Author Archives: "canoekayakmag"
Rapid Rewards
Rapid Rewards Anchorage boater charged for paddling an Alaskan classic One of Alaska’s most accessible creeks is off-limits to paddlers, and an Anchorage boater is facing fines or imprisonment for running its Class IV canyon. This fall, Tim Johnson, a guidebook author and organizer of the Six Mile Whitewater Festival in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, was [...]
The 2009 USACK Charlotte Open
This fall, the international slalom scene converged in North Carolina for the USACK Charlotte Open
Enter Tawang Chu Part II
Day three begins as suddenly as it had ended at the small Buddhist enclave of Trilung Gompa. The caretaker who had fed Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic, rouses the pair early with a piercing Buddhist horn. The whole community comes out to see the pair off as they embark on yet another day of NF [...]
C&K’s ANNUAL 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GRAB BAG
C&K’s Annual HOLIDAY GIFT GRAB BAG Peak UK Thermal Rashy: Peak UK proves its whitewater-rooted apparel can cross over to the surf (or simply be used as a baselayer ready to stand alone if things heat up) with its warm, quick-drying, four-way stretch fleece/Lycra Thermal Rashy, featuring a paddling specific cut ($55 l/s, $48 s/s, [...]
Standing Up to Buseater
Standing Up to Buseater Kayak and board designer, Corran Addison, had been board surfing the waves of Montreal’s Lachine Canal for years before he decided to throw a standup paddle into the mix, two years ago. The paddle, he quickly discovered, “opens some doors” for river surfing on an SUP. “If you understand the paddle [...]
Booty Call
Les Stroud and company dive for Voyeaguer-era loot on northern Ontario’s Missinaibi River.
ESPN’s Outside the Lines Profiles Rob Brown and Team River Runner
Rob Brown and Team River Runner
A CASE FOR THE CORE
A CASE FOR THE CORE They will see us through Last summer, Outside magazine proclaimed whitewater kayaking dead, citing meager boat sales, the disappearance of the professional freestyle circuit and a five-year-old participation study. The analysis by Associate Editor Grayson Schaffer seems strengthened by the fact that many of the sport’s marquee boat brands have [...]
Q and A with Grand Canyon River Guide Charly Heavenrich
Watch the video featuring Grand Canyon River Guide Charly Heavenrich
WEATHER OR NOT – The 2009 Mayor’s Cup
WEATHER OR NOT – The 2009 Mayor’s Cup New York City Mayor’s Cup Kayak Championships organizer Ray Fusco has a tendency of getting more than he wishes for when he assembles some of the world’s best surfski paddlers and dozens of recreational racers for a 28-mile race around Manhattan. “The elite international guys want something [...]
Classic Footage from Alaska’s Susitna
Classic Footage from Alaska’s Susitna Barney Griffith’s classic movie shows Darwon Stoneman, Mike Hughes and crew descending the gnarly water of Alaska’s Susitna River in archaic equipment. We just wish the sound hadn’t been lost in Youtube translation. Griffith put the movie together as part of a film school project after participating in Rob Lesser’s [...]
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