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VIRTUAL COACH: How To Self-Support

In this episode of Virtual Coach, Erik Boomer demonstrates how to pack your multi-day kayak

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2011′s Top 10 Stories

12.22.2011 // 0 Comments

Google has spoken (or at least its analytics widget has). We tracked the data, looking back at the year that was, and we found the best stories on CanoeKayak.com decided by you, the reader. So here’s our Top 10 Stories of 2011, determined by number of page-views, with a few noted honorable mentions that cracked the Top 25, also listed by number of views.

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‘Sea Kayak Rescues’ DVD Coming Soon

08.23.2011 // 0 Comments

World-class sea kayak instructors Shawna Franklin and Leon Somme team up with award-winning filmmaker Bryan Smith—Kokatat athletes, all three—in Sea Kayak Rescues, a comprehensive modern guide to rescues for all paddlers.

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Virtual Coach: Lift and Carry

08.17.2011 // 0 Comments

The late Bill Mason famously said, “Anyone who tells you portaging is fun is either a liar or crazy.” But in the same breath, the iconic canoeist and filmmaker would note that a little suffering goes a long way in escaping crowds of people, making the portage a gateway to wilderness paddling. It’s this element of portability that makes the canoe so perfectly suited to traveling lake-to-lake or descending wild rivers—or for going from the roof rack to the beach.

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VIRTUAL COACH: How to Pack a Raft

07.29.2011 // 0 Comments

Todd Collins demonstrates how to pack for a multi-day packing trip.

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Virtual Coach: Power Paddling

07.18.2011 // 1 Comment

Sean Morley knows a few things about going fast. He honed his forward stroke technique as a flatwater sprint racer on the British junior national team, but has made his biggest mark traveling far and fast in challenging conditions. He’s held speed records for crossing the Irish Sea, circumnavigating Vancouver Island, and paddling 4,500 miles around Great Britain and Ireland, solo.

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VIRTUAL COACH: Packing a Canoe for an Overnight Trip

07.06.2011 // 0 Comments

C&K’s canoe technique gurus, Paul and Willa Mason, demonstrate some of the finer points to packing for an overnight canoe trip in this latest episode of VIRTUAL COACH.

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Virtual Coach: How to Pack a Fishing Kayak

06.20.2011 // 1 Comment

Outfitting for overnighting on a fishing rig – a video primer

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Virtual Coach: Tandem Basics

05.31.2011 // 0 Comments

FOR C&K’S CANOE TECHNIQUE GURU PAUL MASON, getting on the water to film a series of skills videos with his daughter, Willa, has made for a fond trip down memory lane. Canoeists around the world still remember Paul as the plaid shirt-wearing 14-year-old paddling with his father, the late filmmaker and canoeing icon Bill Mason, in the acclaimed “Path of the Paddle” instructional series, which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in the 1970s.

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Virtual Coach: Hand of God Sea Kayak Rescue

05.18.2011 // 0 Comments

Paul Kuthe is the Program Manager at Portland, Ore.’s Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe, and a new-school leader in sea and whitewater kayak instruction. In this episode of C&K’s Virtual Coach, Kuthe covers an important sea kayak rescue technique to add to your bag of tricks when paddling with a partner, or teaching one to roll.

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