My Top 10 Kayaking Goals for an Unforgettable Year

Published on: January 2, 2012

Last Updated on February 23, 2025

My Personal Journey in Kayaking

Each year time seems to fly by, faster and faster.

Really makes me want to start living even more.

Feels just like yesterday that I started kayaking and fell in love with the sport.

Now, this lifestyle that I have fallen in love with consumes me and everything that’s intertwined with this lifestyle defines who I am as a person.

Yes, there are doubts, ups and downs, good days and bad days, but overall, life is pretty damn good.

Last year was full of accomplishments, memories, new experiences, and of course, mistakes.

I think most of my friends would agree that I’m crazy. And don’t worry, I’m ok with that.

Well, every year at about this time I start reflecting on the current year and start looking forward to the next.

I start thinking about what I want to accomplish next year, goals I can achieve, mistakes I don’t want to make again, and so on.

I think they call those New Year’s resolutions, right?

Here are my top 10 kayaking goals for next year:

Spend over 200 days on the water.
Improve and try new tricks on my stand up paddle board.
Head back to Peru—and try not to get my butt kicked!
Tackle the Grand Canyon for round three.
Visit the Box Canyon on the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone (I miss this trip every year!).
Run the annual high water Selway Run.
Learn four new freestyle kayak moves.
Take more multi-day trips with my partner.
Do more self-supported trips.
Scare myself at least 10 times.

I know that next year is going to be the best year ever, on and off the water.

What are your whitewater resolutions for next year?

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