Author Archives: "CanoeKayak.com"
Convergences
Where tectonic upheaval flatlines and the Brooks Range runs out, infinite space welcomes the traveler like a door thrown open. Blue as the Caribbean, the Canning River spills our two rafts from between foothills into the arctic coastal plain.
Gallery – Adam Mills Elliott
Oregon rafting team on White Salmon River, Washington.
Gallery—Charlie Munsey
In the first two weeks of February 2002, seven of the world’s best and boldest paddlers completed the first descent of Tibet’s Upper Tsangpo Gorge.
Heavy Medal
If you caught Vavinec Hradilek’s silver-medal performance at this summer’s Olympic Games, you witnessed one of the world’s most dynamic slalom paddlers lay down a near-perfect run. But you probably missed the 25-year-old Czech’s clever shout-outs to his steep-creeking buddies.
Thoughts from a legend
Al Widing Sr. has finished the 120-mile AuSable River Canoe Marathon a record 33 times, including 16 consecutive finishes from age 63 to 79.
Oversea Debris
On March 11, 2011, the Tohoku earthquake, centered off the coast of northern Japan, generated powerful tsunami waves that slammed into 400 miles of the Japanese shoreline…The waves washed more than 5 million tons of debris out to sea. In the fall of 2011, some of the estimated 1.5 million tons of remaining flotsam—everything from buoys and boats to entire shipping containers—began arriving on North America ’s west coast.
Gallery—Charlie Munsey
Fred Norquist on Toketee Falls, North Umpqua River, Oregon
Local Emotion: The Hendri Coetzee Itanda Falls Race
Ugandan David Moor wins Itanda Race at Nile River Festival.
On Tap: Ruckus on the Rio Grande
When it comes to the U.S.-Mexico Border perhaps it’s natural for the media to focus on bad news. But residents of Laredo are having none of it.
On Tap: Sickline 2012
A preview of the fifth annual Adidas Sickline Championship.
Down The Dnieper: Take-Out
Episode 10 of Jeffrey and Giulio’s Ukrainian Odyssey.
Down The Dnieper: The Dam
Episode Nine of Jeffrey and Giulio’s Ukrainian Odyssey.
Down The Dnieper: Snakes And A Storm
Episode Eight of Jeffrey and Giulio’s Ukrainian Odyssey.
En Route: The Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition (Stage IV)
Dispatch No. 4 from a 2,600 mile canoe journey across Canada’s Territories.
The Hidden Coast, Revealed
The Hidden Coast Paddling Festival celebrates the other side of Florida.
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