Author Archives: "Canoe & Kayak"
Wenonah Introduces New 2010 Models
Backwater New for 2010 from Wenonah Canoe, the Backwater square stern canoe is for sportsmen with motorized intentions. The rigid aluminum and wood mounting bracket makes for quick and easy addition of a small motor. Sized for two people and a load of gear, it works great for duck hunting shallow backwater marshes or float [...]
Europeans Dominate World Surf Kayak Championships
Jersey and Channel Island’s David Speller took the World Title in the High Performance Men’s Class and Wale’s Naomi James captured the women’s title, wrapping up the surf kayak world championships this weekend in Portugal. Only three Americans finished in the top three of any division and the Yanks managed just one world title: Jim [...]
Canoe and Kayak magazine announces the launch of Standup Paddler magazine.
(San Jaun Capistrano, Calif.) The Action Sports Group today announced the launch of Standup Paddler magazine. The new publication–to be produced by the staff of Canoe & Kayak magazine–will hit newsstands December 15, 2009. “Standup paddling is the hottest trend in surfing and in paddling,” said Jim Marsh, publisher of Canoe & Kayak. “It’s happening [...]
A very promising partnership between two sea kayak manufacturers in Quebec.
Québec, May 13, 2009 – BORÉALDESIGN and Maelströmkayak, two companies based in Quebec, have signed a very promising partnership agreement. Henceforth, BORÉALDESIGN will manufacture two models of kayaks originally designed and marketed by Maelströmkayak. This partnership will serve to further showcase the strength of design expertise in Quebec on the international scene, since the Vaåg [...]
BORÉALDESIGN acquires BELUGA!
Quebec, June 18, 2009 – The year 2009 is proving to be somewhat unique for BORÉALDESIGN, a manufacturer of high-end sea kayaks. After signing a partnership agreement with Maelströmkayak last May, the St-Augustin-de-Desmaures company located on the outskirts of Quebec City has just announced the acquisition of a company in Quebec. Starting October 1, 2009, [...]
Kokatat Announces Support of the Northern Lights
Arcata, Calif., (July 29, 2009) – Kokatat, a 38-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, is pleased to announce sponsorship of the upcoming Northern Lights expedition across Greenland. Northern Lights Expeditions seek to establish links between children of isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic and children of the United Kingdom. The expedition will educate children about [...]
Canoe & Kayak Magazine to host North American Paddlesports Trade Show
(Kirkland, Wash.) Canoe & Kayak magazine, the world’s leading paddlesports resource, recently announced it will host a new paddlesports-specific trade show September 9-11, 2010 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The North American Paddlesports Show will include an on-water demo day September 9 at nearby Lake Calhoun followed by two days in the convention center’s beautiful [...]
Tyler Bradt on Good Morning America
Tyler Bradt on Good Morning America “If you had been walking by Palouse Falls in Washington state in late April, you may have caught a flash of a red kayak barreling toward certain doom over the falls. Tyler Bradt set a world record by going over the Palouse Falls in Washington. That flash was extreme [...]
River Trip Company Selected as Finalist for Global Competition
RiverIndia Now Seeks Votes to Be Named Top Innovator in Geotourism WASHINGTON (July 15, 2009)—RiverIndia, based on India’s Siang River, is one of 10 finalists named today from more than 600 entries in the second annual “Geotourism Challenge” sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Ashoka’s Changemakers. The competition, focusing on “Power of Place — [...]
Heliconia Launches Kayak Fishing TV Show on the World Fishing Network (WFN)
July 14, 2009, Beachburg, Ontario – The Heliconia Press, a leading publisher of books and DVDs on outdoor pursuits, is thrilled to announce that starting January, 2010, The Kayak Fishing Show: with Jim Sammons will begin airing on the World Fishing Network (WFN). The 13-episode TV series will be broadcast throughout the year into 25 [...]
AW Opens Up New Run In Wash. State
A group of four kayakers scout the next set of rapids on the Chelan River in the first-ever kayaking test run open to the public Saturday afternoon. A group of four kayakers from the Seattle area and another group of six kayakers from Seattle put in just below the Chelan River Dam in Chelan. Both [...]
Ode to Adventurer Andy Knapp
On June 22, 2009, Minnesota adventurer Andy Knapp lost his gallant fight with cancer. He will be sorely missed. Andy was an extraordinary man, in body and spirit, continually pushing himself to the bitter edge of his physical limits. His kayak and bicycle trips are legendary: twice he biked alone to Alaska—once, before the highway [...]
Moab Area Sees Fifth River Death of the Year
For the fifth time this year tragedy struck on a river near Moab, Utah. On Saturday, July 5, Fraser, Colo.’s Timothy Rau drowned in Skull rapid on the Westwater Canyon section of the Colorado River. It was the second time in as many months that a rafter has perished in the tight-walled river section. An [...]
Closing Ferndale Plant
Johnson Outdoors announced Tuesday that it is consolidating operations for its paddlesports brands in Old Town, Maine by the end of September in an effort to improve profitability of its Watercraft business unit. The decision will result in the closure of the company’s plant in Ferndale, Washington and a reduction of about 90 positions located [...]
Team Canoe & Kayak takes Team USA
Team Canoe & Kayak takes Team USA Team Canoe & Kayak took gold in the Raft Cross event, June 7 at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colo. The magazine fielded the R-2 tandem of Scott Waidelich, an advertising associate at C&K with Chris Baer, a longtime Arkansas River Valley guide and podium fixture on [...]
La La Land | Exploring the used, abused and often surreal L.A. River
Most of the time, a mere ribbon of water and algae collects in the center of this 40-foot deep, 100-foot-wide culvert, and in 1989, a local politician actually proposed turning the river into a dry-season freeway. So when we round a bend in the concrete-walled canyon and spot the maintenance truck rolling down the streambed, [...]
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