Oct 18, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
Australian Canoe Slalom and Kayak Cross athlete Merle Long chats to Andrea and Shane about being born into a paddling family in the USA, his background as an EMT and wilderness first aid trainer, how…
Andrea McKennaHost
Shane McKennaHost
Maybe we can put a link to the kayak cross event, some form of it, because it is really quite wild.
When you watch it, it's like extreme sports, right? It's not like the usual kayaking events that our listeners may have been familiar with because of Tristan and Kaylin.
Like they're not calm at all, but they're still a little calmer compared to what you're doing in kayak cross because it's more like – You're racing against each other for a lot of it too.
um she's she spent a lot of money on this front two teeth they're both fake so i'm sure she does not want to spend any more money
um but yeah it's definitely a very physical sport there was a short stint in early kayak cross days where it was called extreme slalom so it's definitely and i i think it's an extreme sport um it you know you start off anywhere from a you know one meter to two and a half meter even even taller ramps with with three other people uh and you've got you get to run into each other push each other out of the way you've got to go around these same gates so you got to make sure you're the fastest on the course um and so yeah it's definitely a very fun sport
are there any rules about what you can and can't do the other obviously you can't hit them with the pad like that but in terms of pushing them or anything like that yeah
Maybe we can put a link to the kayak cross event, some form of it, because it is really quite wild.
When you watch it, it's like extreme sports, right? It's not like the usual kayaking events that our listeners may have been familiar with because of Tristan and Kaylin.
Like they're not calm at all, but they're still a little calmer compared to what you're doing in kayak cross because it's more like – You're racing against each other for a lot of it too.
um she's she spent a lot of money on this front two teeth they're both fake so i'm sure she does not want to spend any more money
um but yeah it's definitely a very physical sport there was a short stint in early kayak cross days where it was called extreme slalom so it's definitely and i i think it's an extreme sport um it you know you start off anywhere from a you know one meter to two and a half meter even even taller ramps with with three other people uh and you've got you get to run into each other push each other out of the way you've got to go around these same gates so you got to make sure you're the fastest on the course um and so yeah it's definitely a very fun sport
are there any rules about what you can and can't do the other obviously you can't hit them with the pad like that but in terms of pushing them or anything like that yeah
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