I was born in Uruguay, small country sandwiched between two South American titans: Argentina & Brazil.
It was there that I did a lot of canoeing, bobbing around the widest river in the world, the River Plate.
Best memory I have (largest nonsensical feat in history according to my mom) was the crossing Montevideo, Uruguay - Buenos Aires, Argentina done in a 14 footer, homemade canoe that another crazy dude & I built together.
Common sense & the love for kayaks came right after we crashed said contraption against a rock formation, 150 yards from the Argentinean shore; "look, mother! no lungs!!. ♫♪.
I mean, anyone can cross such wide river in 42 or 44 hours like we two fools did but how we landed was what made it real epic, sadly, no Facebook or Tweeter back then
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Fast forward, I moved to the States in 2001, (New York fever for a while), presently living in Exeter, RI (where nothing seems to ever happen kayaking wise) getting ready to move up north to the big land of Massachusetts, wife's beloved State which is quite natural for a woman born in Honduras, ha, ha.
Honestly, I just love this site; friendly people, awesome info, great pictures, why not joining in, right?
Anyhow, I already talked too much, just wanted to say hi y'all and star learning from everyone here.
P.S. My English is kinda unusual since I am a self taught 54 years old dude so sorry for the grammar mistakes if plenty.
P.S. 1 - I just burnt a lot of brain cells coming up with an username so be kind
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Enrique
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