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Photo Book: AuSable River Canoe Marathon
08.02.2011
Northern Michigan’s 64th annual AuSable River Canoe Marathon, a 120-mile race from Grayling to Oscoda, went down Saturday and Sunday. Photographer Kevin Johnson, of Eagle Feature & Image, was on scene to capture the race from bow to stern.
VIRTUAL COACH: How to Pack a Raft
07.29.2011
Todd Collins demonstrates how to pack for a multi-day packing trip.
25 Days on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail
07.29.2011
Last Thursday, July 21, Skip Ciccarelli set a new standard for the fastest through-paddle of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. Ciccarelli, a high school shop teacher from central Massachusetts, completed the 740-mile route across parts of four northeastern states and one Canadian province in 25 days—besting the previous record by a full seven days.
One-day wonder
07.28.2011
This Saturday is the Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s second annual 740 Miles In One Day event. The Waitsfield, Vt.,-based nonprofit that promotes the trail is asking canoeists and kayakers to paddle a mile, 5 miles or however much you want to do.
Bomb Flow TV: Episode 1, Part 2
07.26.2011
More whitewater (and hijinx) from Chile and Argentina with the Demshitz crew
Out of Africa: Berg Canoe Marathon
07.25.2011
The Berg is a mighty race, with no-where to hide, paddling 240km from the vineyards of Paarl to the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast at Velddrift, South Africa. For my Zulus, this trip went beyond just racing down a river, but was more of a life-enriching experience where they got to travel across South Africa.
¡RIO NAZAS REGATA!
07.22.2011
Letting his kayak paddle do the talking, 23-year-old Martin Rangel, aka “El Mudo” (the Mute), held off a furious charge by the Villela Landeros twins to win the mid-July Rio Nazas Regata. It was a rousing finish to Mexico’s longest, and longest-running, canoe and kayak race.
The Century Club
07.21.2011
Call it Canada’s best idea. One hundred years ago, in 1911, Canada established the Dominion Parks Branch—the world’s first national parks service. Back then, the Canadian government managed six parks—including iconic mountain retreats like Banff and Jasper…
Big Apple Splash ‘n’ Dash
07.21.2011
Running a kayak touring business in Manhattan is like driving a yellow cab in Boothbay, Maine. You get fares, but making a living is not easy. For the past 16 years, Eric Stiller, the founder of Manhattan Kayak Company has sold kayaking in the city that never sleeps and rarely paddles.
Current Designs Freedom – Fast and Fit Boats
07.20.2011
Here’s a boat that increases both your heart rate and fun rate. Long, fast, and exceedingly light, the smooth-lined Freedom is also surprisingly stable for those craving a specialty fitness boat, making it a great fit for any traditional sea kayaker looking to move faster while sacrificing only a wee bit of stability.
Cobra Eliminator – Fast and Fit Boats
07.20.2011
Made from super-linear polyethylene, the Eliminator is hit-me-with-your-best-shot durable. But at 42 pounds, it’s a handful to carry alone. It has the sleek racing design of an Olympic K-1—narrow bow, relatively high bucket seat and adjustable foot pedals to control the over-stern rudder…
Kayakpro Namu – Fast and Fit Boats
07.20.2011
Take a short, sluggish sea kayak—a standard beginner’s boat—hand it to a world-class sprinter, and viola! You get an efficient, fitness-oriented kayak.
Pyranha Speeder – Fast and Fit Boats
07.20.2011
From its source in Lake Tear of the Clouds on Mt. Marcy, the highest peak in New York, the Hudson rushes through the Adirondacks, ambles past the state capitol in Albany and, 315 miles later, meets the Atlantic at New York Harbor.
Hurricane Category 5 – Fast and Fit Boats
07.20.2011
The Hurricane Category 5 is billed as a performance kayak for training, racing and day-tripping on lakes. So when our testers first eyed this short, sleek, shiny red boat, we wondered why the North Carolina-based builders named a lightweight, rudderless craft meant for “quiet lakes” after a storm capable of tossing a well-fed cow over a barn.
Epic V8 – Fast and Fit Boats
07.20.2011
Epic’s first surfski, a 21-foot racing machine called the V10, was designed to be the fastest all-around ocean kayak in the world. Arguably, it was, especially when either of the designers—Olympian Greg Barton and 11-time Molokai champ Oscar Chalupsky—sat in the bucket.
Currents TV: Hood River
07.20.2011
C&K/Five2Nine Productions’ exclusive look into whitewater’s Northwest proving grounds and the impact of the Condit Dam removal
Stories from the River
07.19.2011
Five2Nine Productions’ Currents series of online videos came full circle last month when Ottawa-based videographer Mike McKay returned to Hood River, Ore., for the third time to shoot whitewater paddling on the White Salmon, Little White and other Class V creeks. McKay and his Vancouver-based friend, Steve Arns, traveled to Hood River on a whim in December 2009.
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