Hailey Thompson's Whitewater Canoe and Kayak Blog: Tacen, The Trashings

A short film I put together of some of the best paddlers in the world, displaying some of the best wipe-outs in the world!

Competition Results

U.S. Open, 2011 --- 1st C1W (Overall), Junior C1W, Junior K1W
Senior World Championships, Tacen, Slovenia --- 6th C1W
Junior World Championships, Foix, France--- 3rd C1W
Seu World Cup 2010 --- 11th C1W
Prague World Cup 2010 ---14th C1W
U.S. National Team Trials 2010 --- 1st C1W, 2nd Junior K1W
Charlotte Open 2010 --- 1st C1W
U.S. Open 2010 --- 1st Junior C1W
Pre World Championships 2009 ---4th C1W
World Series U.S. Open 2009---1st C1W
U.S. Nationals 2009---1st C1W
World Championships 2009---14th C1W
Junior National Team Trials 2009---1st C1W, 1st K1W
U.S. Open 2009---1st C1W, 1st K1W Juniors
World Series, American Open---1st C1W

Who I'm Listening To - Artists on My iPod

Andrew Bird
Arcade Fire
Band of Horses
Basia Bulat
Blitzen Trapper
Bon Iver
Broken Bells
Citizen Cope
Coconut Records
Cut Copy
Damien Rice
Dispatch
Dougie MacLean
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Empire of the Sun
Feist
Fleet Foxes
Flight of the Conchords
Grizzly Bear
Iron & Wine
Jack Johnson
Jonsi
Josh Ritter
K'naan
Mano Chao
Matt & Kim
MGMT
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Miike Snow
Modest Mouse
Passion Pit
Regina Spektor
Ret Hot Chili Peppers
State Radio
Sufjan Stevens
The Decemberists
The National
The Shins
The XX
Two Door Cinema Club
Vampire Weekend

Favorite Quotes:

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear." - Mark Twain

"Look out, you might exceed your espectations." -Susan Wurzer
"Only when we are no longer afraid, do we begin to live." - Dorothy Thompson

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it, for boldness has some genius or magic in it." - Goethe
"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." -Albus Dumbledore
"What was hard to endure is sweet to recall." -Unknown
"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" - Frank Scully
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." - Frank A. Clark
"A certain amount of opposition is great help to a person. Kites rise against, not with the wind." -John Neal
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." - Calvin Coolidge
"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying." - Francis Bacon
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." - Lou Holtz
"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out." - Edwin Markham
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining who we are." -Max De Pree
"Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." - Alice Swaim

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tacen, The Trashings

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