Kayak Session Magazine

THE UNKNOWNS

About a year ago, I realized for the first time what my good friend Rata meant when she said, ‘You’re cool for a pro-kayaker.” It was also the first time I was ashamed to be called a “prokayaker,” whatever that means. At any rate, we were in India for the Malabar River Festival and, “pro” or not, pretty much everyone had footrot. Monsoon season will do that.

While I had spent a day coaching a clinic for Indian paddlers, some of

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