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About: Taylor

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Hi Everyone, I'm Taylor Cote. I live in Suwanee, Georgia which is really close to a Southeastern creeking favorite, Tallulah Gorge. I have been kayaking for about 5 years now and just started playboating earlier this spring. I really got into paddling after my first kayaking camp with Nantahala Outdoor Center that while ago. I also got started thanks to Anna Levesque and her Girls at Play program. Another strong force in helping my kayaking excel was Juliet Kastorff and her crew at Endless River Adventures. This summer I went to Ottawa Kayak School and got to finally be a Keener on the Ottawa River. I'm sponsored by Wavesport, Werner Paddles, and Kokatat. When I'm not paddling I enjoy mountain biking, road biking, and mountaineering with my dad. I'm excited to be attending New River Academy this year and I hope you stay posted for more to come.

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A Year in Photos

Friday, May 14th, 2010

This has been an amazing year and we have had many opportunities to take beautiful photos. We’ve been given assignments that involve us taking portraits, abstract things, leading lines, and many other things. Our most beautiful landscape photos definitely came from Chile though. This photo essay takes us through our whole school year. Where we first met all these new faces, some seemed nice right away and others a little crazy. Then, it continues on on our first adventures together in Canada. Afterwards, it moves us onto second quarter in Chile where we began to experience even more mind-blowing things. All these things drawing us closer together, helping us begin to become a family instead just a  bunch of individuals. All the photos in Chile you can see the group begin to grow and transform into stronger people. In that beautiful country, the time began to blow by us and before we knew it our time there was done. Now, we end back up in this last quarter. Where we went a little abstract with our photos and also were finally able to show our stuff at the NOC Shoot-out. Lastly, our final photos leave us ending in Canada, with leading lines as my final assignment.

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Looking Back

Friday, May 14th, 2010

This amazing year is finally coming to a close, its so hard to believe we’ve made it through these 9 months so quickly. There have been the good times, the weird times, and the downright terrible times. But, we still all love each other to death. Basically, we’ve become like a big  family. We’ve had so many fun experiences and adventures together in Chile, Canada, and the good ol’ USA. I’m pretty sure all the friendships everyone has made are ones that will last for a lifetime. I know that it has taken us to the end of the year to realize how much has actually happened. When I look back I realize how much knowledge I have actually gained and how much I’ve grown throughout this whole year. Actually, it’s pretty interesting to look at the portraits I took first quarter and compare them to the young adults we have here now. You can definitely see a big change, teens now ready to take on the world.

I remember when we first all arrived in Chile, this new location for everyone, even the most seasoned traveler out of us all, Matti. All our eyes wide with excitement just soaking in all the hustle and bustle from the airport. We hadn’t even reached the outside yet and we were already so giddy for this new adventure. After that it was us learning our way around a totally different country, speaking a totally different language. The first time we were in Chile the language barrier was definitely a struggle for all of us. But, the next quarter when we arrived the group was prepped and ready. We seemed like pro’s navigating around the city, getting the meal or ice cream we wanted, and finding the laundromat.

I think one of my peers that has grown the most is Zoe. I remember when she first arrived at the school second quarter, she was introverted and always questioned herself. Oh, but how that did change! If you look at this lovely girl now she’s extroverted, bright, and has gained so much independence. She does what she wants and never second guesses herself anymore. Its amazing how much confidence she gained in herself and it’s all because of her time here. I think she’s pretty proud of all the knowledge she’s gained here too.

Many of us have also gained more knowledge and confidence about ourselves through our year or semester here. This school definitely helps you grow no matter how set in your ways, or sure of yourself you are. I’m so thankful of the time I’ve spent here this year with this group of people and all the knowledge I’ve gained. I would’ve never had anything of this impacting stature otherwise. “And that has made all the difference…”

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Leading Lines

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

This past photo assignment we were able to choose what we wanted to do. It was hard to pick just one topic. Eventually, I decided to work with leading lines. There were many good examples of this all around us here at Keenerville. It definitely a fun assignment to pick what we wanted to do. It was also super cool to see what others decided to take pictures of and what they had decided their assignment was. Hope you enjoy!


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Creative Writing Poem

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

In creative writing class, we watched an inspiring video about the Haitian people. After we finished the video Callie proceeded to tell me to write a poem about everything. Of course, after watching something of that magnitude it was easy. So, here’s what I came up with. Enjoy!

The Haitian people already struggling for a good life, they didn’t need strife and then Mother Nature it seemed out of spite planned to smite this poor island nation who’s freed of plantations,
The quake planned to break everything in its powerful wake leaving destruction and the crumblings of what used to be, Haitians began to cry for the world to see, they couldn’t even hold their economy,
The death toll was staggering, women, children, and men their was no exception, I doubt they had any conceptions that a tragedy such as this would squish many hopes and dreams so quick-ily,
The mass confusion, leading to stores having no more,
The hospitals packed to the brim trying to save many without any supplies or equipment leaving many to suffer through the pain while they remained,
The weak government shocked and helpless to do anything but watch as their country cries out in pain but all they can do is hide their face in shame

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NRA Goes on a Field Trip!

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

The first school day we were here in Canada, we had our first NRA field trip! It was so excited traveling into Ottawa City to visit the science and technology museum there. It was full of many items made in Canada and information about space/ technology in general. They had a section about different sports such as lacrosse and hockey. The hockey exhibit had one of the first hockey masked ever used and it was pretty scary looking. I don’t think I would ever trust my face to be protected by that piece of plastic. A few other exhibits had a bunch of model ships and a life size train created in Canada. My favorite exhibit had to be the space section in the museum because that topic really interests me. In that section they had a life-size Canada-arm which was an amazing sight to see. The Canada-arm is used on space shuttles and International Space Station. They use it to aid in docking, repairing broken items on the exterior, and even astronauts can be strapped to them during repairs of the exterior. They also showed Canada’s first satellite which was only up in space for 4 years. All the other information in the space section told mostly about achievements of the United States and our shuttle missions. Another cool thing we got to experience was a constellation dome. It was an interactive exhibit where all the constellations were shined up on the ceiling of blow-up dome and we were told all about them. We were shown where the Big and Little Dipper was and even more complex constellations such as Orion and his dog. I think that might have been the coolest part of the museum. Another fun thing in the museum we saw in the museum was the room that slanted sideways to show optical illusions. It was really interested reaching the end of the room and walking in a normal hallway again. You wanted to walk like you were still on that slanted plane. So as you can see, we had a pretty awesome day at the science and technology museum.

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Wave Wrangling at the NOC-Shoot Out

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

This past weekend the school stayed at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, where most people in the southeast begin their boating journey. However, of course, we were there for a different reason. We were there to train our little hearts out and be ready for the competition NOC would be holding. Everyone worked extremely hard and had an amazing week on that fun little wave/hole. The event was really exciting; watching and competing with my friends was pretty awesome. It was fun to cheer them on and watch them nail that cartwheel or spin at the last second. So, here are my pictures of this amazing event we were able to experience. Enjoy~!


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Abstract: Up Close and Personal

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

For our first photo assignment of the quarter, we were shown a few funny looking photos and told to guess what our next assignment was. At first we were all quite confused, but of course the genius that Matti Hill is, he guessed it, abstract. We needed to take abstract photos consisting of: man-made, light, color, nature, and texture. It was a pretty fun assignment a lot of things involved getting up close and personal to the items or distorting the item all together to get the desired effect. For my nature photo, I even had to set up a bunch of leaves in many rows to get what I wanted. It’s pretty cool how when you actually get up close to many things/items they can look take on a whole different look. All in all I really liked this assignment, It was a really fun one. The best part was seeing what everyone had found and gotten interesting pictures of.


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Our Trip to Choshuenco

Friday, February 12th, 2010

We just arrived back in Pucon from our last destination, Choshuenco. It was a very small town with a lovely little beach and lake we would paddle across after our day of paddling. The days we would run in the mornings were always quite funny you would pass almost everyone at least once because of how few streets there were in it. The people who were hosting us were absolutely delightful. They were so caring and offered us any help we needed. They also cooked us some pretty yummy dishes. They even made everyone’s favorite American dish one night, Pizza!
The river we had there was amazing, it offered many different types of paddling with varying classes. The Upper Fuy consisted of more waterfalls and boofs. The Middle and Lower Fuy however had amazing playboating and wave filled rapids good for working on downriver moves, such as kickflips and wave wheels. We also had Billy Harris with us this whole time and he was a great wealth of knowledge, everyday he would make sure we were boofing up a storm. He was super helpful with little tips to help improve your boating.

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A Special Night in the Quincho

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Listen to the people yelling dinner is ready. Scurry over to the glowing, leafy haven of the quincho. Pick out a good seat next to a friend and some colorful grub. Chat away about the going-on’s of the day. Look out, as Lorena places more scrumptious food on the table. Inhale all the aromas wafting around you. Smell the roasting pork and beef on the crackling fire. Hear the ooh’s and aah’s of the marvelous feast. Hold up the ginormous sphere of bread that is bigger than your face. Munch on the tomato-y mixture of the pico de gallo. Glance around at your big, crazy, smiling family. Comment on something you find absolutely absurd. Let yourself laugh joyfully with everyone else who got the most recent joke. Join the chorus of “thank-you’s” to Dave and Lorena. Watch the embers of the once-large fire sparkle in the coming darkness. Grab your dirty dish to clean off in the sink. Wait in line behind the other five people who decided to do the same. Help out with the rest of the dirty dishes. Walk back to the cabins; chill out and watch the newest downloaded movie. Sigh happily; another amazing day at the best school around.

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A Journey Through Words-Part 1

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

In Pichilemu, Melina read some of Pablo Neruda’s work. It made us both feel as though we were swimming in the deep blue of words. So as always, we became inspired. This creative writing assignment consists of writing  ”quotes” to correspond to a picture. The “quotes” were trying to bring out as much feeling and emotion as Neruda did. I hope you enjoy this set.



“The blissfulness in the virgin child’s eyes are the gateways to the heavens themselves, they alone we need to cherish in the darkness” – Taylor Cote



“As we flee from the notorious and accelerate our mind into the concealed, our embodiment ceases to imprison us down to the bondages of man” – Taylor Cote



“Then the steam proceeded to rise up and envelop all that was holy and ethical leaving merely the valiant paladin to uncover the way to the revelation” -Taylor Cote

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