skills
Virtual Coach: Busting the MITH
03.27.2012
The eddy turn is a gateway maneuver for aspiring river paddlers. It’s the move that allows you to quickly exit the current when you don’t like what you see downstream and re-enter the flow after taking a breather. The trouble is, for years it was one of the hardest skills for novice paddlers to grasp.
VIRTUAL COACH: How To Self-Support
01.23.2012
In this episode of Virtual Coach, Erik Boomer demonstrates how to pack your multi-day kayak
2011′s Top 10 Stories
12.22.2011
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.
‘Sea Kayak Rescues’ DVD Coming Soon
08.23.2011
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.
Virtual Coach: Lift and Carry
08.17.2011
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.
VIRTUAL COACH: How to Pack a Raft
07.29.2011
Todd Collins demonstrates how to pack for a multi-day packing trip.
Virtual Coach: Power Paddling
07.18.2011
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.
VIRTUAL COACH: Packing a Canoe for an Overnight Trip
07.06.2011
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.
Virtual Coach: How to Pack a Fishing Kayak
06.20.2011
Outfitting for overnighting on a fishing rig – a video primer
Virtual Coach: Tandem Basics
05.31.2011
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.
Virtual Coach: Hand of God Sea Kayak Rescue
05.18.2011
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.
VIRTUAL COACH: Blunt to McNasty
05.10.2011
ERIC JACKSON CAN THROW DOWN. The Jackson Kayak founder claims four Freestyle World Championship titles, thanks in part to his ability to break complicated play moves into their constituent parts, and repeat them on demand. So if you want to learn an advanced playboating maneuver like the blunt to McNasty, you want to talk to E.J.
VIRTUAL COACH: The Bow Draw To Boof
05.05.2011
RUSH STURGES LIKES TO GO BIG WITH STYLE. That’s why the producer and star of Dynasty, Dream Result and Frontier makes the bow draw to boof stroke his go-to creekboating move. This technique (displayed at right by Rafa Ortiz) makes it simple and efficient to line your boat up before taking that big, game-breaking forward stroke-whether you’re trying to clear a boat-eating hydraulic or land a waterfall with precision.
VIRTUAL COACH: OC Boof Stroke
05.02.2011
In this episode of Virtual Coach, veteran OC-1 shredder and C&K’s whitewater canoeing guru Mark Scriver demonstrates the OC boof on the water.
Virtual Coach: Transporting Your Canoe
04.20.2011
Paul and Willa Mason show you the right way to transport your canoe in the latest episode of Virtual Coach
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.
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