http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/11/just-gotsta-believe/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/11/just-gotsta-believe/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 10:46:08 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7843 Sometimes it's only faith that keeps you going; The belief that if you work hard enough, if you face your fears head on, you'll always overcome. Eventually. That was last night's pool session in a nut shell. I spent another evening just trying to resurface as my 10 year old son spent his night on his knees on a diving board trying to make his body fall in.. head first. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/11/just-gotsta-believe/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/02/close-your-eyes-and-sing/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/02/close-your-eyes-and-sing/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:48:33 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=6262 Do you have a paddling song? Maybe a whole repertoire? What songs do you sing when you paddle? How did you choose them? People have paddling songs for lots of reasons. Some folks sing in groups just because they are class clowns or entertainers. I remember once paddling with a group of guys who knew all the lyrics to all the songs of the HMS Pinafore... ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/02/close-your-eyes-and-sing/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/04/16/fear-of-wind/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/04/16/fear-of-wind/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:47:08 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3862 New paddlers or people who don't paddle very often tend to notice slight breezes and subtle changes to the environment. They've got their "self-preservation radar" turned to full. Most of us can remember how the build up works; An increase in wind, increases the roar in our ears. We find ourselves pushing a bit harder, leaning a bit more forward and feeling a bit of a chill. We notice the cats paws cross the surface of the water, and see subtle changes in the waves.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/04/16/fear-of-wind/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/07/14/serious-fun/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/07/14/serious-fun/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:57:28 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/07/14/serious-fun/ Robin Nelson is one of the more “serious” new coaches on the scene. . . . For every time I’ve had a student express their fears and then watched them escape that black pit, I’ve leaned further into the realm of play as a teaching tool. Play as I mentioned in the last post is [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/07/14/serious-fun/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2007/03/04/walking-through-walls/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2007/03/04/walking-through-walls/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:22:00 +0000 derrick http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=637 This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this – sting It was funny. Oh, yeah and a bit depressing. The first year or so after I started my blog as a strange thing started happening. At symposiums people started coming up [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2007/03/04/walking-through-walls/feed/ 5