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Ask Eddy, the beloved boating guru in Canoe & Kayak’s print magazine, has come to life on the website. This story featured in the June 2007 issue and was written by Frederick Reimers and Sam Moulton.
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C&K’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide Part 2
11.24.2010
Teva continues evolving from its humble Velcro sandal roots into more lifestyle-oriented, yet functional riverside footwear. Case in point: the new Kayode Mid, a flexible Mush-infused insole paired with a rugged outsole and suede leather/canvas upper that keeps your ankles covered during any holiday snow stompings ($90). Too much fashion over function? The worthy Sling [...]
C&K’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide
11.23.2010
You won’t find many waterproof-breathable jackets as reasonably priced as Immersion Research’s Zephyr. One hundred bucks gets you a foul-weather friend for drizzly days on the water, with a unique anti-microbial mesh liner to prevent post-paddling funk ($110, www.immersionresearch.com). Cut off an extra slice this holiday season: Give your paddler more slice through [...]
Video: Kate Wagner on the White Salmon
11.19.2010
Soulful look at paddler Kate Wagner on one of her local favorites, the White Salmon River, in fall, by filmmaker Skip Armstrong and Banks Mag. — C&K Staff Kayaking the White Salmon River, Autumn – Kate Wagner from The Banks Mag on Vimeo.
Justine Curgenven: ‘I love wild places’
11.19.2010
Justine Curgenven has targeted Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America, for her latest expedition kayaking project. Photo: CackleTV.com Our ancestors had stories and theories of what lay at the ends of the earth, but Justine Curgenven would rather find out for herself. As the creator of the award-winning, internationally acclaimed This [...]
Instructor Profiles: David Johnston
11.18.2010
Photo by Jovan Matic David Johnston’s motivation as a sea kayak instructor changed when he no longer had to make a living at it. “Now I tell the students, ‘This better be fun because I’m on vacation,’” says the Toronto-based civil servant and Web designer. It’s not that Johnston didn’t know how to have a [...]
One Paddler, One Ocean
11.18.2010
Aleksander Doba’s custom trans-Atlantic kayak measures 23 feet long and 39 inches wide, weighs 1,200 pounds fully laden, and features an enclosed cabin and a self-righting design. Photo: Lamin Sanyan, Arsoba Travel Polish sea kayaker Aleksander Doba began an epic solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in late October beneath the radar of the paddling [...]
Fish-Seeking Missiles
11.16.2010
Fishing and other sporting kayaks continue their exhilarating evolution. Where once they might have all popped from the same mold, these days manufacturers are busy filling every conceivable design niche. Many new fishing kayaks are stable enough to stand in, providing anglers an elevated view. Also in the past year, kayaks equipped with small electric motors hit the market in a big way. If that rankles your paddling-purist sensibilities, take heart. The traditional fishing kayak is still going strong, and why not? It was practically perfected over the past few years.
Aron Ralston: Runner of Meat
11.16.2010
There is a sneak-line option at Warm Springs rapid, a Class IV drop on the Yampa River in northwest Colorado. But Aron Ralston, the subject of the just-released film starring James Franco, 127 Hours, is not the sort of dude who runs the sneak. While a vegetarian, mostly, off the river, on river Ralston is [...]
Sheboygan Surf ‘Stache
11.15.2010
Jake Ament and John McConville paddle out on Lake Michigan during squall conditions—60 mph gusts, 10-foot waves, small playboats. There’s even a rainbow (single), a few linked freestyle moves, loud talking directly at the camera and creative facial hair, the sum of which amounts to a genuinely extreme morning… in Sheboygan, Wisconsin anyway. Cue the [...]
VirtualCoach: The Stern Rudder, Low Brace Turn, That On-Edge Feeling
11.12.2010
Mastering sea paddling’s do everything stroke
Instructor Profiles: Peter Sturges
11.11.2010
Photo by Darin McQuoid After 29 years coaching hip snaps at Otter Bar, a Northern California-based kayaking ranch, owner Peter Sturges is now spread out with management duties. But his number one focus—to make learning to kayak a world-class vacation—is as sharp as ever. “When I started kayaking the Klamath in the mid-1970s, I paddled [...]
Mission: Tierra del Fuego
11.09.2010
Justine Curgenven and Barry Shaw recently announced plans for a January 2011 sea-kayaking expedition to circumnavigate Tierra del Fuego (Isla Grande De Tierra del Fuego) at the southern tip of South America. The duo, who jointly have a long list of expeditions behind them, will be paddling clockwise around the tip of South America from [...]
Get On It: Deception Pass Dash
11.09.2010
Nearly 200 paddlers start the 4th annual Deception Pass Dash off NW Washington last December. Photo: Bill Walker The 5th annual Deception Pass Dash — a curious boat race involving sea kayaks, SUPs, outriggers, rowers, surfskis and even (once) a pedal boat in (typically) spicy open-water conditions — returns on Dec. 4, 2010 off shore [...]
‘The Safest Most Dangerous Race in the World’
11.09.2010
Photo: Matt Fields-Johnson (Ed’s note: This story was first published in the July 2010 edition of Canoe & Kayak Magazine.) Eyes focused dead ahead, her trademark red hair streaming from her helmet, Shannon Carroll drives her 11-foot race boat powerfully toward Gorilla, the defining drop of the Class V Green River Narrows. Then, about a [...]
Greasing the Green
11.08.2010
Photo: Matt Fields-Johnson Asheville, N.C.-based whitewater boater Andrew Holcombe found himself on unfamiliar ground at the 2010 Green Race, held Saturday, Nov. 6, on the infamous Class V Narrows of the Green River in western North Carolina. Holcombe, unable to defend his 2009 long K1 title and course record time due to a back injury, [...]
Burn Fest
11.05.2010
In its sixth annual incarnation, the Oregon Rafting Team site for more details on the series, and Matt Thomas, who was paralyzed from the chest down in 2009 mountain bike accident and is recovering with Project Walk. — Dave Shively RESULTS: Men’s Long Boat – Dan Menten (Overall) Men’s Short Boat – Justin Patt Women’s [...]
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