{"id":26080,"date":"2021-12-21T05:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=26080"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T23:47:16","slug":"my-home-run-potomac-x-kaelin-friedenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2021\/12\/21\/my-home-run-potomac-x-kaelin-friedenson\/","title":{"rendered":"My Home Run: Potomac x Kaelin Friedenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fi97T6ISY1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI would say the Potomac is probably one of the best home rivers you could have.\u201d &#8211; Kaelin Friedenson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the lower part of the Potomac River in a little canal called, Feeder Canal, Kaelin Friedenson learned to slalom kayak. As he got more and more into kayaking, he realized that the Potomac River has it all. From beginner\u2019s whitewater and slalom on the lower section to Great Falls Park, which varies in difficulty throughout the year and water levels, it\u2019s a kayaker\u2019s dream playground. \u201cYou could come out and run The Falls any day of the year if you want, every day if you wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is Kaelin Friedenson and the Potomac is his home run.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Watch the full\u00a0<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>\u201cI would say the Potomac is probably one of the best home rivers you could have.\u201d &#8211; Kaelin Friedenson On the lower part of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":26081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[327,574,516,507,492,33],"class_list":["post-26080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explore","tag-backyard-adventure","tag-competitive-kayaking","tag-my-home-run","tag-nrs-films","tag-slalom-kayaking","tag-whitewater-kayaking","post-grid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Home Run: Potomac x Kaelin Friedenson | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Kaelin Friedenson isn&#039;t in his slalom boat, he&#039;s dropping big waterfalls. 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