“I was in grade 7, and my gym teacher came up to me and said that she’s seen me run around the playground and stuff, and thought I was pretty quick. She said, ‘why don’t you come out and just
“You’re always battling that inner mindset clock and you’re always battling those negative thoughts. I suppose I was, I shouldn’t say people are or that anybody else does but that inner dialog was always my biggest competition. It’s quiet down
“I always really wanted to be part of that group of people that people looked as the group of the best kayakers in the world. I never thought there would ever be just one, everybody’s got their favorite but I
“I’m not a big fan of blank platitudes. I think it’s impossible to give absolutely everybody that’s out there just one piece of advice so I’m not suggesting that my advice is so valuable that so many people want to
“I’ve been paddling for 21 years, started in 1995 in the first few weeks of the 8th grade and quit same time the year in 2016 so I think that adds up to 21 years. 17-18 year of them on
“Balancing school, work, life and training in the past few years have been tough. I mean like I said earlier if it’s something I enjoy it’s kind of like you can get away from school, get away from work, it’s
“Happiest moment was representing Canada at Junior World’s in 2013, definitely my proudest moment as well. I didn’t go into trials expecting I was going to make the team or anything. I just went in, it was my last chance
“When I was 12 my friend Elias got me into paddling. I just really like being outside on the water, it’s fun even though it’s really hard work but you get to enjoy the nature and water. It’s like a
“The hardest thing was coming back from Worlds and racing at Western Canada Games. After Western’s I broke my left hand and couldn’t paddle or go to Nationals. It was kind of hard because it felt like I got up
“When you go from Western Canada to go race at Nationals for the first time, that same feeling of ‘oh man I have no idea how fast everyone’s going to be, I am going to get dropped’ but you just