CHRISTIE GLISSMEYER

BIO

Name: Christie Glissmeyer

Born:  September 10, 1978

Nick Names:  The Blonde Bomber

Profession:  Whitewater Kayaking

Home Town: Heber City, Utah

Currently living: Hood River, Oregon

Goofy, Regular or neither: Neither

Years Riding: 10 years paddling

Memorable Moment: In Uganda surfing the White Nile under a full moon

Future Goals: I still want to be paddling when I'm 65 years old

Heaviest bodily Trauma: 17 stitches in my right eyebrow from a rock in the Hood River

Greatest Professional Achievement: 1st Place finish at the 2007 European Teva Games

Influences: The Logan surf crew

Favorite Kaenon Style: For the city: my Georgias, for the creek: my Hard Kores

Thank you's:  All of my sponsors for keeping me in safe, top notch gear

Website: Christie's Travel Blog or Track Christie

Video:

This recent video montage is of the girls of the gorge, who are "often imitated, never duplicated" and what they do in the winter season. Sent in by our very own kayak queen, Christie Glissmeyer, who's been rockin' and lovin' Calais this season.

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