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THE ART OF FREE FALL: HOW KAELIN FRIEDENSON IS BRINGING DOWNRIVER FREESTYLE TO NEW LEVELS

Up and coming paddlers help keep our sport growing and evolving. In this column, World Class Academy Principal Capo Rettig interviews new, young talent to explore themes of the whitewater scene.
THE ART OF FREE FALL: HOW KAELIN FRIEDENSON IS BRINGING DOWNRIVER FREESTYLE TO NEW LEVELS
The new chapter in whitewater history currently being written on downriver freestyle is inspiring a new generation of paddlers to push the limits of physics and inertia and the way we look at the running rapids and drops. The key skill-set required: boat and edge control. The formula for developing these skills? According to Kaelin Friedenson, it is all about time in your kayak. Kaelin would know. His first experience in a kayak was at the age of four. Kaelin not only started early but pursued multiple disciplines in the sport, including freestyle, slalom, and river-running. Now at 18-years-old, Kaelin is on the USA Freestyle Team as well as the USA Slalom Team. In 2021, Kaelin became the Junior World Champion in CSLX. However, his downriver freestyle has been getting…
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