One of my favorite bumper stickers is "Surf West Virginia". It's a reference to whitewater kayaking in that beautiful state. Since they beat us to it, and New York has actual ocean waves, a "Surf New York" bumper sticker doesn't have quite the cache, but it could.
This spring I taught a whitewater kayaking class at Cornell and we had such a strong crop of students that many of them were surfing river waves by the end of the second day on the water!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgliqGPhIXwbK1LNDf4TcxUCNNK6ncPSdIYNhONGV9guYP6Z_WG_4b1EznyEY6SGeP44hkbXoTOYTJSMKl9-qj2-4u60Z63kcmao2BkGHIVzbha-LsLUMm5fwx5SXoycl58tspg/s400/MikeSlowikTitanic.jpg)
Surf Upstate
We were on the lovely Salmon River, surfing a fun spot called Titanic. Here are some of the stars of the show strutting their stuff:
Mike surfs Titanic
Brendan surfs Titanic
James surfs, then swims Titanic
We had a wonderful day and everyone was happy and tired at the end. And the best news is that half of the students are shopping for kayaks! Whooo!
This spring I taught a whitewater kayaking class at Cornell and we had such a strong crop of students that many of them were surfing river waves by the end of the second day on the water!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgliqGPhIXwbK1LNDf4TcxUCNNK6ncPSdIYNhONGV9guYP6Z_WG_4b1EznyEY6SGeP44hkbXoTOYTJSMKl9-qj2-4u60Z63kcmao2BkGHIVzbha-LsLUMm5fwx5SXoycl58tspg/s400/MikeSlowikTitanic.jpg)
We were on the lovely Salmon River, surfing a fun spot called Titanic. Here are some of the stars of the show strutting their stuff:
Mike surfs Titanic
Brendan surfs Titanic
James surfs, then swims Titanic
We had a wonderful day and everyone was happy and tired at the end. And the best news is that half of the students are shopping for kayaks! Whooo!
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