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RACE OR MEANDER—IT’S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
03.20.2010
RACE OR MEANDER—IT’S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE BY Sarah Zobel There’s nothing like a gorgeous day on the water in a kayak—except maybe a gorgeous day on the water in a kayak, paddling with others for a good cause. Fundraisers throughout the year around the United States and Canada are open to those [...]
South Georgia’s School of Hard Knocks
03.18.2010
After a series of unlucky breaks, weather-induced delays and logistical hurdles, Canadian sea kayaker Hayley Shephard still considers her attempt to make the first solo circumnavigation of Antarctica’s South Georgia Island a success. On March 17, Shephard returned to her launch site at King Edward Point, a British research station. According to her blog, she [...]
National Freestyle Points Series Announced
03.18.2010
USA Freestyle Kayaking (USAFK) is pleased to announce the creation of a National Point Series tour for 2010 in partnership with six event organizers across the US. The series will begin with five events in which participants are awarded points based on their finish position: Bryson City, NC – April 17, 18: Lyons, CO – [...]
Standing Tall
03.17.2010
By Kate Stephan Dan Gavere is out of his element. He’s standing in an airy, ultra-modern photo studio on a hill overlooking his hometown of Hood River, Oregon. Shirtless. Flashes pop, lights glare. It’s not the attention that bothers him—media glitz and a little self-promotion are part of the game when you make your living [...]
Vertical Challenge is On
03.16.2010
The Fourth Annual EddyFlower Vertical Challenge kicks off today with the East window competition. Registration is now open to paddlers of all types and classes at the link below:http://www.eddyflower.com/protected/EditTeam.aspx The competition gives athletes 32 days to drop as much vertical as possible, while raising funds for non-profit organization First Descents. Founded by professional kayaker Brad [...]
Chile’s Rio Palguin Extreme Race
03.16.2010
Check out a cut of this winter’s inaugural Rio Palguin Extreme Race. The Chileans put on a great show! Pucon River Fest 2009 ( Boater Cross ) from Buena Linea Producciones on Vimeo.
THE SHEPHERD OF RIVERS
03.15.2010
The late Verlen Kruger is arguably the world’s most accomplished canoeist, having paddled some 100,000 miles in a series of ambitious expeditions that took him up and down the west coast of North America and from the Arctic Ocean to Cape Horn. But beyond his credentials as a long-distance paddler, Kruger’s friend Dan Smith will [...]
On The Way To The Put-In
03.11.2010
WE HAD BEEN DRIVING THREE HOURS toward the put-in of the Yangtze River when we rounded a bend and saw them: two men slumped in the road, blood streaming from their weathered faces. One of the men had his leg bent at a precarious angle, and I could see the bright white bones protruding from [...]
5 Minutes with Paddling Coach Chris Wiegand
03.10.2010
There’s little doubt that Denver’s Chris Wiegand is a stellar athlete. The former USA Track and Field Team member traded distance running for paddling in 1998, ascending to the top of the U.S. wildwater, C-1 and C-2 squads at lightning speed. But it’s the 35-year-old’s unique coaching tactics and people skills that define him. He [...]
Dream Result – The Review
03.08.2010
If for some reason you’ve become jaded to high definition kayak movies since the fall of the Teton Gravity Research flicks, then I beg, no I plead, that you see Rush Sturges’ and Tyler Bradt’s Dream Result, already a winner of Germany’s Rosenheim Kayaking Film Festival. This movie isn’t going to make critics of extreme [...]
Liquidlogic Remix XP Design Process
03.04.2010
Kayaks don’t just show up on the boat rack of your local shop. There’s a whole lot of blood, sweat and beers that goes into the latest design. For a blow-by-blow description of how a boat concept becomes reality we talked to Liquidlogic designer Shane Benedict. He focused specifically on the brand’s Remix XP, an [...]
Race Around Florida
03.03.2010
Like the Olympics, one of the toughest races in paddlesports only happens once every four years. On the morning of March 6, eight solo competitors will set off from the mouth of Tampa Bay on a 1,200-mile race around Florida. Canoes, sea kayaks and sailboats are allowed, with only two regulations: Boats must be light [...]
UNFILTERED – Mick Hopkinson
03.03.2010
Unfiltered – Mick Hopkinson Expedition Kayaker Before the names Scott Lindgren or Ben Stookesberry became synonymous with expedition kayaking, there was Mick Hopkinson. The 62-year-old native of Yorkshire, England practically invented the genre with the late Mike Jones and four others who completed the first descent of Nepal’s Dudh Kosi in 1976 without the help [...]
Girl Power
03.02.2010
Girl Power These women rule the water Kate Wagner, Christie Glissmeyer, Melissa DeCarlo, and Monica Cokey. Four chicks who rip. Check out their flick, Northwest Livin’, for a take on the Hood River paddling scene from a more refined perspective. See northwestlivin.blogspot.com for more adventures. Northwest Livin! from Oregon Kayaking on Vimeo.
WW Park in Raleigh, N.C. Stirs Controversy
02.26.2010
By Josh Shaffer – Raleigh News and Observer Just below Falls Dam, the Neuse River rapids can churn up a bubbling playground of 3-foot waves, a brief shock of commotion on an otherwise sleepy waterway. To paddlers, it’s the perfect spot for a whitewater park. But as plans for the park unfold, so does opposition. [...]
The New Big Guns
02.24.2010
The New Big Guns 2009 Rider of the Year Awards Not since the IR Big Gun Show dissolved over four years ago has the best in whitewater boating been celebrated in annual peer-juried awards. Canadian paddler Patrick Camblin is attempting to recapture the prestige of being acknowledged as the best in the sport with the [...]
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