Competition
Team
Ian LaRiche
| Hometown | Charlotte, NC |
| Events | MC1 |
| Years On Team | 2 (Since 2023) |
| Club | Charlotte Whitewater Racing Club |
| Born | 02/13/2008 |
| Hobbies | Canoe Slalom , Freestyle Kayaking , Mountain Biking , Skateboarding , Reading Manga , Playing with my cats , Video Games and Binging Hells Kitchen |
“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.” – Sigmund Freud
4 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IAN LARICHE
- I am fluent in German.
- I have 4 cats and 2 dogs.
- I am half polish.
- I have been paddling since I was 11.
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U.S. Team Trials
2024:
2nd Jr. MC1, Jr. Team Trials
2023:
2nd Jr. MC1, Jr. Team Trials
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Other
2024:
2nd Jr. MC1, U.S. Open
More about Ian
First Strokes
My father used to do recreational boating when we were very little kids. Years later in 2019, I were asking about the old kayak the basement and that led to me going to a summer camp at the USNWC, didn’t do too much kayaking after that first week but in 2020 Covid hit and for an entire summer all I did were summer camps out at the USNWC and got pretty good. Eventually I decided to go down to the NOC and tried a slalom Kayak, kept doing Kayak Slalom for about 2 years then in Poland, wanting to do kayaking but not finding a boat, I was sort of forced to try the canoe out and after that week, all I have done for almost 2 years now is Canoe Slalom.
Off the Water
When I’m not paddling I’m usually at home either working out, running, lazing around, or hanging out with some friends. I play a few video games and watch way too many cooking shows. I have 4 cats and end up spending a lot of time playing and petting them.