Sea Kayaking
Sea Kayaking’s latest news and product reviews. Paddling Life keeps you informed on what’s new in sea kayaks, sea kayaking trips, kayaking industry news, and much more.
Apparel
Special Video: Level Six Emperor Drysuit Unplugged!
While Level6’s new Emperor drysuit is fast making waves in the world of watersports, it’s now also making it onto the airwaves, as witnessed...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Atlantic Kayaking Legend Alexander “Olek” Doba Dead at 74
He survived three treacherous solo kayak crossings of the Atlantic, but not Mount Kilimanjaro. Polish kayaking legend Alexander “Olek” Doba, who would have turned 75...
Destinations
NRS Releases Hidden Wild Film! Watch Here!
Follow three South Florida students on an expedition to discover their own backyard in Hidden Wild, a new film released by NRS.
The Story in...
Paddling Industry News
A Boating First: Kayakers Watch Live NHL Game at Lake Tahoe
Sure, kayakers and canoeists have floated in the bay outside San Francisco’s Candlestick Park to chase down home runs in Major League Baseball. But kayakers...
Athlete Stories
Catching Up With Photographer, Ageless Surf Kayaker and Avila Beach Paddlesports Founder Vince Shay
As a marine wildlife photographer, sea kayak/SUP outfitter and former hard-charging surf kayaker and boat designer, Vince Shay is no stranger when it comes...
Paddling Industry News
Teen Kayaker from Kentucky Still Missing
Prospect, Kentucky, teenager Jacob Stover, 16, went out kayaking in his fish kayak on the Ohio River on Jan. 10 and never returned. According to...
Paddling Industry News
Big Adventures, Eddyline Chime in on State of the Sea Kayak Sector
After a slew of changes in the sea kayaking business world a few years ago, the sector is back to stroking along smoothly, especially...
Canoeing
Nation’s Top River Sojourns
To "sojourn" is "to dwell in a place temporarily." If you throw in the word "river" beforehand, and then treat sojourn as a noun,...
Canoeing
Paddling World Mourns Loss of Sea Kayak Pioneer Stanislav Chládek
The world of sea kayaking lost one of its most ardent practitioners, advocates and explorers with the passing of Stanislav Chládek November 25, 2020,...
Destinations
Poof, Gone! 300-foot-deep Lake Above AK Sea Kayak Hotspot Disappears
Ice-dammed Bear Glacier Lake in Alaska, located above the popular sea kayaking spot of Bear Lagoon frequented by outfitters out of Seward, has vanished...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Whale of a Tale: Humpback Capsizes Calif. Kayaker (Watch Video)
As reported by CNN, two sea kayakers off coast of Avila Beach, California, got a scare from a humpback whale recently that they will...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Kayaker Finds 35-year-old Message in a Bottle
Cue Sting’s “Message in a Bottle” song. A kayaker on Delaware’s Broadkill River found a bottle with a message inside of it that was written...
Paddling Industry News
Three-time Paralympian Angela Madsen Dies on Pacific Rowing Crossing
Angela Madsen, a three-time Paralympian and Marine veteran who aimed to be the first paraplegic and oldest woman to row the Pacific Ocean, was...
Destinations
Paddling for Manatees on the Homosassa River in Florida
(Story and photos by By Dana Benner) It was an unusually “cool” March morning when my wife and I edged our kayaks into Florida’s Homosassa...
Canoeing
BC Parks Closed to Boating
Planing/hoping to paddle British Columbia to escape the covid doldrums? Don't. British Columbia Parks had originally closed all of their campgrounds back on March 21st, but have...
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
Best Tents for Paddlers: Testing the Nemo Chogori Tent
By Rob Lyon Heading sea kayaking, canoeing or rafting? The Chogori by Nemo tents is your answer to a good night’s slumber after a day...
Canoeing
Another One Bites the Dust: Longtime (and Beloved) Specialty Retailer Mountain Gear Plans to Shutter Doors
Cue up the Queen music: Another specialty shop has thrown in the towel on the tough outdoor (and paddlesports) market, with Spokane, Wash.’s Mountain...
Destinations
Uber Combo: Paddling Croatia Via Sailboat
Huck Finn once said, “Thar ain’t no home like a raft.” For our host Zeljko Kelemen in Croatia, there ain’t no home quite like...
Paddling Industry News
“The Pacific Alone” Wins Outdoor Literature/Nat’l Outdoor Book Awards
The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage, written by Dave Shively and published by Falcon Press, has won the Outdoor Literature...
Inflatables
Advanced Elements Delivers High Performance Through Drop-Stitch Technology
Advanced Elements, Inc., makers of world-class inflatable kayaks by any standard, have brought updates to two of their classics, which has resulted in two...
Sea Kayaking
Hobie’s 2020 Passport 12 Fishing Kayak Aims to Grow the Sport
Building on the successful launch of the Hobie Mirage Passport 10.5 earlier this year, Hobie just introduced the new Mirage Passport 12 for 2020...
Canoeing
Using Paddling Events for Fundraising: Case Study — RiverTrek and Florida’s Apalachicola River
Story by Doug Alderson From paddling races to kayak poker runs, many nonprofit groups use events as engaging opportunities to raise funds. Starting with the basics:...
Paddling Industry News
Special Book excerpt: The Pacific Alone— The Untold Story of Kayaking’s Boldest Voyage (by Dave Shively)
In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawaii by...
Latest news
Kokatat Sold
After 50 years under the direction and ownership of its founder, Steve O’Meara, Kokatat has been purchased by the company’s Director of...
- Advertisement -
Flash Flood Kills Rafter in Grand Canyon
A 29-year-old woman was found dead and others were injured following a flash flood July 14 in Grand Canyon National...
Tokyo Sneak Peak: The Top 5 Women Slalom Kayakers to Keep an Eye On
From oldest to youngest, the inside skinny on the top female slalom paddlers at this year’s Olympics. Spain’s Maialen Chourraut is the...
Must read
Special Video: Level Six Emperor Drysuit Unplugged!
While Level6’s new Emperor drysuit is fast making waves...
Atlantic Kayaking Legend Alexander “Olek” Doba Dead at 74
He survived three treacherous solo kayak crossings of the...
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
You might also likeRELATEDRecommended to you
Old Town Canoe Hits the Summer 2018 Festival Tour with Elevation Outdoors
Expect to see some Old Town boats coming to...
PL Q&A: Catching Up With “From the River” Author Joe Booth
Longtime kayaker and author Joe Booth recently released his...
Catching Up With Doba: A PL Q&A
With his blisters and water sores still healing, Paddling Life catches up with 67-year-old Polish paddler Aleksander Doba, who on April 19 completed his second successful trans-Atlantic crossing by sea kayak, paddling up to onlookers in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Here’s what he had to say about the journey…