Shawn Malone knows that whitewater canoeing has its risks. He has lost friends in drowning accidents. He has participated in body searches. Once, while pinned against a rock, Malone made peace with God and accepted his own death, which, at the time, he believed was inevitable.
But Malone doesn’t fixate on those things – quite the opposite, in fact.
“Paddling is my life. It’s my church. It’s my fellowship,” he says.
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Born and raised in Chattanooga, Malone discovered whitewater paddling at age 24.