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New Star at Sprint Nationals
08.16.2005
At age 17, Dolan competed mostly at the Junior level, but actually won the Senior title in the K-1 and K-2 1000 meter distances. Dolan partnered with Eric Abbott (Honolulu, Hawaii) in the K-2 and K-4 events. Abbott had a superb regatta himself, finishing first with Dolan in all team boats and second to Dolan [...]
Florida Video
08.03.2005
‘Gators, sea cows and mermaids. From the good ole boys over at Lunch Video Magazine. They took some cameras to the deep south and paddled the Weeki Wachee and Myakka Rivers and played in the surf at Fernandina Beach.
Mosley Creek First Descent
08.02.2005
Check out the video trailer for the first descent of Mosley Creek…then read the details in the August issue of Canoe & Kayak.
Waterproof Binoculars
08.01.2005
Story and photos by Tim Farmer This review originally appeared in Canoe & Kayak magazine in August, 2005. We had just put in on the rocky Shenandoah when my paddling buddy Doug said he’d heard a splash, like something had fallen from my kayak. Everything appeared to be in order after a quick self-check, but [...]
2005 Photo Contest Winners
07.28.2005
Congratulations to our 2005 Reader Photo Contest Winners. You all showed us a wonderful boaters world of waterfalls, ice flows, rapids and sunsets. Dodging ice plates on the Potomac River.John Myers A blustery day – temperature in the teens after a substantial snowstorm. Lake Waywayanda in Sussex County, New Jersey. Might be a few days [...]
Dry It-You’ll Like It
07.22.2005
Learn how to make delicious do-it-yourself meals that taste so much better than the commercial bags of freeze dried blandness.
Great Falls Race results 2005
07.20.2005
Jason Beaked won the Great Falls Race at the 15th annual Potomac Whitewater Festival. Andy Maser finished second and Eric Jackson placed third in the mens. EJ escaped serious injury when Jason’s boat landed in his midsection on the last drop of the race. After a visit to the hospital EJ was seen hobbling to [...]
August 2005 Table of Contents
07.20.2005
This latest issue of Canoe & Kayak is on sale now. Pick up a copy at your local newsstand or paddling shop, or subscribe today! ON THE COVER John grace musters his mojo for yet another drop on British Columbia’s Mosley Creek. Cover Photo by Johnnie Kern FEATURES MOSLEY MEGADOSE – A bold crew of [...]
Links of the Week
07.14.2005
Jax Kayak Fishing is the kayak fishing online community for Jacksonville, Florida.Fishing Kayaks.net is all about kayak fishing in Southern California. Kayak-fishing.org is the site for the International Kayak Fishing Association. Texas Kayak Fisherman.com Kayak fishing is becoming the hottest way to access the vast stretches of shallow water around the Texas Gulf Coast. Paddle-fishing.com [...]
Kids Win Boats for River Cleanup Efforts
07.14.2005
By Risa Shimoda By offering his opinion that trash on his nearby Presumpscot River comes from “careless people who think that the world is their trash can,” Jordan Voisine, a seventh grader from Portland, Maine has won an Old Town Kayak and Extrasport paddle. Other selected winners of the “Where Does the Trash Come From?” [...]
Gauley River Access in Question
07.12.2005
By Ben VanCamp,American Whitewater July 12,2005 One of West Virginia’s most treasured outdoor resources and 23 million dollar local economic engine for the fall tourist season, the Gauley River, is under pressure from landowners to limit access for private non-commercial paddlers. American Whitewater (AW) was notified late last week that two outfitters will discontinue their [...]
Benn Fraker wins Junior Pre-World C-1 Championship
07.12.2005
By Luke Dieker, USA Canoe/Kayak Compiled from the reports of coach Davey Hearn July 11, 2005 Solkan, Slovenia Benn Fraker (Peachtree City, Ga.) won the C-1 (single canoe) event with a pair of fast runs. He shrugged off a phantom gate penalty on the first run Sunday while reveling in producing the fastest raw time [...]
US Paddlers win 9 Gold Medals
07.12.2005
By Luke Dieker, USA Canoe/Kayak July 11, 2005 Lac Beauport, Quebec After an exciting weekend of racing in Lac Beauport, the US paddlers returned to the States sporting a glamorous array of metallic hardware. The US Senior and Junior Pan-American Championships teams’ performances were excellent, as they won nine gold medals, five silver medals and [...]
US Paddlers win 9 Gold Medals
07.12.2005
By Luke Dieker, USA Canoe/Kayak July 11, 2005 Lac Beauport, Quebec After an exciting weekend of racing in Lac Beauport, the US paddlers returned to the States sporting a glamorous array of metallic hardware. The US Senior and Junior Pan-American Championships teams’ performances were excellent, as they won nine gold medals, five silver medals and [...]
Performance Canoe Paddles
06.30.2005
Reviews by Alan S. Kesselheim Photos by John Bolivar/Canoe & Kayak This review first appeared in the July 2005 issue. Years ago, Marypat and I were on a monthlong canoe expedition in northern Quebec. For the first time, we used those newfangled bent-shaft paddles. About a week in, we fell in with a couple of [...]
The Adventurous Becky Bristow
06.22.2005
by Mike Kord Westerners traveling in the Middle East have plenty to think about regarding their personal safety, especially a woman who’s used to wearing a drytop, not a hijab. So it was for Canadian Becky Bristow, who last year joined an international expedition in Iran to paddle a trio of remote rivers. One day, [...]
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