The amazing coaches we get at Keeners- Pierce Huser

                At Keeners, we are very lucky to be able to learn from the best coaches possible.... Literally. When I first arrived from the airport to WT, Albert and I almost crapped ourselves when we saw Kalob Grady in line waiting for dinner. We just couldn't believe our eyes it was actually him.     5 minutes later he walked by us and said "what's up Keeners!" and we didn't know what to say back to him as we just stood there in disbelief. The next day Stephen Wright guided me down the ottawa river which was an awesome experience because I got to know Steve-o who is an amazing guy and I got to know this awesome river. On the second day I had the honour of meeting Dane jackson who was an awesome coach with a super fun personality. Claire O'hara was one of my favourite coaches, She was an amazing coach and she was super fun to be around. Every other night we have great conversations with Clay Wright who is a very kind and wise coach. Even just today I got to paddle with Bren Orton which was just so awesome, he was super nice and his paddling skill set is crazy good! There are so many unbelievably good pros here in ottawa, but at keeners we get the best of them. Its not the fact that they're really good kayakers that makes them great coaches, it's because they are incredibly nice people who know how to kayak the proper way.