Our Story Archives - Crosscurrent Collective https://crosscurrentcollective.com/category/our-story/ Stronger communities through regenerative travel and outdoor recreation Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:31:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://crosscurrentcollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ms-icon-310x310-1-150x150.png Our Story Archives - Crosscurrent Collective https://crosscurrentcollective.com/category/our-story/ 32 32 We’re Live!! https://crosscurrentcollective.com/were-live/ https://crosscurrentcollective.com/were-live/#respond Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:39:31 +0000 https://www.crosscurrentcollective.com//?p=4606 Hooray – our website is up! Yes, I’m still a one-woman show organizing a collective of talent, but I say “our” because this has been a huge push helped by so many talented contributors: Chief visionary / coach / Story Brand strategist – Paul Kuthe, Tributary Coaching Web design and development by Abby Spyker and her team at Northwest Media Collective Copyediting by Jim Moore, Word Jones (So. Much. Copy. Editing.) Brand identity by Andy Morris of Stumptown and beer can fame Workshop photography by Aaron Marineau AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY! I have to give a huge shout-out to the professional photographers who leaned in and supported me in launching my business by donating photography for the site.  I have so much love for these guys – if you like these pics, I hope you’ll give their work a longer look: Kenji Sugahara from A-Cam Aerials // homepage hero and Crosscurrent-y images Richard Hallman // extreme portfolio shots Russ Roca from The Path Less Pedaled // bike-travel love Mia Sheppard from Juniper River Adventures // fly-fishing goodness Gabe Amadeus Tiller // Pacific NW wanderlust Peter Marbach // Gorge-eous imagery I hope you’ll enjoy learning more about the business I’m creating. This is just a starting point for manifesting good in communities… so much more to come! Kristin

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]]> Hooray – our website is up! Yes, I’m still a one-woman show organizing a collective of talent, but I say “our” because this has been a huge push helped by so many talented contributors:

AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY! I have to give a huge shout-out to the professional photographers who leaned in and supported me in launching my business by donating photography for the site.  I have so much love for these guys – if you like these pics, I hope you’ll give their work a longer look:

I hope you’ll enjoy learning more about the business I’m creating.

This is just a starting point for manifesting good in communities… so much more to come!

Kristin

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]]> https://crosscurrentcollective.com/were-live/feed/ 0 Slow Yourself Down: Crosscurrent Momentum https://crosscurrentcollective.com/slow-yourself-down-crosscurrent-momentum/ https://crosscurrentcollective.com/slow-yourself-down-crosscurrent-momentum/#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:44:40 +0000 https://www.crosscurrentcollective.com//?p=4610 Generating crosscurrent momentum is a core competency for running whitewater rivers. It was a life-changing skill and a paradigm shift for me as I spent more than a decade running and guiding whitewater rivers throughout North America. The idea is that in order to run any river well, you need to be able to generate your own momentum — not only to move safely and effectively through turbulent rapids, but also to slow yourself down by catching and tagging eddies even in the gentlest moving water. By learning skills to generate your own momentum, you can be in more control and “slow down” the experience on a river that might otherwise push you downstream like a freight train, right into an obstacle. The more effective you can be at mastering crosscurrent momentum, the more likely you’ll be able to get where you want to go – and enjoy the journey. I’ve carried this concept with me throughout my life, and it’s shaped how I view working with community leaders on tourism. With increased awareness of the existing current, skills to navigate the obstacles, drops and eddies, and a willingness to slow down and make the right moves, we can generate our own crosscurrent momentum to propel us where we want to go, not where the world would otherwise take us.

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]]> Generating crosscurrent momentum is a core competency for running whitewater rivers. It was a life-changing skill and a paradigm shift for me as I spent more than a decade running and guiding whitewater rivers throughout North America.

The idea is that in order to run any river well, you need to be able to generate your own momentum — not only to move safely and effectively through turbulent rapids, but also to slow yourself down by catching and tagging eddies even in the gentlest moving water.

By learning skills to generate your own momentum, you can be in more control and “slow down” the experience on a river that might otherwise push you downstream like a freight train, right into an obstacle. The more effective you can be at mastering crosscurrent momentum, the more likely you’ll be able to get where you want to go – and enjoy the journey.

I’ve carried this concept with me throughout my life, and it’s shaped how I view working with community leaders on tourism. With increased awareness of the existing current, skills to navigate the obstacles, drops and eddies, and a willingness to slow down and make the right moves, we can generate our own crosscurrent momentum to propel us where we want to go, not where the world would otherwise take us.

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