Deception Pass


WITH ONE OF NORTH AMERICA’S LEADING PADDLING SCHOOLS


S TORY AND PHOTOS BY SCOT T MACGREGOR R


iver water flows downhill, around corners and between rocks. I spend most of my time paddling whitewater so I understand rivers. Ocean currents, however, are caused by a gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon that’s mysterious to me. So, I booked myself into Body Boat Blade International’s two-day ocean currents course, which


promises to take advantage of everything Deception Pass has to offer and build on the skills of intermediate sea kayakers. I met Leon Sommé in 2004, when we sat together on the board of the Trade Association of Paddlesports. He and Shawna


Franklin had just returned from an 81-day circumnavigation of Iceland with fellow adventurer Chris Duff. During breaks from the boardroom table we talked about rivers and oceans. Leon told me about the eight-knot currents, drastic eddy lines, incred- ible whirlpools and large upwellings at Deception Pass.


TWO DAYS OF OCEAN CURRENT 46 ADVENTURE KAYAK | SPRING 2012


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