canoe
Barton Sets New Record
10.12.2006
The race started at the southern end of Manhattan on the Hudson across from Ground Zero. Forty-one participants in sea kayaks, surf skis and OC1s set off in five waves up the Hudson River (but with the current) to the northern tip of Manhattan. Leading the field was Barton, paddling an Epic V10L, and Brooklyn’s [...]
Johnson Buys Lendal
10.04.2006
Johnson Outdoors Inc. has acquired Scotland-based Lendal paddles, adding the company to its portfolio of paddlesports brands. The family-owned and managed Lendal company was acquired from founders and owners, Alistair and Marianne Wilson. The transaction, which closed on October 3, 2006, continues Johnson Outdoors’ strategic focus on acquisitions that complement its businesses, have market-leading potential [...]
ORC Buys Bell
10.03.2006
ORC Industries to Buy Bell Canoe Oct. 2, 2006 – ORC Industries announced the signing of an agreement with Ted Bell to acquire the assets of Bell Canoe Works of Princeton, Minnesota. Bell’s manufacturing operation will be moved to the ORC complex in LaCrosse, Wisconsin and become part of the company’s growing Outdoor Group. Ted [...]
Sea Kayak Paddle Review
10.03.2006
Gear reviews are usually full of technical jargon and concepts I don’t understand. You will find none of that here. Instead, enjoy the ramblings of a 30-year paddler who enjoys all the technical advantages he can feel while using the product. I began paddling with heavy, 90-degree-feather, symmetrical paddles that were short on glitz and [...]
Ted Bell Sells Bell Canoe
10.02.2006
Ted Bell is selling Bell Canoe Works to ORC Industries of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Bell announced Monday, Oct. 2. Production will move from Princeton, Minnesota, to La Crosse, over the next 90 days or so. And they’re hiring Dave Kruger, formerly of We-no-nah, to oversee production. ORC Industries is a 40-year-old nonprofit established to provide [...]
New York Kayak Fest
09.28.2006
To help raise awareness of the importance of the Hudson River to New York, environmental watchdog group and Hudson River advocate Riverkeeper, in conjunction with the New York City Sports Commission, is presenting The 1st Annual New York Water Fest, a day-long event of water paddling fun, featuring New York City’s first premier Hudson River [...]
Judge Declares Rec Boating Illegal
09.19.2006
In the case of Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate, James ruled that federal law grants exclusive and private control over the waters of the river, outside the main shipping channel, to riparian landowners. The shallows of the navigable waters are no longer open to the public. That, in effect, makes boating illegal across most [...]
Verlen Kruger Biography Review
09.15.2006
You don’t have to be a marathon canoeist to relish this fascinating tribute to the late, great Verlen Kruger, one of the most extraordinary paddlers who ever lived. Phil Peterson Sr.’s All Things Are Possible: The Verlen Kruger Story presents a sweeping, finely detailed treatise on the life and loves of this sharecropper’s son turned [...]
Insurance for Paddlesports Companies
09.15.2006
Tough Insurance Market The paddlesport industry is a very small insurance pool compared to larger industries. In this case, a pool is the number of policies or the amount of premiums paid by an industry. The statistical chance of losing 100 percent of the water in a large pool is much less than with a [...]
Paddle A Canoe Fully Loaded
09.13.2006
by Steve Salinsfirst appeared in July 2006 Canoe and Kayak For a fully loaded open canoe, 45 miles of Class II+ water on a river like the North Fork of the John Day in Oregon presents some challenges to staying dry and safe. Although river characteristics vary somewhat depending on where you are paddling, these [...]
Today, Sept. 12, Is River Lobby Day
09.12.2006
Today, Sept. 12, is River Lobby Day in Washington, DC! As you read this, more than 130 river activists from across the country are walking the halls of Congress, meeting face-to-face with their elected officials, and delivering a message about the need to protect and restore rivers in our communities. Join them in your very [...]
Win a Pelican Case
09.08.2006
Pelican is interested in your game habits, and they’re giving away a brand new 1510 airline carryon case for your help. Just fill out this short survey and you’ll be entered in a drawing for the case. One entry per person please, and we’ll draw on or about Oct. 16. Your answers will be aggregated [...]
Whitewater World Cup Rocks On
09.08.2006
With the Whitewater Kayaking Freestyle World Cup well underway, 120 international competitors are headed from the first World Cup site on the Ottawa River to Watertown, NY to compete in the Blackwater Challenge, World Cup #2, September 8-10. “A half-hour show is being produced here on the Black River, to be aired in December on [...]
Idiot’s Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking
09.06.2006
If you’re just getting started in paddlesports and don’t really know where to begin, this is the book for you! Written by former Canoe & Kayak magazine editor Dennis Stuhaug, the book offers easy-to-understand, detailed iinstructions for everything from choosing your first boat, to outfitting it just right for your intended purposes, to tackling the [...]
Selling Fishing Kayaks
09.06.2006
Fishing for Paddlers Over the last 5 years numerous fishing-oriented kayak designs have come to market. By Mike Kogan first appedared in Paddle Sports Business Kayak fishing is striking a nerve deep in the paddlesports industry-it is the largest growth sector of the fishing and paddlesports markets and its impact is like two huge waves [...]
Kayak Shed
09.06.2006
The Kayak Shed – Hood River’s Resource By Mike Kord Two adventure-seekers are driving into town on a perfect summer day. The temperature posted on a digital thermometer reads 88 degrees. In many western towns east of the Cascade Mountain Range, it would figure to see a couple of mountain bikes on top of the [...]
Profile of Jackson Kayaks
09.06.2006
Jackson Kayaks – It’s All About Family By Adem Tepedelen Eric “EJ” Jackson approaches the family-owned whitewater kayak company that bears his name with the same intensity and commitment that made him a world freestyle champion. Listening to him describe the way Jackson Kayak, based in Rock Island, Tennessee, has grown-spouting facts and figures to [...]
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