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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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Kayak Fishing

How to Outfit a Kayak for Fishing

Rigging a kayak for fishing is all about customizing your kayak in a way that enhances your fishing style, making your kayak the perfect choice...
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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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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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Featured

Tips for Paddling Photography

Want to shoot great paddling shots? Take a few pointers from Paddling Life contributing editor Aaron Black-Schmidt, a former photo editor and staff photographer for...
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40 Years After: Special PL Q&A with Expedition Kayaker John Armstrong (Who Just Digitized/Re-released “Paucartambo: The Rest of the River”)

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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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