something I really love, but it is always a bit weird for me because as much as I love it, it kills me to not be on the river. I can be having the time of my life doing something other then kayaking, but I am always thinking about kayaking.

So, in two weeks I will be back in my boat and hopefully seeing a bunch of you on the water.

Jay Kincaid

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