ROGERS SPORTSNET BLOG

So the big news I promised is here. I will be regularly blogging for Sportsnet as I continue my preparation for this summer's Olympics. Have a click to check out my first Blog entry. And while you're at it, go to the main Sportsnet page to check out the Pro Sports news... maybe send them an email and tell them how important amateur sports news is!!

Thanks to Rogers Sportsnet for this opportunity, and if you're surfing over here from the link to vankayak.com they generously included in my intro... Big welcome, drop me a line via the contact page!

FLORIDA TRAINING CAMP

Greetings from sunny Florida! I arrived a week ago at the Pines Resort for my 18th career Florida training camp... wow. After a week I'm already starting to feel at home in my kayak and training is going well. The Canadian Team will be hard at work here until our selection trials in early May, so we're in deep!

In other news, my coach Scott and I were nominated for Canadian coach and Athlete of the year for 2007! I'm nominated along with some incredible guys too, World Champ swimmer, 100m freestylist (in the pool, but he raps too) Brent Hayden. He's a big fan of the Honda Ruckus and Cookie Crisp cereal. Also, Gary Reed, the wicked quick 800m runner who was 2nd at the World Championships last year.

Check back soon for some big news!

CANOE4CANADA

Fellow Team Canada Paddlers, housemates, and very dear friends Gabriel Beauschesne-Sevigny, Ian Mortimer, Mark Oldershaw and Andrew Russell (left to right, as pictured above) have launched a website. It's a telling tale of how four young men from across the great expanse of Canada come together for sport, camaraderie and to challenge the planet for World Sprint Canoe Domination. Per Aquas ad Fraternatum indeed!

Have a click and tell 'em I sent ya!

TORONTO STAR

Randy Starkman wrote a great article about how my off-season training was going back home in January. We had a great talk about how similar cross country skiing and kayaking are at a basic level. Sorry I couldn't come up with a ski-photo Randy, thanks for a great read!