INTERVIEW EGOR VOSKOBOYNIKOV

From a kayak made of aluminum pipes and truck tarps to extreme racing around the world, whitewater kayaking is an integral part of Egor Voskoboynikov’s life. A second-generation Russian kayaker, Egor was born in Moscow and earned a Physical Education degree in Sports and Tourism. With top ten finishes at many of the world’s biggest extreme races including the NFC, Sickline, King of the Alps and the Alseseca Race, Egor is earning his spot in the ranks of the best. From the gritty pioneering roots of Russian whitewater kayaking during the Soviet era, to his own roots in slalom racing and his later shift to expedition paddling, guiding and extreme racing, Egor gives the full picture of kayaking throughout the former USSR.

WORDS: PHILIPPE DOUX - CARMEN KUNTZ - PHOTOGRAPHY: ALONA BUSLAEVA

KS: How did you end up in a kayak? EV: You could say I’m from a whitewater family. My grandparents did some paddling trips on lakes with my father when he was a kid and when my dad was in university he started to do whitewater trips with the tourism club. He met my mother in this club and they did some trips together. I started kayaking when I was a kid. We did many trips as a family, with my brothers and sister. My first paddling trip was a weekend flatwater trip in my father’s handmade baydarka (kayak) when I was two years old. KS: So kayaking is a family affair. Were your parents involved in the early whitewater scene in Russia? EV: My father was one of the pioneers of whitewater…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2016

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