On The Road Again
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.
Two and a half weeks ago I flew back to Reno from the Outdoor Retail Show packed up my stuff for two months, grabbed the dogs and started the cross country drive. As long as the drive was it actually went very well. I arrived on the Ottawa River three days later and have been here training, competing, fishing, and running my dogs ever since.
Last Wednesday was our U.S. team Trails. I was able to make the Team again, now for the 6th year. It was a tough flow at a wave called Garborator. The wave came up and the wave was very flushy. Combine that with the fact that I hadn’t really been on a wave in six months made for a stressful event for me. Relying more on my ability to compete then my current skill on a wave I was able to pull it out and make the team.
Since then I have been practicing as much as my body will allow as the first World Cup event is on that same wave this weekend. I have been making lots of progress and hope to be again paddling well come competition day.
So, that’s it for now. I will update you again after the weekend.
