Jared's third post of awesomeness

Hey there, 2nd week of session 2 or my 3 week of keeners, were super fun. Again, I've learned so many things like how to do a helix to clean blunts.

But this time ill write more about whats going on around keenerville and coll stuff that happened on the river.

So first of all the level of the river have gone up about 3-4 feet in two days! That makes the level to be about +2. The water went up so fast that on Sunday Nicole, Sara, Marleigh and I went to garb in the morning and garb was so foamy and fun. But when we got back from lunch that took us about an hour and a half, neither of the Lorne waves were in. But with that level, corner wave, right side horse shoe, chopping block and right side black are good. Although, even with all of those cool waves and holes, i still miss garb a lot.

Secondly, I just tried a medium rock star and I have a lot of trouble throwing tricks and to toss it around. But it does improve my technique because I really have to do the right movements to actually do tricks. Also, i had a lot of trouble putting my skirt on, it got to the point that i have an open blister on my pom and i needed help to put it on. But that's caused by cockpit rim being slightly larger than a small rock star.

Anyways, I'm happy to be back in my small and I'll be throwing it around at are trip to Lachine rapids on Wednesday. I cant wait to be there!

Me doing a blunt on Corner wave

Jared's 2nd post of awesomeness

Two weeks of keeners has gone by already and so two weeks remains. So this weeks I've learned so many techniques from doing trick to river running.

On a wave i got to do a few panams but there not very consistent and i have trouble sticking them. But i can get my stern over my head and my bow further away from me in the air. Also, i tried getting aircrews but i haven't stuck any cause i land on my side wall and i cork my boat. That happens because i sit up to early into a neutral sitting position. 

Now, while river running,one thing that I've learned is how to properly boof a hole. It's actually pretty easy, you just have to pick up your bow and when you hit the foam, with your bow on top, you just need to lean hard forward so your stern doesn't cache and get flip back into the whole. I learned to lean hard forward the long way, two Thursdays ago i tried booffing right side phil's and got my stern caught and i got a beat down but i did successfully made it on last big water beat down bacon thursday. 

So, i have learned many useful river techniques and I still have two weeks to learn many more.

P.S.: Couldn't find any footage to put on.

Jared's last post

hey its Jared again. We did that last part of SRT that was getting out of your boat in hard eddies and we had to swim in to a hole that would body reserge you. I didnt want to go swimming in a hole but i did at thje rouge anyway. This week was awesome! We went to the rouge on wednesday to do some water falls. I was really scared to do the two fisrt falls because they were right after the other an the second falls has a hole at the bottom. Saddly i swam the second fall but it was kind of fun. My favorite fall was thre third one becaise they where no hole at the bottom and you hasd the choice to do a buff or to punch it. I buffed it and i smacked my face on the water. It was the talest one that was about 15 to 20 feet. Coming back from the rouge we got a flat tire on the side of the high way and we were stranded there for about an  hour. Son during that time Quinton got a mullet with trama sheres. I got a hair cut to. I let the top and the back long and i shaved the sides short. Its an ok hair cut by Max (a keener from England). This is my last blog and the last day of keeners. Im sad that it past so quickly. i had an awesome time at keeners this year and i hope to come back next year.

See ya

Jared with his second blog

Charging into Phils Hole in the Rev Last Week

Winning the First Hunger Games Challenge

Hey Its Jared again. Today was big water beat down but I didn't get beat down much and I was really disappointed. Sea bass and Jordan got to run right side phils in a Dynamic Duo, it was really awesome!

The Hunger games for today, were really fun to watch but also would of been fun to do. The first challenge, the competitors had to try and catch a pool toy whale in left side Horse Shoe at the same time and i think Estamble won. the second one, the challengers had to stay in right side Blacks (its a pretty sticky hole at the bottem of the river) for the longest time and Robertson won.

I had great surfs today at lef side Horse Shoe and at Garb. I was surfing horse shoe for almost 5 minutes straight! At Garb, i almost stuck an air screw and I got my blunts on both sides now! Thats what happend today but i cant really remember right now what happend during the past week because it has gone so fast. I thought we were only tuesday today. I'll right next week at the same day. See ya

Jared's First Blog Pst

About to drop into Phils hole! 

Hey, this is my first blog of the year. My name is Jared Day, this is ask my second year at Keener's and I paddle a Piranha Rev.

Today, was big water beat down, bacon, Thursday! That means we get beat down in the biggest and baddest hole we can find on the river- which here on the Ottawa means Phil's hole.

I got worked in right side Phil's for a minute and I was scared. I had to swim but it was still the best time ever! Last night, I tried a rockstar on baby face (its a wave near phil's) and just outside of Keeners,  and I finally got a my first blunt. I was so happy! I am excited for the rest of the week and competition friday tomorrow!