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C&K’s Standup Quiver
02.23.2010
Tapping nearly six decades of board shaping know-how has led Hobie to develop an SUP called the ATR, one that does for standup paddlers what the downriver kayak does for rookie river-runners. The name stands for All Terrain Ride, and Hobie shaper Mark Johnson says the design places a premium on all-around “paddleability,” followed by [...]
Lapping the Island
02.23.2010
Lapping the Island The race for one of sea kayaking’s top prizes Canadian sea kayaker Joe O’Blenis pulls no punches when asked why he’s planning to endure over two weeks of 40- to 45-mile-long paddling days around British Columbia’s Vancouver Island this summer: It’s to reclaim a speed record he set in 2007 by lapping [...]
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Whitewater Sup
02.22.2010
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Whitewater SUPBy Dave Shively In the image-obsessed world of action sports, whitewater SUP has reached its most awkward teenage years, complete with pimples and unknown potential. Ocean SUPers seeking acceptance won’t find refuge on rivers. Kayakers have heckled river standup paddlers without mercy, mocking the sport in [...]
5 Minutes with Christie Glissmeyer
02.19.2010
5 Minutes with Christie Glissmeyer Her royal huckstress LAST MOTHER’S DAY, CHRISTIE GLISSMEYER DID SOMETHING that would send most moms into cardiac arrest: She hurled her Dagger Nomad off Oregon’s 82-foot Metlako Falls, setting a new women’s waterfall world record. The 30-year-old high school track star and Utah State grad did so without the fanfare [...]
This is Canoeing
02.18.2010
Justine Curgenven follows up her popular sea kayaking video series with This is Canoeing, an artistic look at one of Earth’s oldest paddling crafts. See more at cackletv.com
The British Invasion
02.16.2010
The British Invasion Scottish sea kayak film grabs two awards on the same day The DVD Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown was awarded ‘Best Instructional Film’ at two separate film festivals in Canada – on the same day. It was picked as winner at the 5th Annual Reel Paddling Film Festival in Toronto, and Paddle [...]
Face Time
02.12.2010
Face Time Nick Troutman goes big behind the lens He’s one of the best freestyle paddlers on the planet. He can run steep creeks with the best of em’. And in case you didn’t know, Nick Troutman is one hell of a filmmaker too. Here’s a trailer of his upcoming flick, Face Time, due out [...]
Precipitation Invitation
02.12.2010
Precipitation Invitation When it pours, these 6 jackets reign By Dave Shively 1. Helly Hansen Ekolab Recycler: Helly Hansen’s Recycler sports a minimalist style with water-resistant pit and chest-pocket zips mounted high–so you can access them when wearing a PFD, while showing off HH’s responsible manufacturing: This weather warrior features 3-layer Helly Tech waterproof/breathable ripstop [...]
The Golden Gate Sea Kayak Symposium
02.10.2010
The Golden Gate Sea Kayak Symposium A British Invasion By: Conor Mihell Don’t be surprised if skegs outnumber rudders at the second annual Golden Gate Sea Kayak Symposium, held Feb. 26-28 in San Francisco Bay, Calif. Organizer Sean Morley says the British-style, rough water-focused event was designed as a counterpoint to the typical North American [...]
The Best In Paddling
02.06.2010
THE BEST IN PADDLING We’ve all been there, lingering in a warm bar after a raw day on the river, or huddled under a tarp on some remote beach, shouting to be heard over the surf and spattering rain. We talk until we’re hoarse about the day’s paddle, about adventures long past and yet to [...]
Best Cross-Bow Snow Brace Ever?
02.04.2010
A foot of snow is big deal in North Carolina. For Asheville’s Nathan Zumwalt, another big dump this season meant that lightning struck twice for western NC’s resident downhill snow canoeists who aren’t about to wait for things like melting snow to go boating (for Round One, click here).
The Greatest Show on Earth
02.02.2010
After over two decades of organizing the Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival, Dennis Judson still speaks with unbridled enthusiasm of what he considers the world’s greatest get-together of big wave paddlers. “Surf kayakers are such a neat group of people,” says Judson, whose Adventure Sports Unlimited is hosting the 24th annual festival March 26-28, at [...]
C&K On Assignment: Whatever Floats your Boat
01.28.2010
C&K On Assignment: Whatever Floats your Boat By: Conor Mihell At the start, I wondered if I’d assembled the right crew of paddlers to test a quiver of touring kayaks for Canoe & Kayak magazine at Port Townsend, Wash.’s West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium. British Columbia’s Hurricane Riders (www.thehurricaneriders.com) are among the freshest faces of [...]
A Taste of the Middle Kings
01.27.2010
A Taste of the Middle Kings Thankfully, while most of the whitewater boating community waits winter out in full-blown withdrawal, Philly-raised paddler Tim Kelton was cleaning his hard drive and found this gem of a video documenting one of Earth’s greatest multi-day Class V runs – California’s Middle Kings. Here’s something for all you jonsers. [...]
Econo Slump
01.26.2010
Paddlers are a resilient bunch. We boat in the dead of winter covered head-to-toe in fleece, and duct-tape our dry tops to get through one more season. We subsist for days on oatmeal and happily blow the savings at the first bay-side bar we come to. So to us, this little hiccup known as the [...]
C&K ON ASSIGNMENT-Keys to the Raincoast
01.26.2010
C&K ON ASSIGNMENT This August, C&K Art Director Robert Zaleski and Associate Editor Dave Shively headed into British Columbia’s lush central ‘Raincoast,’ hoping to find the fabled white ‘spirit bear,’ and to explore the diverse array of everything from near-vertical fjords to rocky, windswept islets. Fortunately, they had the assistance of the Campbell family’s 68-foot [...]
Self-supporting the Grand
01.25.2010
Twelve days living out of a kayak. Sound fun? Some would argue there’s no better way to see the Big Ditch (Grand Canyon). C&K publisher, Jim Marsh, tags along with the Liquidlogic crew, paddling the minimalists road to nirvana.
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