The passion for kayaking was born in the early 90s when I was on vacation in the Far West of the United States of America. On the road along the ocean coast of California from Los Angeles to San Francisco, then up to the large parks of Yogi and Bubu, then along the endless and lonely paths of the canyons, Monument Valley, Death Valley… and the Colorado River. I booked myself for a descent, with an instructor, along some small and easy rapids, between1