“When I'm in my kayak and on the water, I’m more graceful than I am on land.” - Amanda Harrington
Amanda Harrington
Sea Kayaker
‘Addiction’ is a good word to describe Amanda’s love of kayaking. But she wasn’t always a kayaker. In fact, she didn’t kayak until she joined an adventure recreation program in college after inquiring on a whim while she was enrolled in a computer program. She fell in love instantly, and learned how to sea kayak and white-water kayak.
She then spent six years guiding tours on the Bay of Fundy before guiding abroad for a year in Australia and New Zealand. While in Australia, Amanda took advantage of a white-water stadium to learn tricks in a safe environment. Now, back in New Brunswick, she can confidently tell others that she can do cartwheels, front flips, and paddle over waterfalls.
Amanda’s Video Diary
Amanda took videos whenever she went out, but she also took video clips while she was admitted to the hospital with health challenges. Since Amanda is always examining the world from different angles anyways, making her video diary was simply a matter of taking videos in the process.
One memorable video clip for Amanda was when she filmed a snail in time-lapse as it moved across the sand on a beach (see 0:55 in her video). She was on a camping trip on the island of Grand Manan and took a moment to look down at the sand during low tide. She noticed she could see a periwinkle moving very slowly. As she often does, Amanda kneeled down and looked for a unique perspective of the world around her.
Watch 0:54 to see what it’s like to roll a kayak from Amanda’s perspective