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Paddles
Entering the World of Wood: A Review of Shade Tree’s Custom Bent Shaft Kayak Paddle
With my getting older I thought it was time to treat myself to a custom wood paddle design by Shade Tree Paddles. The flex in...
Athlete Stories
Werner Paddles Releases “We Are Werner” Vid
We Are Werner! That’s the theme song being echoed by one of the country’s top paddle makers, as Werner unveils its We Are Werner...
Canoeing
Passing the Torch: Bending Branches/AquaBound Sold; Ed Vater Retires
Bending Branches/Aqua Bound owner Ed Vater has sold the company to an in-house team and is retiring, the company reports. Based in Osceola, Wisconsin,...
Paddles
Hasta Luego, PADDLEexpo
It was great while it lasted. But, like a river, all great things have to come to an end. Europe’s PADDLEexpo tradeshow series, also...
Accessories
WIN a Sawyer Cedar Surge II paddle from Alpacka Raft valued at $400
After you've entered to win a Sawyer Cedar Surge II paddle from Alpacka Raft, check out these other packraft and camp essentials. New Alpacka...
Paddles
Hard Core Paddles: A Three-month Review and Why I Made the Switch (By Chris Baer)
(By Chris Baer) Let me be blunt: Hard Core Paddles are awesome. Their durability is solid, they have a ton of power, and the company...
Paddles
High Angle Versus Low Angle Paddling Styles and Why Angle Matters for Sea Kayaking
Kayak Paddles: High-Angle vs. Low-Angle
According to the experts at Aquabound, if you didn’t know better, you might think “a kayak paddle is a kayak...
Accessories
Extra, Extra! Pelican International Acquires Confluence
Calling it “more strength, capabilities and opportunities for the world leader in paddlesports equipment,” Laval, Quebec’s Pelican International Inc. has acquired the assets of...
Canoeing
Bending Branches Launches Sustainable Catalyst Canoe Paddle at PSR
The latest from Bending Branches, coming out at this week's third-annual Paddlesports Retailer tradeshow, is the new Catalyst canoe paddle. According to the brand,...
Paddles
Gearlab Launches the Malik: A First-in-Kind Polypropylene Greenland Paddle
For the past eight years, Gearlab has designed and manufactured Greenland-style carbon-fiber paddles for ocean kayakers around the world. Now, in an effort to...
Paddles
Gearlab’s Kalleq Greenland Paddle is a Lighter, Leaner Solution to Open Water Travel
Gearlab – the award-winning design company and pioneer of the first modern Greenland-style paddles with exchangeable tips – is introducing its latest high-performance open-water...
Paddles
Gearlab Engineer Uses Force Sensors to Test Paddle Strength; Works Toward Universal Standard
Gearlab, pioneer of the first modern Greenland-style paddles with exchangeable tips, has partnered with an engineer to develop a mechanism to measure the forces...
Paddles
Inside the Guru of Greenland-style Paddle Company GearLab
How did an industrial designer in Taiwan discover a passion for an age-old style of paddling developed by Inuit hunters? Chung-Shih Sun, lead designer...
Paddles
Catching up With GearLab’s Chung-Shih on Design of New Kayak Paddle
How did an industrial designer in Taiwan discover a passion for an age-old style of paddling developed by Inuit hunters? Chung-Shih Sun, the designer...
Paddles
GEARLAB Unveils 2018 Greenland-style Akiak Paddle to Touring Kayak Market
Award-winning Taiwanese design company GEARLAB is introducing its high-performance open water expedition paddles to the North American paddling market. Pioneering the first modern, Greenland-style...
Canoeing
Grass Sticks Unveils Bamboo Canoe Paddle
Bamboo Canoe Paddles
If it works for ski poles, why not canoe paddles? That’s the theory behind a new line of bamboo canoe paddles manufactured by...
Destinations
Corran Addison: Back With Soul (and Acquires Seven 2 Paddles)
Fresh back in Canada after selling off his Southern California Corran SUP venture, Corran Addison isn’t wasting anytime getting back involved in the paddlesports business, be it standing up or sitting down. While the ink isn’t even dry on the formation of his latest kayak company Soul Waterman, he also recently acquired paddle company Seven 2.
Apparel
Gear-o’rama: Paddlesports Gear Roundup!
What does five days of hob-knobbing with the top players in paddlesports at the annual Outdoor Retailer tradeshow in Salt Lake City get you? Red eyes, sore feet, a couple of Utah-beer, bloated-belly hang-overs and the following rundown of a few products you’ll see on retailers’ shelves this coming season…
Archive
The Enigma Behind Innegra: A Special PL Q&A with AT Product Manager Hastings Blumer On Its New Durweave Paddles
At this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market tradeshow, Confluence and AT Paddles unveiled what the company bills as a “gamechanger” in the whitewater paddle market: Duraweave™, a blend of polypropylene-based Innegra fiber that forms the lightest, strongest paddles on the market. Intrigued, we caught up with brainchild and product manager Hastings Blumer for the skinny. Here’s what we found:
Archive
New Limited Edition “A” Series paddle from Bending Branches
Bending Branches will only produce 750 of its Limited Edition “A” Series paddle, crafted from roasted basswood and featuring a double-bend for the ultimate in hand-crafted beauty and comfort in a canoe paddle.
Archive
Keith Backlund, Paddle Engineer, Dies at Age 60
A master woodworker who constructed magnificent canoe and kayak paddles, Keith Backlund died on the evening of October 25 at the age of 60.
Archive
New Kayak Angler Paddles
With the introduction of the new Kayak Angler series of paddles, Bending Branches has raised the bar for paddle manufacturers yet again. These angler specific paddles excede all expectations.
Apparel
PL Canoe Schwag Review!
What kind of schwag do you bring on a 60-mile canoe trip in the Canyonlands? Whatever is up to the task. PL (in company of 12 kids and eight “grown-ups," if you can call us that) whiled away the dog days of August canoeing Canyonlands National Park. And while we tested out a slew of canoes and paddles, we also put an array of accessories to the task, from newschool firestarters and firepans to SUPs and sleeping bags. Here’s the rundown...
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Apparel
OR Paddlesports Preview
Once a year, industry bigwigs gather in Salt Lake City for the annual Outdoor Retailer tradeshow, where those lucky enough to attend can ooh and ahh over paddlesport manufacturers' new designs for the upcoming year. For those smart enough to stay on the water instead, here's a quick PL sneak peak of what the tradeshow cronies will see...
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Entering the World of Wood: A Review of Shade Tree’s Custom Bent Shaft Kayak Paddle
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Skate Yak: The Movie!
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NRS Releases Brainwaves
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