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Paddling through Wildlife Refuges
12.21.2005
Kenai, Alaska Souris River, North Dakota Prime Hook, Delaware Ruby Lake, Nevada By Jennifer Anderson, for the National Wildlife Refuge System Okefenokee Refuge, Georgia The swamp and overnight shelters at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are open to all interested paddlers – just not all at once. “We can guarantee a stretch of trail and overnight [...]
Paddling Charities – They make our boating world a better place.
12.20.2005
Paddle for Your Life is a grassroots effort by Seattle-area kayakers to bring together volunteers from the kayaking community to teach high-school students who would otherwise never have this opportunity how to paddle. www.paddleforyourlife.org. Roanoke River Partners is a nonprofit created to help promote conservation of a little-known wilderness treasure, the Roanoke River in northeastern [...]
Rigging a Kayak for Fishing
12.19.2005
Take your time, and begin with the basic equipment that will get you on the water catching fish. Let’s assume you have a paddle and a PFD, so we won’t talk about those. Ninety percent of the people I fish with use rotomolded kayaks, either sit-on-tops or recreational sit-insides. The first step in rigging a [...]
DVD Review – The Russian Wave
12.16.2005
review by Ray Schmidt DVD Category: documentary/travel and first descents Boat type: whitewater,kind of 1 sucks and 5 is awesome. Soundtrack – 4 Visuals – 5 Action – 2 …that’s the point! Quality of production – 4 Clean edits – 3.5 Educational quality – 5 Overall – 4.5 Getting paid to paddle is pro whitewater [...]
Holiday Gifts for the Paddler
12.09.2005
by John Bolivar 12/8/05 – Web Exclusive Do you have paddlers you need to buy presents for? Having a hard time finding just the right gift? It’s coming down to the last days of shopping opportunities before the large man in the sled sneaks down your chimney. I asked our staff and some of our [...]
Future of Whitewater Industry
12.08.2005
More than 100 of the top instructors, club leaders, retailers, manufacturers, kayak schools, and paddlesport organizations gathered at the Glenwood Canyon Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, for three days of seminars, panel discussions and on-water clinics. The key take-away from the event is that whitewater is at a potential crossroads. While whitewater paddling has experienced [...]
Glossary
12.01.2005
You can speak paddlesports like a pro with this glossary of common terms. Amidships – The area roughly in the center of the canoe lengthwise. Beam – The width of a canoe or kayak measured at the widest point. Bent-Shaft Paddle – A canoe paddle with a bend in the shaft, usually at its throat. [...]
Sea Kayaking Tangaroa
11.18.2005
Additional Photos from the Polynesian island of Tangaroa – a Sea Kayaking article.
Circumnavigation by Sea Kayak of Tangaroa
11.18.2005
Story & Photographs by Michael Powers first appeared in Kayak Touring 2005 “Wasa Nui. WASA NUI,” Michael Venziano recited, smiling broadly at the cryptic words beneath a big breaking wave on a sign hanging from a small shop. “How’s that for a tribal name for our expedition?” We were wandering along the waterfront of Uturoa, [...]
Advanced Paddling Technique
11.18.2005
by Marty Grabijas first appeared in Kayak Touring 2005 A forward stroke is one of paddling’s “gifts.” Your first lesson in how to execute a forward stroke probably sounded something like, “Plant at your feet and pull on the paddle.” While that explanation got you moving forward, it would do little to help you make [...]
High End Kayak Paddle Review
11.18.2005
By Marty Grabijas first appeared in Kayak Touring 2005 If you want to start a spirited conversation, just get a bunch of sea-kayak instructors together and steer them down the path of explaining the forward stroke. They will all agree that torso rotation and a solid paddle plant are universally good things. Beyond that, however, [...]
Green River Narrows Race
11.11.2005
Tommy Hilleke won his fifth Green River Narrows Race with a time of 4 minutes and 34 seconds, a new record for the race through Class IV and V whitewater, with rapids like Frankenstein, Go Left or Die, and Gorilla. He was paddling in the long-boat division, for those with boats longer than 8 feet [...]
December Issue Table of Contents
11.10.2005
This latest issue of Canoe & Kayak is on sale now. It’s our 2006 Buyers Guide full of listings of all the gear in the paddling world. Pick up a copy at your local newsstand or paddling shop, or subscribe today! ON THE COVER Any body of water is a great place to go paddle…especially [...]
ACA Celebrates 125 Years
11.08.2005
What’s happened in those 125 years? Here are 12.5 highlights: 1. First Call—The National Canoe Congress: A general convention of canoeists will be held at Caldwell, Warren County, NY – head of Lake George – August 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th, 1880, at which it is proposed to perfect the organization of a National Canoe [...]
Have Canoe, Will Travel
11.03.2005
by Rolf Kraiker Story first appeared in December 2005 issue Read more about Rolf’s Adventures at his websitewww.blazingpaddles.ca The old man on his way to the trash bin was obviously employed by the fast-food joint where we’d stopped for a coffee break. As he passed the space where my wife and I had parked our [...]
Devon Barker – Top Woman Surfer at the Costa Rica World Championships
11.03.2005
Devon Barker from McCall, Idaho, won the Women’s International Class Surf Championship at the Pura Vida World Surf Kayak Championships in Jaco, Costa Rica, in October. Barker shared her experience via e-mail, which covers several days of the competition: Dear Friends,I had a great comp in finals with two rides with steep green wave take [...]
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