VIRTUAL COACH: How To Self-Support

Erik Boomer packs your multi-day kayak

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Rowan Gloag of the British Columbia-based Hurricane Riders crew—a group of hard-charging sea kayakers from the Vancouver area who have a recurring habit of surfing sea kayaks in places where sea kayaks rarely venture and of always returning with the footage to prove it—recently checked in with C&K from his new digs on Vancouver Island.

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5 Steps

01.24.2012 // 0 Comments

Though wood-and-canvas canoes look great and paddle even better, few people have bothered to build them since the early 20th century. They’re not all that easy to build, and lighter, stronger materials have only become more readily available. Even fewer people take them on long expeditions.

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VIRTUAL COACH: How To Self-Support

01.23.2012 // 1 Comment

In this episode of Virtual Coach, Erik Boomer demonstrates how to pack your multi-day kayak

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Behind the Scenes: Ireland

01.20.2012 // 0 Comments

British sea kayakers Jeff Allen and Harry Whelan may have got all the press for their record-setting 25-day circumnavigation of Ireland in the spring of 2011, but behind the scenes was a man with a camera on his own a whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle in a cluttered Pugeot Boxer van. Photographer Vaughan Roberts racked up about 3,000 miles providing land support for Allen and Whelan, navigating the backroads of coastal Ireland and setting up shots for his new DVD, “Into the Wind.”

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Seldom Seen Floats

01.20.2012 // 0 Comments

The naturally flowing streams of the arid American West are all about timing. Hit that window just right, and you’ll be grinning like a kid playing hooky from school. So be vigilant.

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The Year of the Dane

01.18.2012 // 1 Comment

Dane Jackson has been touted as a kayaking prodigy since his age was still single digits. Flashes of brilliance and raw talent have always been Dane staples, mostly in the freestyle discipline, but that’s changing. Dane—who just turned 18 this year—went on a tear in 2011. From now on he’s going to be playing with the big boys. How will he fare? His results already speak for themselves. Here’s a timeline of his unprecedented last year.

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Tom Smitheringale on The Nile. Photo By Dave Brosha

One Man’s Epic

01.17.2012 // 0 Comments

Last September Australian Tom Smitheringale, 41, set off to cross the Sahara Desert, east to west, roughly 4,660 miles, from its boundaries on The Nile in Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean in Morocco; all to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, which helps sick children recover from devastating illnesses.

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New Year’s Challenge

01.13.2012 // 2 Comments

Glassy water and uncharacteristically dry, chilly temps greeted 103 committed Pacific Northwest paddlers who competed on Jan. 7 for Seattle’s third annual New Year’s Challenge paddling race. The six-mile course started on Lake Union in the heart of Seattle and ran through the Montlake Cut to Lake Washington. All types of craft competed, ranging from SUPs and sea kayaks to canoes, OC-1s, OC-2s, OC-6s, dragon boats, prone paddleboards, rowing shells, racing kayaks, and surfskis.

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How It’s Made

01.12.2012 // 0 Comments

Have you ever wondered how a Royalex boat gets built? It’s okay if you haven’t, but you probably should. It’s pretty cool: The process involves big machinery, high temperatures, melting plastic and hydrolic molds. Some serious don’t-try-this-at-home stuff.

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Bizarre Rescue in the Gulf

01.10.2012 // 0 Comments

Rory O’Connor, from Bellingham, Wash., was kayak fishing on Saturday afternoon near the Southwest Florida’s scenic and popular Siesta Key beach, when he spotted Barney, a Hungarian Vizsla, and started trying to put the pieces together.

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