Jeremy Norbury's First Blog

Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jeremy Norbury, I am 16 years old and I am from New Zealand. This is my first time at Keeners and I am loving it so far. Today we had big water beat down thursday which was........ interesting i would say. We started off at Phil's hole with a mixture of running left side and right side Phil's with some crazy beat downs as well as swimming it which was fun. We then moved down to the Lorne rapid where a few of us run the tongue line between mini bus and big bus. This resulted in lots of carnage with one swimmer which was quite funny. We had lunch then surfed the Waikiki wave and went down to the whirlpools at Butchers Knife. These are really big and can completely submerge you which I found out as I went so deep I could see the bottom of the river! Next up was Coliseum which was also interesting because on the river left there is a big eddy that forms massive boils and whirlpools where I flipped over and went into them upside down, then got run over by a kayak and finally got out. A guy called Matt got insane air on Big Kahuna whilst Jim snapped his paddle. A bit further down from Coliseum the boof line was once again interesting as me and Jim were way to close together and pretty much landed on top of each other. So far I am really enjoying the experience at Keeners as I am learning lots of new things, meeting new people and overall having a great time.

Warming Up

Coming back to keeners after two years of absence.

Returning to Phils Hole After Two Years 

Hello, I am Mauricio Martinez Laresgoiti from Mexico City. This would be my fourth years at keeners. My first years was in 2009 and I also came for the next two years. I did not come to keeners for the past two years and during those summers I felt that something was missing. I decided to return to keeners since its going to be the last year I will be able to come since I will be turning 19. It feels like I never left, everything is the same, there are keeners from my first year and the kayaking is still amazing. I have missed this place a lot and I am glad to be back. I have had very good experiences in this place and have met many very good friends. I am very glad I decided to come back to keeners and I am very excited to be back kayaking with this amazing group of people. 

Brook's Relationship with Little Trickle

Flipping over on the reactionary at Little Trickle

Over the last three days I have run the Little Trickle Rapid three times. The first time that I ran the rapid was less than awesome. Even though it isn't the biggest rapid, It was my first whitewater in over a year and I was a little rusty. I flipped and swam on the very first wave. It wasn't exactly the best way to start Keeners. The next day, we ran the same line.yI improved a little, and made it down to a hole at the bottom. I flipped, but stayed in my boat.  Today, I finally made it down the entire rapid. I was pretty proud of myself. I hope that during the next week I can keep on improving and have another success story for next week.

What Really Happened to Jack at Initition

Paddling on the Ottawa River

Once upon a time in a town called Keenerville lived a man called Jack. He had travelled from a far distant land called "Ireland" where white water is a distant memory. He traveled trough many lands and time zones to get to brave the wild river Ottawa. The first two days went well, but yet on the third day the so called "Race Wednesday" it did not go so well. The day was going well he had finished his runs flawlessly but then on his very last run it all went wrong . He started with power and force he bust through the first stopper and powered through but then a wave through him straight into Odyssey bam my skirt implodes knees pop out, he sees the light noooo..... the safety came to his rescue and they all lived happily ever after.

My Journey to Keeners by Gabriel Gallo

Hello i'm Gabriel Gallo,  I

Back on the Middle with Coach Devyn

am from Costa Rica. My journey to Keeners started last year when I finished my first session because when it ended I really wanted to come back. So I came home and told my parents how awesome keeners is and asked them if they could send me again next year. They told me I could go if I passed my first trimester at school which I almost failed because of math. So to make a long story short,  the day before going to Keeners I had my cousin's graduation party, which was awesome. After that, I went to sleep for maybe 3 hours before having to leave for the airport. I was late to the airport and I forgot all my chargers for my electronics so i had to buy chargers at the airport! Then I got on the plane to NY, then arrived in NY where I had to put my bag back on the plane for the next flight to Canada. I almost missed the plane to Canada because my bag took a long time showing up, but I made it. I  finally arrived in Canada,  but my bag got lost in NY,  so i was super upset. They told me Iitwas coming the next day at 10:00 in the morning, just in time for my first day on the water. So thats my story about getting to Keeners. It was an epic, but I am happy to be back.

Jonny's First Day Back on the Ottawa River

My name is Jonny I am 17 and this is my second summer of Keeners. I come from a small town about an hour south of Keeners called Pakenham in Ontario. I have been on the Ottawa River before when the water was lower, and was surprised at how different the river features were with the higher levels. The rapids were just not really the same, and the river had a completely different look to it; it was almost like rediscovering the river.

 My favorite moment today on the river was playing at Butterfly. Butterfly is usually a chute with a small wave you crash through at the bottom. At the current levels it was bigger and had two fun surf waves to play on. All in all it was a great day of many to come.

Holding up my profile- written in code- for a Keener Introduction

Bienvenidos a Keenerville

Welcome Back to Keenerville!

We are ready to start the 2014 season, and excited to welcome 17 Keeners into the first session.

This session, we have Keeners joining us from Costa Rica, New Zealand, Mexico, Ireland, The US and Canada, showing that the Keener community is truly an international family.

Anna and Devyn are back as the Keener Co-ordinaters, and Coaches for week one will be Joel Kowalski, Devyn Scott and Juanito De Ugarte.

The River is at 10 and 3/4, which should make for some fun and interesting lines down Coliseum and Lower Name.

Be sure to check back in for updates over the course of the summer!