Maligiaq Padilla
Maligiaq Johnsen Padilla (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a Greenlandic kayaker known for his skill with the sea kayak.[1] In 1994, at the age of 12, he won every event in his age group at the National Kayaking Championship.
History
Born in Greenland to an American father and a Greenlandic Inuk mother, Juliane Padilla (née Johnsen),[2] he was raised from age 4 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 Sisimiut Museum, the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC and the Kativik Cultural Center in Nome.[3]
In 2010 Padilla moved to Alaska where he is working to revive traditional kayaking culture. He and wife Elizabeth Saagulik Hensley, an Iñupiaq 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
- SeaKayaker Magazine
- Pictures
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