Dealing with Fear

Fear. Out of skydiving, scuba diving, shark diving, snowboarding, surfing, caving, biking, skateboarding and everything else I’ve taken a moment in my life to enjoy, kayaking is the biggest mental challenge I’ve taken on out of every extreme sport. I have dealt with my share of loss, scares, failures, and injuries in this sport, even with my own drowning. Even with all that experience, I wouldn’t consider myself an expert at overcoming fear and, admittedly, this video is far from perfect. That said, I think it’s a solid start for tackling the fear issue that we all have to deal with in kayaking. My sincerest hope is that this will help you have a more healthy dialogue within yourself about the fear you’ll inevitably feel in kayaking, so you can make better choices for you and take on those bigger dreams and goals the mental blocks and fears may be keeping you from. Who knows, maybe it’ll help you in other areas of life too, it’s certainly helped me in every aspect of my own life. Let me know if you fin