Aaron J Fisher

Name: Aaron Jay Fisher

Born: 23 (20th November 2002)

Hometown: Braintree, Essex

Afon Mawddach (Wales)

Riviere Misstasibi (Canada)

River Ottawa (Canada)

Briancon Gorge (France)

Afon Conwy (Wales)

Afon Ogwen (Wales)

Afon Glalsyn (Wales)

Zambezi River (Zambia)

Gauley (USA)

I coach because i like to help people get better and progress. I also like passing on my knowledge within kayaking to people who can benefit from it. The reward I get from seeing people progress helped by my coaching makes me really happy and proud,seeing their faces after smashing a new line or getting a new skill is awesome!

Kayaking is a part of me. I have been kayaking since I was 7 years old and its all i know. The freedom you get from going to new places with your kayak and the locations it takes you is why I love this sport. Hanging out with your mates on the river can be some of the best days ever and finding new spots to kayak brings me so much joy.

I come from a family of kayakers, My Dad, Uncle, Brother and Grandfather are all paddlers and from a very young age I was put in my first kayak and from there it was job done. When I was little I spent a lot of time paddling and practicing in the local pool sessions at home. This was key to my kayaking as the knowledge and skills passed down to me within such a helpful and supportive community helped me fall in love with the sport. After quite a few years at home doing the odd weekend river trip across the UK and French alps trips, I moved to Bangor in North Wales for university where I got 3 solid years of awesome boating across the whole of snowdonia and the rest of north Wales, Hitting the classics such as the Fairy Glen and Afon Mawddach. When at uni I met one of my best mates Seamus and at the end of our second year of uni we took a trip to the Ottawa river in Canada. Here is where I fell in love with the Ottawa and travelling for kayaking. Since then it has been constant planning and fantasising about the next trips and where I can go!

I drive a little hobbit car which I can somehow fit 4 boats on the roof (Mildly successful…).