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Prijon Motion – Rock-Hoppers
06.17.2011
Maneuverable touring kayak PRIJON MOTION ($1,650 in blow-molded HTP, wildnet.com) L: 14’11″; W: 23″; 57 lbs. Prijon’s low-profile Motion, which is formed from the same blow-molded plastic the German company uses in its famously durable whitewater boats, comes out of the wrapping ready to hit the rock gardens. Literally. “It’s got everything,” one tester said, [...]
BorealDesign P2 Baffin – Rock-Hoppers
06.17.2011
Classic Greenland ride BOREALDESIGN P2 BAFFIN ($1,839 in roto-molded polyethylene, borealdesign.com) L: 17′; W: 22.25″; 59 lbs., also in smaller P1 and larger P3 models Canada’s Baffin Island is one of the most inhospitable places to paddle on the planet. Any boat bearing its name should be ready to get beat up. So that’s exactly [...]
North Shore Aspect RM – Rock-Hoppers
06.17.2011
All-around Greenland-style rock-hopper NORTH SHORE ASPECT RM ($1,299 in roto-molded polyethylene, northshoreseakayaks.com) L: 14’9″; W: 23.5″; 50 lbs. Since the early ‘80s North Shore has been making British-style sea kayaks known for being practical, affordable, and able to take abuse. The Aspect is all of these things, but in a wonderfully condensed package. Picture the [...]
2011 Alden Rowing Accessories
05.13.2011
Alden Rowing Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Beluga Accessories
05.13.2011
Beluga Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 NRS Accessories
05.13.2011
NRS Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Outdoor Research Accessories
05.13.2011
Outdoor Research Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Seattle Sports Accessories
05.12.2011
Seattle Sports Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Sea to Summit Accessories
05.12.2011
Sea to Summit Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Seal Line Accessories
05.12.2011
Seal Line Accessories featured in the 2011 Accessory Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
The Ultimate Canyon Kit
05.09.2011
JESSE COOMBS IS TELLING ME WHAT HE DID LAST SUMMER. “Imagine a 14-hour jungle portage with 90 pounds of gear and multiple rappels over un-runable 100-foot, 300-foot and 600-foot falls,” the expedition paddler says, describing just one of the four days he spent last August in Mexico’s Barranca de Piaxtla, potentially the deepest river canyon in North America.
To Save a Wooden Canoe: Part 4
04.21.2011
“So you’re starting to see what I mean about all the sanding?” says Ron Pellinen, my wooden canoe-building mentor, when I walk into his shop on a brisk March morning in Northern Ontario. Perched on an office chair in his workshop garage, Pellinen has just cut the power to the orbital sander he was using to smooth the contours of a thwart, one of the ash crosspieces that adds strength and structure to a canoe.
PFD or Manbag?
04.10.2011
Camera. Energy bar. Eye drops. Deflated beach ball. Film canister filled with a “mystery item.” Somewhere in the large pocket of my PFD is the goal of all this rummaging around: a simple tube of lip balm. Sometimes I wonder if my PFD is like a “manbag” where I bring something for every conceivable situation and can’t find any of it when I actually need it.
2011 Accent Paddles
03.15.2011
Accent Paddles featured in the 2011 Paddle Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Adventure Technology Paddles
03.14.2011
Adventure Technology Paddles featured in the 2011 Paddle Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 Aqua Bound Paddles
03.14.2011
Aqua Bound Paddles featured in the 2011 Paddle Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
2011 bb Kayak Paddles
03.14.2011
bb Kayak Paddles featured in the 2011 Paddle Guide brought to you by Canoe & Kayak Magazine
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