High Water in the Truckee
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.
Well, the last week in Reno has been great. The Truckee River White Water Park has been really high and it seems that all of the features have changed a little bit due to the flood. For me, this is very exciting, as it means the opportunity to play in all new spots, and I’ll never complain about that. The water today was the lowest that it has been in the last couple of weeks (1400ish) and the “new” hole at the bottom is still really fun, as well as a small pocket hole at number two.
Selfishly, I hope that the hole at the bottom (number five) is left alone, but I understand that at lower water it may become a bit trashy. No problem for me though, just good fun. So, all of this excitement has keep me busy lately and that is perfect as far as I am concerned.
Other then that, I am starting to think about getting some things together as I leave Friday for Uganda. Oh, I also got my new Super Star today with the 2006 outfitting. I can’t imagine paddling anything else. For those of you in a leaky and uncomfortable play boat I only have one thing to say - you need to treat yourself better.
