{"id":30023,"date":"2023-09-14T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=30023"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T00:31:32","slug":"leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &#038; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wtx7tiluF9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur mission is to not only bring kids into the sport of whitewater kayaking, but it is to foster relationships and to build community.\u201d \u2014Naomi Elyard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Having grown up kayaking in the whitewater mecca of the Columbia River Gorge, Naomi was all too aware of the disconnect between local youth and the rivers surrounding them. She recognized that disconnect grew from a lack of access and opportunity to kayak. And so, the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club was formed.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30023 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/cgjkc-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/cgjkc-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121208\/CGJKC-4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/cgjkc-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121147\/CGJKC-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>With weekly summer paddles on the Lower White Salmon and pool sessions throughout the year, the CGJKC aims to do more than introduce kids to the local rivers; it is using kayaking as a tool to break socio-economic barriers to the outdoors and build respect for our wild spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiagorgejuniorkayakclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLeading the Way\u201d is a film series that celebrates and promotes NRS ambassadors, organizations and projects fostering inclusivity and positive change in the outdoors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur mission is to not only bring kids into the sport of whitewater kayaking, but it is to foster relationships and to build community.\u201d \u2014Naomi&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":30156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[538,374,585,318,39,33],"class_list":["post-30023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nrs-culture","tag-diversity-equity-inclusion","tag-inside-nrs","tag-nrs-lead","tag-team-nrs","tag-videos-2","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>Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &amp; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club is forging community and nurturing the next generation of river lovers, one weekly paddle at a time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &amp; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club is forging community and nurturing the next generation of river lovers, one weekly paddle at a time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Duct Tape Diaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-14T14:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121643\/16x9-CGJKC_Thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1078\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"NRS Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"NRS Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"NRS Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b\"},\"headline\":\"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &#038; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-14T14:00:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/07121155\\\/CGJKC-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Diversity Equity Inclusion\",\"inside nrs\",\"NRS LEAD\",\"Team NRS\",\"videos\",\"whitewater kayaking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NRS Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard & the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/07121155\\\/CGJKC-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-14T14:00:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b\"},\"description\":\"The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club is forging community and nurturing the next generation of river lovers, one weekly paddle at a time.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/07121155\\\/CGJKC-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/07121155\\\/CGJKC-2.jpg\",\"width\":1801,\"height\":1351},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/14\\\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &#038; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\",\"name\":\"Duct Tape Diaries\",\"description\":\"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS&#039;s official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b\",\"name\":\"NRS Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"NRS Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/author\\\/nrsweb\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard & the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","description":"The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club is forging community and nurturing the next generation of river lovers, one weekly paddle at a time.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard & the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club","og_description":"The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club is forging community and nurturing the next generation of river lovers, one weekly paddle at a time.","og_url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/","og_site_name":"Duct Tape Diaries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb","article_published_time":"2023-09-14T14:00:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1078,"url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121643\/16x9-CGJKC_Thumbnail.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"NRS Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nrsweb","twitter_site":"@nrsweb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"NRS Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/"},"author":{"name":"NRS Staff","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b"},"headline":"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &#038; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club","datePublished":"2023-09-14T14:00:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/"},"wordCount":181,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2.jpg","keywords":["Diversity Equity Inclusion","inside nrs","NRS LEAD","Team NRS","videos","whitewater kayaking"],"articleSection":["NRS Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/","name":"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard & the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-14T14:00:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b"},"description":"The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club is forging community and nurturing the next generation of river lovers, one weekly paddle at a time.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/07121155\/CGJKC-2.jpg","width":1801,"height":1351},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2023\/09\/14\/leading-the-way-with-naomie-elyard-the-columbia-gorge-junior-kayak-club\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leading the Way with Naomie Elyard &#038; the Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/","name":"Duct Tape Diaries","description":"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS&#039;s official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b","name":"NRS Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"NRS Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/author\/nrsweb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30023"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30161,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30023\/revisions\/30161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}