Hey Everyone,

    I’ve been home on break for the past week. I’ve found it’s nice to have a short break from paddling but I always find myself getting back on the water wherever I am within a few days.
    There is a drop in the center of my town that I have been looking at for a while. Finally Fergus Coffey, Mike Porter, and I found a time to get together and run it. After one bumpy run we had to leave mainly because it was getting dark but also because I’m pretty sure it is Illegal and we didn’t really want a run in with the police. Fergus and Mike took off for the whitewater symposium the next day and I have been back to run it every day since. When I need a break from what I’m doing I’ll throw my boat in the back of my truck and run down there and see how many times I can run it in a half hour. It’s just a super fun drop.
    The other form of paddling I’ve been doing is Pool Sessions at the local state college UMASS. They have a great outing club that has set up public pool sessions two days a week all winter! It’s really cool to see a bunch of young people they’re trying the sport and getting siked on it! I met up with fellow Team Zoar Member Jim Sullivan who is a great boater/friend and we spent some time figuring out some new pool tricks. We figured out a cool way to practice a McNasty off the edge of the pool as well as some other goofy off the side of the pool tricks.
    Anyway I’m off to China in a few days so that’s the end of paddling for me. I have to dry my gear out so it weighs as little as possible for the flight and begin packing my big dry bag. I hope everybody is doing well and getting their last paddling in before winter really hits!

Paddle Hard,

Tino
 

Here is the Video of the pool sessions and the local parka nd huck, hope your guys enjoy it!