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Thought Soup (and Other Games Paddlers Play on a Long Expedition)

Thought Soup (and Other Games Paddlers Play on a A Long Expedition) By Ken Campbell I spent a summer one year paddling around Newfoundland, three months...
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Sea Kayaking

Plastic Tides: Using Sea Kayaks to Help Rid the Ocean of Waste

(By Ken Campbell) My name is Ken Campbell and in addition to being a long-time kayak guide and instructor, I am the director of the...
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Destinations

Holy Eye Candy! AquaBound Releases Norway: A Kayaker’s Playground Video

Want to see what it’s like to kayak Norway? AquaBound has you covered with its new video release Norway: A Kayaker’s Playground. But a word...
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Canoeing

Wind, High Water and One Whacko Race: 10 Records Set at 2022 Yukon River Quest

Crushing wind, unrelenting rain, high water levels, and dangerous debris are just some of the adverse conditions that made the 2022 Yukon River Quest...
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Destinations

Paddling Scotland’s Glasgow to Edinburgh Canoe Trail 

By Corey Buhay “Hiya, where you goin’ thar?” a man shouted from the shore. I looked up from my paddling and spotted him—a perplexed-looking, middle-aged...
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Athlete Stories

One More Time…With Feeling: Cyril Derreumaux Set to Try Again Kayaking from California to Hawaii. 

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s the sentiment of French-born U.S. citizen Cyril Derreumaux, who, in June, will try to...
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Canoeing

The Dusi: A Doozey of a Race

Chaos, carnage and camaraderie ruled at this year’s Dusi Canoe Marathon 2022 in South Africa, with champions crowned but others struggling to cross the...
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Athlete Stories

A PL Q&A with Adventurer Jon Turk on New Book “Tracking Lions, Myth, and Wilderness in Samburu”

Lifelong adventurer Jon Turk has written a lot of paddling books, including “Crocodiles and Ice,” “In the Wake of the Jomon” and “The Raven’s...
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Paddling Industry News

Hellooh 2022: Slew of Acquisitions Lead to Changing Face of Paddlesports

In the past few years, there’s been a changing of the guard of sorts in the paddlesports sector, with new CEOs and companies behind...
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Camping

An Icelandic Odyssey: Sea Kayaking Hornstrandir Nature Reserve

It’s my daughter who should’ve been the writer. “Dad, look, there’s a chandelier of jellyfish down there!” she exclaimed. We’re on day four of a six-day...
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Paddling Gear

Sneak Peak: Bent Shaft, 4-Piece Breakdown from Aqua-Bound; Bonus: Beyond the Paddle Vid!

Aqua-Bound (and sister company Bending Branches) consists of a tight knit group of more than three-dozen dedicated paddlers that walk through a factory door each day...
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Paddling Industry News

PL Q&A: Solo Stove’s CEO John Merris Discusses Acquisition of Oru Kayak, ISLE SUPs

There’s a new paddlesports conglomerate in town, built by fire. Southlake, Texas’s Solo Stove has been lighting a fire under fire pit and campstove sales...
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Events

Inclusivity Corner: Paddling with Outdoor Afro

Outdoor Afro Black Paddle Expedition Paddles 100 Miles for Inclusion Leading the way for inclusion in outdoor recreation, nature, and conservation for all, nonprofit Outdoor...
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Kayak Fishing

Impress your Friends! New Book: The Ocean 

Paddlers curious about the sea will find something to love in the new book The Ocean, a veritable treasure trove of information, inspiration, and wisdom...
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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...
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Sea Kayaking

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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Ocoee River Sees Historic Flooding

Historic Flooding Hits Ocoee River Region, Shattering Water-Level Record It's not just the desert Southwest of the Rockies getting record...
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Accessories

Summer Swagalicious Gear Roundup!

Okay okay, it's still a little early for Christmas. But it's coming, and the goose is getting fat. So,...
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Isle Paddle Boards: A fun alternative to whitewater kayaking

ISLE Pioneer 3 & Pioneer Pro 2: A New Perspective on Stand-Up Paddling Looking for something to mix things up...

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A Guide to Paddling New York’s Thousand Islands

First of all, the name is a misnomer. There...
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Boundary Waters Receives Huge Protection

While Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been...
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Drevo on boating the Northwest flood

How big was the Election Day Flood in Oregon and Washington? None other than Sam Drevo, Josh Bechtal and Tao Berman hiked out of the Hood River. Drevo Reports.
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Canoeing

C&K Awards Crown Sport’s Best

Looking for new tires for your car? Make them Nexens. As paddlers, it’s the best way to reward a company that recently bestowed a whopping $10,000 in Canoe & Kayak magazine’s Dream Your Adventure Award to Dallas paddler Brian Smith, who will use it to sea kayak along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Alaska with his wife Amy, who has battled life-threatening anemia into remission…
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