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OTTAWA XL—Throwing Screws
The first annual Ottawa XL concluded last weekend, bringing the sickest freestyle tricks to an epic whitewater year for the Ottawa river. Overall winners from the inaugural event qualified for the 2014 Whitewater Grand Prix.
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Paddling Burgeo, Newfoundland
01.18.2011
Nestled in the southwest corner of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada’s eastern-most province, is the tiny fishing village of Burgeo. Home to some spectacular sea kayaking, this picture postcard of a town is blessed with everything on the wish list: Miles of sandy beaches, deep fjords and 300-plus islands to explore. Also, there are no crowds—which should come as no surprise given Burgeo’s isolation.
To Save a Wooden Canoe: Part I
01.14.2011
(Ed’s note: This is the first piece in a series.) “The canoe is the simplest, most functional, yet aesthetically pleasing object ever created.” —Bill Mason, Path of the Paddle By Conor Mihell Published: January 14, 2011 The late Canadian canoeing legend Bill Mason was fond of extolling the virtues of wood and canvas canoes in [...]
The Hurricane Riders: October Sessions
01.13.2011
Another video from British Columbia’s big-boat and big water crew
Day 77: In Circles Across the Atlantic
01.13.2011
By Conor Mihell Published: January 12, 2011 No one said paddling a sea kayak across the full breadth of the Atlantic Ocean would be easy, but then again, few anticipated that 64-year-old Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba’s passage from Africa to South America would be so tough. In the past month, Doba’s east to west progress [...]
Anton Immler’s World Record Drop (in a Dinghy)
01.12.2011
By Tim Mutrie Published: January 12, 2011 Swedish paddler Anton Immler is claiming a world record waterfall drop… in a Kmart-style dingy. See for yourself. Meanwhile, since word of world record waterfall drops travels fast—even if things get lost in translation coming all the way from Chile—we decided to look back at the real historic [...]
Owens River Odyssey
01.11.2011
Return of a river breathes life into a different sort of novice paddling club
Kayak Fishing Tales: Night Fishing
01.07.2011
In this Kayak Fishing Tales episode Jim Sammons explains how to make night kayak fishing as safe and productive as possible
Virtual Coach Episode V: Sea Kayak Self Rescue
01.06.2011
In this episode of C&K’s Virtual Coach, Kuthe covers self rescue in a sea kayak.
Virtual Coach Episode IV: Packing a Sea Kayak
01.05.2011
In this episode of C&K’s Virtual Coach, Paul Kuthe details the art of packing a sea kayak.
Man, Mission, Gear: Marcus Demuth
01.05.2011
(This article was featured in the December 2010 issue of Canoe and Kayak Magazine) German rock ’n’ roll drummer Marcus Demuth moved to New York City for the music scene. During a smoke break six years ago, he saw kayakers paddling on the Hudson River. Soon he could think of little else. “I just felt like [...]
Virtual Coach Episode III: The Stern Rudder
01.04.2011
Here, the owners of Body, Boat, Blade on Washington’s Orca Island, take you through the intricacies of the stern pry and draw.
One Heck Of A Snodger
12.30.2010
Australian kayak fisherman lands unofficial world-record barramundi fish
Virtual Coach Episode II: The Low-Brace Turn
12.23.2010
Here, the owners of Body, Boat, Blade on Washington’s Orca Island, take you through the intricacies of the low-brace turn.
20 Days Around South Georgia Island
12.23.2010
Norwegians complete first self-supported expedition around Antarctica’s South Georgia Island
Revisiting the Hendri Coetzee Tragedy
12.21.2010
By Joe Carberry Published: December 21, 2010 During the first week of December, Canoe & Kayak reported that legendary South African expedition kayaker Hendri Coetzee disappeared on the Lakuga River, a tributary of the Congo in Africa, after being attacked by a crocodile. His body has still not been recovered. Coetzee and his paddling partners, [...]
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