Maligiaq Padilla

Maligiaq Johnsen Padilla (maligiɑq jonˀsn padiɬa) is a Greenlandic kayaker known for his skill with the sea kayak.[1] In 1995, at the age of 13, he won every event in his age group at the National Kayaking Championship.

History

Born in the United States to an American father and Greenland Inuit mother, Juliane Padilla (née Johnsen),[2] he was raised from age 3 in Sisimiut.[1][3] Padilla's grandfather, Peter Johnsen,[2] taught him much of what he knows. A skilled kayaker in his own right, Johnsen taught Padilla how to kayak, how to build the boats and how to hunt using a harpoon and rifle.[3] Included in his training were open-ocean skills and traditional kayak building skills.[1] Kayaks built by Padilla are housed at the Greenland National Museum, the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.[3]

In 2010 Padilla moved to Alaska where he is working to revive traditional kayaking culture. He and wife Elizabeth Saagulik Hensley, an Inupiat attorney, have two children.[4]

Padilla is the only person in history to win four Greenland National Kayaking Championships, winning his first title at 16.[5]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Revivalist – Maligiaq Padilla". www.canoekayak.com. CanoeKayak. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Sealskin sprayshirt (akuilisaq)". www.britishmuseum.org. British Museum. 2001. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Moeller, Karina (November 2013). "The humble revivalist Maligiaq". greenlandtoday.com/gb/. greenland today. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Kerns, Chris (May 2012). "Unfiltered: Maligiaq Johnsen Padilla". www.canoekayak.com. CanoeKayak. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Holthouse, David (January 8, 2010). "Hope floats, and rolls". www.adn.com. Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved February 28, 2015.


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