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to her lack of kayaking experience. Stephen Mahelona says hearing someone with experience, such as ned Flottman, talk about the race helps ease his anxiety — even when Flottman is regaling them with stories about kayakers enduring hallucinations after a day or two on the water sans sleep.

“Some of the frontrunners who go straight through say they see dancing bears and cars driving on the river,” Flottman tells the group of paddlers circled around him on the grass near the Mockingbird Bridge.

He describes the fear he felt during the first 50 miles.

“I was scared. I didn’t know how to do this.”

When he made it into the second night, he remembers a “magical” scene where the boat lights against the pitch-black sky “looked like a string of pearls”. He also remembers a couple hundred miles in, sitting in his boat, exhausted, after losing his bearings.

“It was dark, and I thought, ‘I don’t know what to do’.”

So he just sat, and shortly three guys showed up to help him.

“The river culture is amazing,” Flottman says. “People are eager to help you, especially if you’re a newbie.” n

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Boat Camp

A steady stream of runners, in-line skaters and cyclists on the White Rock trail is the norm, but more athletes are getting into the water these days, by way of kayak or canoe. Area schools even offer rowing as a physical education credit, and students from throughout the greater Dallas area have joined the competitive White Rock Boathouse Juniors Crew Team. The team will host weeklong row camps for beginners all summer. New sessions start June 20 and 27, July 18 and 25, and August 1 and 8 for students entering the eighth grade and older. The camp is $75, and need-based scholarships are available. This is a good opportunity to see if your youngster takes to rowing, says mom Monette Irwin, whose daughter Alex rows on the WRBJ team. “Alex has found a sport she is passionate about, she is getting into great shape and she is having fun,” Irwin says. “And it is so beautiful to watch those boats glide across the water.” Interested? There is also an opportunity to check out the row team on National Learn to Row Day, June 4 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the boathouse at White Rock Lake. Register for a summer session at wrbjuniors.com/summer-camps.

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