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Book Review: Grey Owl and Me
07.28.2010
In the early 1900s, an Englishman named Archie Belaney came to North America in search of adventure and became one of the first to romanticize the notion of canoe-tripping in the Canadian wilderness. Belaney quickly fell in with the Teme-Augama Anishnabe, the “Deep Water People”, a native Ojibwa tribe whose traditional lands encompass present-day Temagami, [...]
Summer Movie Season – Dashboard Empanada
07.26.2010
In this installment of the Summer Movie Season, we look at the Demshitz Posse’s Dashboard Empanada, the title of which is a play off the classic Dashboard Burrito. Check out Jared and Graham Seiler, Ian, Evan and Nate Garcia as well as a host of other paddlers as they barnstorm Chilean whitewater. It’ll definitely make [...]
South Korea – Land of the Dam
07.23.2010
South Korea is roughly the size of Indiana but according to Currents, a river stewardship-focused Web TV series that uses whitewater kayaking to educate the general public about the plight of the world’s rivers, the country contains more than 18,000 dams. Here, Currents examines the southern Korean peninsula and its whitewater potential threatened by hydro [...]
Expeditions: Going It Alone
07.21.2010
Photograph by Michael Paul Franklin The recent scuttle about Freya Hoffmeister’s historic solo rounding of Australia’s rugged and unforgiving coast, both online and in this magazine, got us thinking: What earlier exploits compare to hers? It takes a certain type to go solo in the open ocean. There’s no one to suffer with, no one [...]
Dirtbag Diaries: Mississippi Source to Sea
07.19.2010
Danielle: Before paddling the Mississippi River people warn you about the man-eating alligators, the barge-swallowing eddies, the flesh-devouring mosquitoes … but no one warned us about the flying carp. Kevin: The carp tortured us daily, it made the river feel like a giant jack-in-the-box, except the clown doesn’t laugh when it pops out, instead it’s [...]
Summer Movie Season – Haymaker
07.16.2010
Resident hucker Cody Howard is back with his follow up film to Risen Sun, Haymaker. And yeah, the following preview is like one of those big, left hooks: It’ll leave your jaw dropped. Check out Cody’s, and the rest of the Huckin Huge crew’s antics, below. Feel like ordering the full-length feature? Click here. HAYMAKER [...]
Behind the Scenes of ‘Birthright’
07.15.2010
If you haven’t seen Sean Mullens’ short film, ‘Birthright,’ watch it now. Then read the comments posted below. Never has a paddling film evoked such eye-watering emotion, let alone a five-minute short that includes just 78 words. Birthright follows one man’s extraordinary struggle to reach the ocean and go paddling. The paddler is Michael Mitchell, [...]
The KEEN and Canoekayak.com Portage Photo Contest!
07.14.2010
Sometimes the carry is the crux. That’s why KEEN and Canoe and Kayak magazine are teaming up for the first annual Portage Photo Contest. Did a log ruin your rapid? Does a sieve make that cataract really suck? Or maybe you just had to carry your canoe between lakes? Send us your best photos featuring [...]
Hall of Fame: The Class of 2010
07.13.2010
It was only a matter of time before Risa Shimoda, a staunch river advocate and one of America’s most vocal supporters of whitewater paddling, became an inductee of the hall of fame she helped create. Shimoda is the only American in the International Whitewater Hall of Fame’s (IWHOF) class of 2010; she is being recognized [...]
Callaghan Fest – For the Love of Wild Rivers
07.13.2010
Leave it to a couple of boaters known as the River Gypsies to dream up a whitewater festival on a waterway 2,900 miles from their home. Asheville, N.C.-based whitewater guidebook authors Leland and Andria Davis are helping to organize the Callaghan Creek Festival and Extreme Race on July 24 near Whistler, British Columbia. Leland Davis [...]
Choosing the Right Rain Gear
07.12.2010
From summer thunder storms to fall showers, it’s never too early to purchase the right rain gear for canoeing, sea or river kayaking. Here, Canada’s Kevin Callan tells us what to look for when shopping for rain gear and puts his own outerwear to the test in the shower, at the carwash and up against [...]
Yukon 1000: The Last Great Race
07.12.2010
By Conor Mihell Peter Coates uses unorthodox methods to market the grueling 1,000-mile paddling race he organizes on the Yukon River. Streaming in bold letters across the top of the website for the Yukon 1000 Canoe and Kayak Race is the question, “Do you really want to do this?” Last summer, 17 teams of paddlers [...]
Pick-up Sticks – Greenland Style Kayaking
07.09.2010
By Conor Mihell While other facets of paddlesports have ebbed and flowed in popularity, Greenland-style paddling – that is, using the ancient techniques and narrow-bladed “stick” of the early Arctic sea kayakers – has experienced steady growth over the past decade. A case in point of traditional paddling’s popularity is the series of Greenland-specific kayak [...]
Packing A Canoe Pack
07.08.2010
Canadian Kevin Callan is the author of twelve books, including the best selling The Happy Camper, a popular series of paddling guides, and his latest Wilderness Pleasures: A Practical Guide to Camping Bliss. To fellow Canadians, he’s a national canoeing treasure. To Americans, his humor might seem a bit random. But one thing is certain: [...]
Canoe Cinema: This Is Canoeing and The Canoe Movie
07.07.2010
By Joe Carberry Photography by Janusz Wrobel Paddling filmmakers Will Lyons and Justine Curgenven couldn’t be more opposite. Lyons is a dirtbag C-1 boater from Asheville, N.C., who thrives on the Green River Narrows and is part of the Lunch Video Magazine staff. Curgenven is a sea kayaker from Wales whose achievements include impressive circumnavigations [...]
2010 Freestyle Kayak Team Trials Wrap-Up
07.06.2010
Last weekend, Missoula, Montana played host to the U.S. Team trials. Here, C&K video correspondent Tom Gerencer (who became an Internet hero with his Wet Dream Results trailer) recaps the trials including Dane Jackson’s three national titles.
Aquaphile: Crossing The Threshold
07.01.2010
By Alan Kesselheim Photography by Kyle George Crouching by the three-strand barbed wire, fencing pliers in hand, my neck hairs prickle in anticipation, waiting for the hard violence of a shotgun barrel at the base of my skull. Cutting fence in Montana is up there with stealing water on the roster of mortal sins. I [...]
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