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POWELL to POWELL
The fifth and final installment of the Powell to Powell film series follows the group of college friends finish its Colorado River journey from the source by crossing Lake Powell in a solar-powered raft. The series points to the need for water-use awareness and progressive solutions, as the population of the Southwest will continue to grow, “the river will not.”
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Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival 2006
04.04.2006
Spectacular weather and good waves offered surf kayakers at the 20th Annual Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival plenty of opportunities to show their stuff in Sunday’s final heats. Santa Cruz resident Dave Johnston took first place in the International Men’s Class. Rusty Sage of Reno nabbed first place in the World Cup Men’s category. All [...]
Whitewater Kayak Review – 2006
03.31.2006
by Christian Knight Photos by John Bolivar first appeared in Whitewater 2006 Back in the 1990s, when the kayak industry’s technological learning curve was sharper than the bedrock on Vallecito Creek, the justification process was simple: Each new boat turned what had been an impossible move into an eye-rolling routine. The 1997 class of boats [...]
Whitewater Kayak Review – 2006
03.31.2006
by Christian Knight Photos by John Bolivar first appeared in Whitewater 2006 Back in the 1990s, when the kayak industry’s technological learning curve was sharper than the bedrock on Vallecito Creek, the justification process was simple: Each new boat turned what had been an impossible move into an eye-rolling routine. The 1997 class of boats [...]
Whitewater Annual 2006
03.30.2006
Our latest annual magazine, Whitewater is on sale now. Pick up a copy at your local newsstand or paddling shop, or SUBSCRIBE TODAY! FEATURES THE ZAMBEZI WAVE – Steve Fisher and Dale Jardine take a trio of surfers through the Zambezi River’s tubular theme park known as Rapid 11. Photography by Alan van Gysen STIKINE [...]
Charlotte Whitewater park
03.23.2006
“This is an incredible feat of design and engineering being achieved by our team of Recreation Engineering & Planning, Liquid Design and RodgersDooley Construction,” said Jeff Wise, executive director of the U.S. National Whitewater Center. “Every time I go to the site I am awestruck. We have built the world’s largest recirculating whitewater river – [...]
Wet House DVD
03.22.2006
In this award-winning film, we see not only the mad kayak skills but also the diverse personalities and backgrounds of Bryan Kirk, Andrew Holcombe, Nikki Kelly, Tanya Shuman, Jimmy Blakeney, and Steve Fisher. The DVD, three years in the works, grew out of conversations that Jordan had with Jimmy Blakeney when the two were working [...]
Kayak Surf Festival
03.22.2006
The 20th Annual Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival kicks off Thursday, March 23. This year’s event will have some exciting changes that grew out of the 2005 World Championships in Costa Rica. There is a new HP Expert Class restricted to surf vehicles under 9 feet. This is the World Cup class that will add [...]
T’ai Chi for Paddling
03.21.2006
Paddling is all about putting that paddle, single- or double-bladed, into the water and touring, surfing, playing, and having a good time. T’ai Chi is a Chinese martial art performed very slowly on land. So what could one have to do with the other? That was my reaction in the mid-1980s, when I started studying [...]
Across Canada by Canoe
03.21.2006
When my brother Andrew and I told people we were paddling from Minnesota to the Arctic Ocean, the most common response was, “What on earth made you decide to do a trip like this?”
Escalante Calling
03.18.2006
By our fifth day of meandering down the wondrous Escalante, we are out of superlatives to describe this rarely run wilderness river in southern Utah’s redrock-canyon country. We keep using the same gushy adjectives-unbelievable! mind-boggling! stunning!-as our intrepid band of six pushes south past the narrow mouth of Scorpion Gulch, a tantalizing side chasm choked [...]
Kayaking Belize
03.17.2006
Beautiful tropical Belize, with its junlge rivers and coral atolls, is guaranteed to make your midwinter blues fade away.
Paddlesport 2006
03.14.2006
The East Coast’s largest kayak, canoe, and outdoor show, Paddlesport 2006, will be March 24-26 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, NJ. The show features manufacturers of kayaks, canoes, accessories, sportswear, paddling clubs professional instruction and expeditions, as well as lectures and video/slide shows of paddling trips and expeditions and paddling techniques. PaddleSport [...]
Australian sprint champion gets steroid surprise
03.13.2006
Last September the international flatwater sprint racing community was shocked when Australian champion Nathan Baggaley tested positive for banned steroids. He was suspended from competition for 15 months. The results of the test, which was conducted out-of-competition, took everyone by surprise. Baggaley is one of the top men’s sprint athletes in the world, and a [...]
In Memoriam: Daniel DeLaVergne
03.08.2006
Whitewater kayaker Daniel DeLaVergne was one of Canoe & Kayak‘s best friends, so it brought our production to a halt when we learned Wednesday, March 8, that he was killed after being struck by a train near Asheville, North Carolina. He was 29. Daniel was on an overnight trip to scout a location for a [...]
Canoecopia 2006
03.03.2006
Canoecopia, the world’s largest paddlesports consumer show, will return again to the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 10th through 12th, 2006. This annual show is presented by Rutabaga, a paddlesports icon located in Monona. “Canoecopia is a mixture of a consumer event, paddling exhibition, outdoor school and family reunion.” said [...]
Paddling Whitewater in Iran
02.28.2006
As we pulled up in front of the Iranian embassy in Erzurum, Turkey, I tied on my headscarf before getting out of the taxicab. Then, with mixed feelings of excitement and uncertainty, I walked inside the embassy and applied for a visa to visit Iran. How could they refuse a Canadian? Whether it was pure [...]
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