Kayaking the Hudson River with Chev Dixon

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Chev Dixon is a skilled outdoor athlete whose life changed when he learned to kayak. He is the director of an organization called the Hudson River Riders and the founder of the Hudson Valley Challenge, a 685-mile paddling, hiking, running, and cycling event that crosses the state of New York.

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0:00.0	Exciting news you guys, wild ideas worth living is now available on YouTube.
0:07.0	You can find our latest episodes uploaded their weekly, plus video clips with some of our guests that give you a peek behind the scenes.
0:14.1	Check out all the content at YouTube.com slash REI. I just kayaking. I love being on the river. I love going across the river. It's a place that we can come and just be with nature and being the water. But also, kayaking is not just about getting on the river and flashing around or paddling. It's truly a way of transportation or
0:44.4	transporting yourself and your mind. So it's a different place to go to find a
0:49.2	diverse group of people that's rich with knowledge and that can inspire you to be great and inspire you to follow your dreams.
1:01.0	Sheve Dixon's life changed when he learned a kayak. A simple activity that he tried one day on the Hudson River, New York, evolved into a career that combines exercise, community, and nature.
1:13.4	Chef is a skilled outdoor athlete
1:15.2	and the director of an organization
1:16.6	called the Hudson River Riders.
1:18.6	He's also the founder of the Hudson Valley Challenge,
1:21.8	a 685 mile paddling, hiking, running, and cycling event that crosses the state of New York.
1:28.0	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living, an REI co-op studio's production brought to you by Capital One.
1:40.0	Chef Dixon grew up in Jamaica, but he moved to Yonkers, New York when he was 13 years old.
1:45.3	If you're unfamiliar with the area, Yonkers is about 20 miles north of New York City on the Hudson River.
1:51.6	It was on the shore of the Hudson that Shev first discovered and
1:54.8	eventually fell in love with kayaking.
1:58.0	Chef Dixon, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
2:04.7	I'm excited to chat with you.
2:06.3	Shelby, thanks for having me.
2:08.0	Thanks for having me.
2:08.6	I am honored to be here.
2:10.0	Okay, so let's back up all the way to the beginning.
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