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The
competition for the
final four spots:
Say
welcome to our brave
adventeruers competing for the final spots.
Steve Arns
 I
grew up on the (far) east coast
of Canada, on the rocky island of Newfoundland. I learned to
kayak there (among other things), moved to Ottawa for a while and
finally settled in on the opposite side of the country in
Vancouver. If you have to live in a big city, there's no
better
place to be. Kayaking isn't the only thing I like to do, but
it's
definitely my favorite. Over the years I've taken a few
decent
whitewater photos - hopefully you guys think the same.
Eric Parker
Hey Y'all! My name is Eric Parker, I am 21 years old, and I am from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I started kayaking when I was 16 in the local kayak club, and since then, I have spent as much as time on the water as I possibly can. I started shooting photos during my senior year of high school, at World Class Kayak Academy and over the last few years, I have been working hard to develop my photograph skills. I love nothing more than going on adventures and documenting my experiences! Spencer Rubin
My love affair with water started at the age of nine when I got a small
sailboat. I’ve been messing around in boats on any
body of
water I can get to ever since. In 2008, at the age of 41, I
was
diagnosed with blood cancer and underwent a year of intense treatment
that I barely survived. I spent months in a hospital bed
often
deep in pain. To make it through, I clung to the images of
intense beauty that were etched in my mind from years of river running.
Though photography is new to me, I try to capture the feelings joy and
beauty that I get from my paddling experiences. I live with
my
wife and kids in Coloma, CA, on the banks of the South Fork American
River and the hub of California’s river running community. Jay Lynn
Born and raised most of the time in Berkeley, CA, I was always outside
exploring. Be it getting tossed around in the beach brake,
trespassing my way up little creek canyons, I remember being one of
those little kids that would inevitably get all of my clothes soaking
wet on a regular basis. Through my parents, I was lucky
enough to
be exposed to the Sierra Nevada mountains frequently, and grew up with
a healthy appreciation for wild outdoor spaces. I started
rafting
at about nine years old on the South Fork American, and by the time I
was fourteen I had rowed multi day sections of the Klamath, the Rogue,
and the East Fork Carson. River spaces are addictively
magical. I didn’t really get into kayaking until
relatively
late, but around 20 years old I had procrastinated long enough, and
took the plunge into whitewater fun-yakin. I have been doing
photography since I was in high school, almost always for
fun.
Kayak photography is a particularly awesome challenge because usually
the environment is trying to kill both you and your camera, so there is
a sort of parallel story of survival on the river. I have a
BA in
English, and spend my time in the summer taking photos of rafting
customers as they explode from rafts like candy from a
piñata.  Growing
up in NW Connecticut, my
first experience kayaking came as a member of the Housatonic Area Canoe
and Kayak Squad, aka HACKS, where I enlisted in a young kids summer
program called 1/2 HACKS spearheaded by 9-time National Canoe Champion
Mark Clarke. Summers were spent paddling laps on the
Housatonic
and later spent chasing playboating rivers throughout New
England. After college, and after a brief stint bussing
tables, I
picked up a job at a local civil engineering company. As I
began
exploring more of the California classics, I finally picked up point
and shoot with a manual setting and started to learn the technical
aspects of using a camera. About a year later I upgraded to a digital
SLR and haven't looked back. For me photographing kayaking is
all
about bringing back a piece of the beauty that so few people get to see
first hand. I feel insanely fortunate to have discovered
kayaking
at such a young age and look forward to the life long obsession that it
seems to have become.
Alex Herr
 Paul Siskind
 I can sometimes roll and barely
fit in a 100 gallon boat. I was once described as the greatest hole
bait of my generation. But, don’t be fooled, I’ve been
working out to get In shape for this competition and if the comp comes
down to an hot dog eating contest, I am sure to win. All I am saying is
watch out people, in the small Village where I stay, I have been
studying post-modern kayak porn, like Two-girls one boat to figure out
what makes a great photo. With the help of a correspondence high school
degree, a little Ritalin and a boot leg copy of CS6, this comp is
stacked in my favor. Pray for snow!
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