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See the list of current leaders here.
See flat water and white water paddling leadership requirements here
addling is about flow and connection. We learn the paddling strokes and study the waters around us so that we may be part of it. Like any activity in SUOC, it’s about connecting with nature but also with each other. Whether it is having a boat partner on a beginner canoe trip to Skaneateles Lake, or showing up to kayak pool roll sessions, or being part of the crew going on the whitewater kayaking river trip at the end of the school year, we connect uniquely with the people around us, to ourselves, and to the flow of the water, at our own pace escaping the fast paced world we live in.
Meet our paddling chair Owen Sailus!
Owen Sailus (he/him)
contact info: ozsailus@syr.edu
Bio:
I’m a chemical engineering senior at SU, and I love water. Drinking it, being in it, water always soothes my brain. And with SUOC paddling I’ve been out on the water so much more between kayaks, canoes, and a smidgen of whitewater boats. Paddling has both the potential for the most relaxing trip you’ve been on or the most intrepid, so check it out!!!
Favorite memory from suoc trip:
Watching a bunch of beginners get the bug for the outdoors.
