Name: Matt Bernstein Location: Near Philadelphia, PA, US Sex: Male Birthday: 1988-11-20 Height: 6'2" 34 i Weight: 150 lbs Types of boats you paddle (eg. kayak, raft, C-1, squirt, etc.): Dancer XS, Perception Pirouette S, Dagger Showdown, Pyrahna I:3 , Pyrahna s6f, Necky Chronic, Wavesport ZG, been rafting First Season (year): 1990 Favorite Class: IV Favorite Runs: Tohickon, Yough, Ottawa, New Gorge + Dries, Scudders Falls, Gauley, Ocoee Olympic Course

Personal info: Born into a paddling family, I started out in a canoe before I was holding the paddle by myself. Once I got my roll down a few years ago, I have been challenging myself every year, going on to harder and harder rivers and rapids. Here are some lists...
Rivers I've paddled:
Nescopeck, Lower Gauley, Upper and Lower Yough, Upper and Middle Ocoee, Ottawa (Middle channel w/ Iron Ring run), Tohickon, New River Gorge, New River Dries, Dry Fork of the Cheat, Stony Creek, Middle Meadow, Potomac below Great Falls and Little Falls, Shenendoah, Lehigh, and others...
Training:
Madawaska Kanu Centre, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Phila. Canoe club sessions, Wilmington Trail Club sessions, Huge Experiences WV spring break 05, and to all I give thanks.
Rolls I can do:
C to C, Sweep, back deck, back deck hands roll, hands roll, 1-handed roll, no-handed roll (only person I know that can do it...), and others that are for show only (keep paddle or other object dry, spin and pass the paddle on the boat, skull rolls, etc.)
Tricks I can do:
Stalls out of the eddy, party trick (exit pool while still in boat), spinning, clean spins, big big enders, blasts, splats, back loops
Tricks I'm learning:
Front Loops (close...just need to find the boat, got back done), clean cartwheels, wave wheels, kick flips, rocket moves

Anyone who wants to paddle in the Philadelphia area, drop in a word.
SYOTR,
Matt Bernstein