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Arlene Burns Unfiltered
01.06.2010
Arlene Burns River Guide, Traveler Arlene Burns has led only a handful of commercial trips in the last 15 years, but she still has the unmistakable presence of a river guide. It’s noticeable in a voice that’s friendly, alert, and disarmingly honest. The tone is strangely familiar, too: It’s the heroine of the 1994 thriller [...]
Got the Winter Blues | Heres Why Costa Rica rules
01.05.2010
Costa Rica: The Goods Part I By Kyle McCutchen via Colorado Kayak Supply A mere two weeks of anticipation went into our last minute trip to Costa Rica for a week of jungle hucking. The decision to bail on all of our family obligations for the Thanksgiving Holiday was made like many great decisions… at [...]
MONEY TALKS
12.30.2009
For James Baxter, starting a nine-month, 3,800-mile ski and kayak trip in the dead of Norway’s long winter was easy. Using the expedition to raise money for a school-building initiative in the remote mountains of Nepal was the real challenge. But the hardships the 49-year-old Scottish adventurer chose to face–winter camping above the Arctic Circle, [...]
Out To Dry
12.30.2009
1. Astral Buoyancy redefines creeking comfort and safety with its new Greenjacket. A locked-down lower-torso foam panel under a second, adjustable outer panel means a mobile and customized fit. This USCG-approved vest has 15.5 pounds of floatation and plenty of ‘oh crap’ features, including a 1,200-pound tested rescue harness, Spectra front safety loop and a [...]
Dirtbag Diaries: Lost Coast, Northern California
12.29.2009
Craig: Chuck Graham and I had been talking about paddling and surfing the Lost Coast for two years, and then everything came together: time, weather and a nice little combo swell. We paddled from Westport almost up to Shelter Cove in five days. Dave: Before we left on the trip, Craig was telling me stories [...]
5 Good Minutes With Standup Paddler Brian Keaulana
12.28.2009
5 Good Minutes With Standup Paddler (waterman) Brian Keaulana Paddler, surfer, stuntman, waterman – Oahu’s Brian Keaulana is beyond definition. Deeply rooted in the Hawaiian ocean tradition, the stunt double, who has played himself in Baywatch and done scenes for movies like Waterworld and Blue Crush, explains why standup paddling is here to stay and [...]
Style War Euro vs Greenland
12.24.2009
Euro versus Greenland is sea kayaking’s answer to the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry—the tribal loyalty is so rabid that you forget everyone is still playing the same game. When it comes to the forward stroke, though, Greenland- and Euro-style paddlers have more in common than die hard fans of either style would care to admit. Know [...]
Cutting Logging from Algonquin
12.23.2009
Cutting Logging from Algonquin Conor Mihell After over 40 years of lobbying, the Canadian non-governmental conservation group CPAWS-Wildlands League is making progress in its goal to eliminate forestry operations in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park, one of the most popular canoe-tripping areas in North America (see C&K July 2009). In November, the Algonquin Forestry Authority—the consortium [...]
Boreal Balance
12.21.2009
By Jeff Moag We turn a corner and face the first hard ferry move of a 13-day, 210-mile descent of the Mountain River, one of the premier canoe trips in the Northwest Territories. Our lead guide, Jamie Burdon of Nahanni River Adventures, makes it look easy, deftly swinging his bow upstream and leaning into his [...]
5 Good Minutes
12.18.2009
WHEN HE WAS 8 YEARS OLD, Mexico’s Abraham Levy went camping near the ocean with his family and dreamt of visiting all the beaches of his country. It’s one thing to dream. It’s another thing entirely to make a dream into reality. “I didn’t know how I’d do it, but I didn’t forget,” Levy says. [...]
The Ladder Rescue
12.16.2009
The Ladder Rescue Swims happen. Get back in your boat PADDLING WITH A PARTNER IS ALWAYS BEST, because when Poseidon unleashes his power and you join the swim team, it’s nice to have someone to pick up the pieces. The ladder rescue is a quick way to re-enter your kayak–with the help of your partner–and [...]
She Did It!
12.15.2009
Freya Hoffmeister has completed her 332-day, 9,400-mile sea-kayak circumnavigation of Australia. The 45-year-old German is only the second paddler to accomplish the feat, and the first woman to complete the challenging circuit. She also was the fastest, by nearly a month. New Zealander Paul Caffyn was the first to circumnavigate the island continent 27 years [...]
Flat Out: Rush Sturges Breaks his Back in Argentina
12.15.2009
Flat Out: Rush Sturges Breaks his Back in Argentina After banging his knee up following a cliff jump in Chile, Rush Sturges broke his back in Argentina, chipping a bone from his L2 vertebra when he landed flat off 60-foot Bonita Falls. Sturges has been on a wickedly intense film-collecting mission with the likes of [...]
Canoe Scoop: Jeremy Laucks introduces Blackfly Canoes
12.14.2009
Canoe Scoop: Jeremy Laucks introduces Blackfly Canoes Nice. Perhaps pointing to at least a hint of growth in the whitewater canoe market, OC1 World Champion Jeremy Laucks introduces Blackfly Canoes.
The Canoe Movie
12.10.2009
The Canoe Movie is a look into the passion and pride that is the whitewater canoeing community.
Oklahoma City gets $60 million for a Whitewater Park
12.09.2009
Oklahoma city paddlers will get their whitewater park after a 60 million dollar win in city elections on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Voters passed $777 million dollars worth of projetcts known locally as “MAPS 3,” by a 54 percent to 46 percent margin in unofficial totals with all precincts reporting. The Metropolitan Area Projects are funded [...]
Rapid Rewards
12.07.2009
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 [...]
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