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Putting Butts in Boats
05.18.2012 // 1 Comment
Self-propelled adventure vagrants Glenn Charles and Richard Harpham are giving people a closer glimpse of old New York using tandem sea kayaks.
America’s Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers
05.16.2012 // 0 Comments
The ten U.S. waterways that are most at risk to be drastically affected in the next year from threats like pollution, dredging, mining, drilling, and irrigation.
Preview: The 14th Annual Adirondack Paddlefest
05.14.2012 // 1 Comment
Friday, May 18, to Sunday, May 20, more than 3,000 boaters will flock to the 14th Annual Adirondack Paddlefest in Old Forge, N.Y.
12 Rivers in 2012
05.11.2012 // 0 Comments
Rivers for Change and Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation are paddling 12 different rivers from source to sea to help study climate change.
Norway Adventure Uncovered
05.04.2012 // 0 Comments
A new book ‘Norway: The Outdoor Paradise,’ from James Baxter, Scottish alpinist/expedition paddler who skied and then paddled the length of the Norwegian coast in 2009, highlights the wild coast’s best sea kayaking.
What did you do for your midlife crisis?
05.03.2012 // 2 Comments
What started with a confession over warm beer will turn into 2,500 miles of cold paddling. On Tuesday, May 1, British paddlers Andy Mullins, Geoff Cater and Mike Greenslade set out from Portscatho on the Cornish South Coast, beginning their attempt to circumnavigate Britain by sea kayak. To their knowledge, only 16 other expeditions (23 [...]
Gearing up for the Ikkatsu Expedition
05.02.2012 // 0 Comments
And that tsunami wreckage debris is drifting toward us ahead of its projected schedule. Our small group of sea kayakers plans to set out to document the flotsam as it begins to come ashore along the remote and road-less Washington coast. The Ikkatsu Expedition This expedition is an attempt to understand how we are connected, and are all riding on the same planet.
Want a Free Kayak?
05.01.2012 // 0 Comments
Here’s your chance to win a brand new Ocean Kayak Prowler Big Game Fishing Kayak.
Get Ready: The 2012 Olympic Flatwater Sprint Trials
04.19.2012 // 1 Comment
The U.S. is only sending two sprint kayakers to London, and they could be named this Friday in Oklahoma City, host of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Flatwater Sprint.
How To…Avoid Getting Run Over By a Boat
04.19.2012 // 2 Comments
As tempting as strapping road flares to your bow may be, there are a few more practical (and subtle) tips to remember when sharing the water with motorboats.
The Wilderness Classroom
04.11.2012 // 0 Comments
Getting ready to start the final 5,000 mile leg of their 11,700 mile North American Odyssey on May 7 from Grand Portage, Minn., to Key West, Fla., Dave and Amy are working with over 70,000 students and 1,800 teachers as they explore the North America by canoe, kayak, and dogsled.
Get Ready: The 2012 Olympic Slalom Trials
04.11.2012 // 1 Comment
For many slalom athletes, the grueling, three-day Olympic Trials held in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, April 12, through Saturday, April 14, is the most important competition of the quadrennium. Yet the Trials will not finalize the 2012 Olympic Team.
‘Fearless’
04.05.2012 // 0 Comments
A book review of ‘Fearless,’ C&K contributing editor Joe Glickman’s new adventure travel tale on Freya Hoffmeister, which dissects the life and times of the German expedition sea kayaker who circumnavigated Australia in late 2009 and is in the midst of an attempt to paddle around South America.
C&K Makes iTunes Debut!
04.05.2012 // 0 Comments
Now you can get all the stories, photographs, and captions you’ll find in our print magazine, plus related videos, photo galleries and behind-the-scenes articles in the new C&K Digital Edition.
Paddling for Peace
03.29.2012 // 4 Comments
Three ultramarathon paddlers are planning to compete in the world’s longest paddlesports races to raise money and awareness of Middle East peace initiatives.
A Ride to Remember
03.23.2012 // 1 Comment
A paddle-out at Mavericks with the Tsunami Rangers in remembrance of the late sea kayaking pioneer Eric Soares.
Kayak Shelters
03.23.2012 // 2 Comments
Regardless of whether you’ve packed along a portable manse or a nylon tarp, when the rains hit the fan you’ll crawl inside or under whatever you’ve brought along and pray your long anticipated kayak trip doesn’t go from ecstasy to misery in short order.
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