Tyler Westfall - ACA

Competition

Team

Tyler Westfall

Hometown Germantown, Maryland
Events MK-1 , Extreme Slalom
Years On Team 10 (since 2014)
Club Potomac Whitewater Racing Club (PWRC)
Born 04/28/1996
Schools/Work University of Maryland '18 , Coach at PWRC
Hobbies Trail Running , ski alpinism , rock climbing , guitar , wood working and construction projects

“Never pass up an adventure.”

3 Things You Didn't Know about Tyler Westfall

  1. Tyler grew up in a kayaking family and was first in a boat at the age of 4.
  2. In order to make travel for the world cups more affordable, Tyler converted a small van into a bare bones camper and lived out of it for the summer driving around Europe to train and compete.
  1. Tyler lived in Ivrea, Italy, for a year from 2018-2019 coaching himself as well as a group of kids at the local slalom club.

Sponsors

  • World Championships

    2014 Junior World Championships: MK-1, 29th place

    2018 U23 World championships: MK-1, 31st place

    2019 Senior World Championships: MK-1, 69th place
  • World Cups

    2019 Leipzig World Cup Leipzig: MK-1, 41st place

    2019 Bratislava World Cup: MK-1, 51st place

    2019 Prague World Cup: MK-1, 55th place
  • U.S. Team Trials

    2016: MK-1, 3rd place

    2021: MK-1, 2nd place