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Chan Jones
[Text nur in Englisch]
DOB: 3/8/89
Home: Franklin, NC
Disciplines: Creek, Racing, and occasionally some Freestyle
Chan Jones started boating in 2002
at the age of 13. Most of his time in his early days
of paddling he spent on rivers near his home in the
mountains of western NC. By age 15, he had run classic
American whitewater rivers such as Chattooga’s
legendary Section IV, the Upper Youghiogheny, the Upper
Gauley, and the Upper Tellico. After his first trip
down the Tellico, he realized that creeking is his favorite
type of paddling and lately, he’s been chasing
the rain with the Salto.
Chan is also a Wildwater racer who
qualified and accepted positions on the 2005 and 2006
USA Wildwater Team. In 2005 he traveled to Mezzanna,
Italy for the Wildwater Junior World Championships where
he finished as the top American. In 2006, he elected
to stay in the United States in order to compete in
the USA Wildwater National Championships held in Salida,
Colorado, where he won his first National Championship
among stiff competition in the Junior division. In
racing, Chan’s sights are set on next year’s
Wildwater World Championships to be held at the newly-completed
National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC and the
infamous Green Narrows Race.
Please refer to the Team Eskimo
USA blog for current information and updates on Chan
and (hopefully) other Eskimo paddlers.
www.eskimoteam.blogspot.com
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Chan looping a 
Chan in “Gorilla” / Narrows of the Green
