Ken Whiting (born December 12, 1975 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), was the 1997/98 World Freestyle Kayaking Champion, the 1998 Japan Open Champion, and a five-time Canadian National Champion in freestyle or whitewater kayaking.
Since 1998, Ken has started an industry-leading kayak school, founded the Canadian Freestyle Kayaking Association, coached the Junior Freestyle Kayaking Team, produced both the US and Canadian Freestyle Team Trials events, written and produced a best-selling and award-winning series of whitewater kayaking instructional books and videos, and was nominated in 2006 for an Everest Outdoor Achievement Award.
Read more about Ken Whiting: Early Days, Championships, Promoting Whitewater Paddling, Awards and Honors
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“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
““Will you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a snail,
“There’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my
tail.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)