{"id":25841,"date":"2021-10-22T05:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=25841"},"modified":"2021-10-22T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T14:09:00","slug":"my-home-run-stony-creek-x-tito-onyekweli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2021\/10\/22\/my-home-run-stony-creek-x-tito-onyekweli\/","title":{"rendered":"My Home Run: Stony Creek x Tito Onyekweli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uwNP2Ypqjeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[Paddling] allows me to cope with life. Life is stressful. Being Black in America is really stressful. Having a place where I can just know that I can relax is like nothing other.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2020\/12\/30\/paddling-through-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tito Onyekweli<\/a> that place is on the river. He learned to SUP on the Potomac River and as he applied to med schools, proximity to whitewater was a must. When he was accepted to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Tito left the banks of the Potomac behind and paddled into the waves of new rivers like Stonycreek.<\/p>\n<p>This is Tito Onyekweli and this is his Home Run.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> Watch the full <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLqAWcG4wIk6M_U2rHpKTLQPqbfkrsaooP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Home Run series on YouTube<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c[Paddling] allows me to cope with life. Life is stressful. 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