Skills

Paddles

Paddle Technology 101: Offset

When it comes to buying a new paddle there is always a discussion about length and to a lesser degree, about feather angle. Recently,...
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Destinations

Inside the Hilleke’s Salmon River Adventure Camp: A Kids Instruction Paradise

“Hey Nick, did you see that kickflip?!” one of my teenage students yells as I watch him flip over and back-deck roll in a...
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Films & Books

Smitten with Sweep Boats? Watch NRS film Driving Sweep

For over 100 years, only a select few guides have held the responsibility—and required skills—of “driving sweep” down Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon...
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Sea Kayaking

Sea Kayak Skills #4 (Brought to You by Kokatat and P&H Designs): The Sweeping Low Brace

The sweeping low brace gives you the longest “hang time” of any low brace and it is the most powerful low brace as well....
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Sea Kayaking

Sea Kayak Skills: The Rotated Low Brace (Brought to you By Kokatat and P&H)

(By George Gronseth) The Rotated Low Brace is arguably the most important paddling skill a sea kayaker can learn. To prevent group separation, sea kayakers...
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Sea Kayaking

The Reflexive Low Brace, Kayak Touring Skills

When your kayak starts to tip over, a quick low brace is a powerful defense to prevent capsizing. In a low brace you combine...
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Sea Kayaking

The Hip Snap for Low Bracing / Kayak Touring Skills

By George Gronseth of Kayak Academy The hip snap is part of what a kayaker does to keep from falling over in waves and righting...
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Sea Kayaking

Piloting 101: Sea Kayak Navigation by Observation (by Ken Campbell)

One of the key ingredients of successful on-water navigation is piloting, the ability to determine position and progress using fixed points as references. By...
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Conservation

Learning in Paradise: Sea Kayaking Baja’s Loreto Bay National Park (Bonus: Q&A with Sea Kayak Baja’s Ginni Callahan)

Halfway across the three-mile crossing from Danzante Island back to the mainland of Baja, Ginni Callahan, founder of outfitter Sea Kayak Baja Mexico, has...
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Skills

Q&A: Adventure Photographer Joe Klementovich, on Documenting Paddles and “Doing a little good each time you go”

Joe Klementovich features frequently on PBS for his multiday paddling trips with a purpose. As an ambassador for Rivers for Change, he paddles the...
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Skills

Charlie Walbridge Releases “Whitewater Rescues: True Stories of Survival, Bravery, and Quick Thinking”

Ever have a close call on the river? The types that stories at the bar are made of? You'll find some of the best...
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Sea Kayaking

How to Roll a Sea Kayak (Works for Whitewater, Too)

A bilge pump and paddle float are nice insurance policies for crossing bays or hopping islands, but an even better one is a bombproof...
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Canoeing

Hauling Hints: 9 Tips for Tying Your Boat Down

This article is inspired by the things I have seen after many years of canoeing, rafting, c-1ing and kayaking whitewater. Boats can fly off...
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Accessories

How to Use a VHF Radio

Flares, Epirbs, Sat phones, Spot locator beacons, cell phones and even smoke signals are all great. But there’s no better rescue tool than actual...
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Paddling Industry News

The Great Tow Tether Debate

The Great Tow Tether / Cow Tail Debate Yes, this debate was just brought up again by Abe Herrera and Kevin Cripps in the podcast,...
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Skills

Roll ‘Em! Rolling Tips from Devon Barker

Taking advantage of your local pool, lake or even hot springs to work on paddling fundamentals is always a great idea. As an American...
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Destinations

40 Years After: Special PL Q&A with Expedition Kayaker John Armstrong (Who Just Digitized/Re-released “Paucartambo: The Rest of the River”)

Want to see one of the most daring river expeditions ever captured on film? Catch ”Paucartambo: The Rest of the River,” which...
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Business

Hala Debuts New Japanese Freestyle SUP, the Atcha-R

Hala is bringing a new freestyle SUP to the U.S., bringing its exclusive Japanese freestyle design to North American...
Conservation

Ken Sleight, River Guide Who Inspired Edward Abbey’s Seldom Seen Smith, Dies at 97

Ken Sleight, the river guide who inspired Edward Abbey's Seldom Seen Smith in "The Monkey Wrench Gang," has died...

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Paddle Technology 101: Offset

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Inside the Hilleke’s Salmon River Adventure Camp: A Kids Instruction Paradise

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According to river runners Jon Barker and Clancy Reece, anything worth doing is worth overdoing – which is exactly what led them to tempt fate on a flooding Salmon River in 1996 to see how far they could float Reece’s homemade wooden dory through the largest wilderness tract in the Lower 48 in 24 hours. The result, as captured drop by drop by former Idaho raft guide Jo Deurbrouck in her new award-winning book Anything Worth Doing, is a storyline every paddler who has dipped a blade in water can appreciate…
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OARS Launches “Guide School” Vid Series

While it's still no substitute for getting out there...
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