We drove out to LA airport & found Finn & Foxy straight away. The first people to come thru the arrival gates however were Ricky & Raewyn Drehuis from Alex, just to prove that kiwis are everywhere!
A whirlwind trip thru 8 lanes of LA traffic to give Foxy his first sniff of real climate changing carbon, with a 30 minute stop at Chinatown (cos we couldnt find Hollywood in the maze of concrete).Then back thru the US Homeland Security apparatus & onto Air Canada & away. Stopped near airforce #1 at Toronto (Barak was in town) & connected onto flight to Ottawa the capital of Canada. Wilderness Tours picked us up & drove out thru the green forests of Ontario to their base & the beginning of the freestyle adventure.
Actually no kayaking untill next morning when all our guys were given their Jacksons. Max & Finn went out to Garbarator wave all day with their coach Joel Kowalski (5th at last worlds) while Foxy went to the pop up wave with his coach, world champion Nick Troutman.
Otie started with his Teen camp group & spent the day on flat water perfecting his roll & sorting his hand roll. Oties highlight however was catching & holding a water snake. The girls in his group all squealed loudly. On Monday evening all keeners gave an introductory speech about themselves And me, I hitched into Renfrew & got plane tickets to Nova Scotia & Newfoundland.
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