Top 5 gear picks from CKS: 1.Kokatat Drop Seat Dry Suit and a Whiz are the perfect combo. We just did a March trip down the incredible Grand Canyon and I was too comfortable! I never wanted to come home.
2.Werner Small Bent Shaft 191’ because we have a stack of retired Werner paddles that we have beat down, even run over and they are still good to go.
3.Pink Shred Ready Vixen My husband bought me my pink helmet for Valentines Day in 2004. Since then I have snowboarded, biked and boated in that helmet. I love it.
4. LiquidLogic’s Jefe because it is a boof machine!
5. Whitewater of the Southern Rockies I have a pretty good collection of guidebooks and I love all of them.. Whitewater of the Southern Rockies is more than just a guidebook. Yeah you can get beta online but I like guidebooks that are more than just beta.
Top 5 Rivers: I love the Gauley River in West Virginia, for its warm water and great play. The North and South Fork of the Crystal above Marble Colorado are too fun and the camping is perfect., We live on the Roaring Fork so any section and its tributaries are close to my heart. OBJ, Upper East and Daisy Creek are worth a trip every year.. Oh and the Ocoee River in Polk County, TN where I learned to boat and met my husband.
The Perfect Vacation is: Chasing whitewater in our Astro van full of gear, food and dogs.
Hobbies other than kayaking: Snowboarding, wakeboarding, mountain biking, taking pictures, playing with the dogs, watching football, fishing, shooting clays, traveling, and cooking southern food
Favorite website: I love to FACEBOOK, check out Mountainbuzz, aspensnowmass.com and I gotta know what’s up with weather at www.nws.noaa.gov/
Favorite paddling video: Any of the the LVM segments of ìYou gonna eat thatî I also look forward to all the homegrown stuff that pops up for the TeamScum video contest.
