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"Parallel Canoe Rescue Technique" "Rescuing a flipped canoe quickly can be accomplished a variety of ways, and recently the parallel - or curl - rescue has been introduced to paddling organizations in North America. The parallel—or curl—rescue has been around for more than 20 years..." Complete story: Canoeroots "How To Back Deck Carry With A Swimmer Assisted Tow" "It’s always fun to play around in kayaks, jump into the water and try various ways of doing things. While doing so, we learned that adding a contact tow to the back-deck carry is a fast, stable and effective method for a single rescuer to remove both boat and swimmer from a hazardous location..." Complete story: Adventure Kayak "Backcountry Canoe Repair" "Nothing causes panic on a remote river trip like serious damage to your canoe. However, with a black bag of just five items and the skill of a drunken surgeon you can repair even large, gaping gashes in whitewater hulls. Even though Royalex boats have a toughness approaching elephant hide, they can rip if a loaded or water-filled boat meets just the right knife-edged rock..." Complete story: Canoeroots "Kayak or Canoe? Which one is best for you?or Canoe?" "Kayaks now outnumber canoes on almost every waterway. Why are they suddenly so popular? Some years ago, I guided a group of teens on a canoe trip in Minnesota's Boundary Waters. As we rounded a point, a yellow kayak darted toward us. The paddler - a young woman in her twenties - flashed a smile, then poured on the coal. In a flash she was gone. The kids, in their banged up aluminum canoes, were spell-bound. "Why can't we have those?" they pleaded. I just grinned and said, "You'll see."..." Complete story: Paddling.com "Understanding Kayak Bulkheads and Storage" "Being that bulkheads are an internal feature to the kayak, most people associate bulkheads with hatches. The bulkheads create trapped air spaces inside of the kayak and the hatches allow access into those spaces. So small hatches provide quick and easy access to the necessities you need during the trips..." Complete story: Paddling.com "Launching a Kayak in Surf" "This video is not an overview of how to launch or how to land, this is simply a couple of lessons that I learned by making mistakes while launching and landing in surf..." Complete story: Paddling.com "How To Learn To Love Bad Trips" "’m sitting under a tarp in the pouring rain, just smiling. I’m lit up with a pure spontaneous happiness I can’t really explain. Except I’m ecstatic to be right here, under my tarp that’s capably keeping the rain off my head, looking out at the water drops dancing on the lake, feeling more alive than I do 90 percent of the time back home..." Complete story: Adventure Kayak "Wet Exit and Confidence in Whitewater" "In my opinion, the wet exit is the important overlooked skill in kayaking because it can really help people feel more comfortable underwater, and it's an important safety precaution as well. Flipping over can be a very common occurrence when you're first learning how to kayak. If you haven't practiced how to get out of your kayak before you flip over unintentionally, it can be a very scary and traumatic experience..." Complete story: Paddling.com
"Rescuing a flipped canoe quickly can be accomplished a variety of ways, and recently the parallel - or curl - rescue has been introduced to paddling organizations in North America. The parallel—or curl—rescue has been around for more than 20 years..."
"It’s always fun to play around in kayaks, jump into the water and try various ways of doing things. While doing so, we learned that adding a contact tow to the back-deck carry is a fast, stable and effective method for a single rescuer to remove both boat and swimmer from a hazardous location..."
"Nothing causes panic on a remote river trip like serious damage to your canoe. However, with a black bag of just five items and the skill of a drunken surgeon you can repair even large, gaping gashes in whitewater hulls. Even though Royalex boats have a toughness approaching elephant hide, they can rip if a loaded or water-filled boat meets just the right knife-edged rock..."
"Kayaks now outnumber canoes on almost every waterway. Why are they suddenly so popular? Some years ago, I guided a group of teens on a canoe trip in Minnesota's Boundary Waters. As we rounded a point, a yellow kayak darted toward us. The paddler - a young woman in her twenties - flashed a smile, then poured on the coal. In a flash she was gone. The kids, in their banged up aluminum canoes, were spell-bound. "Why can't we have those?" they pleaded. I just grinned and said, "You'll see."..."
"Being that bulkheads are an internal feature to the kayak, most people associate bulkheads with hatches. The bulkheads create trapped air spaces inside of the kayak and the hatches allow access into those spaces. So small hatches provide quick and easy access to the necessities you need during the trips..."
"This video is not an overview of how to launch or how to land, this is simply a couple of lessons that I learned by making mistakes while launching and landing in surf..."
"’m sitting under a tarp in the pouring rain, just smiling. I’m lit up with a pure spontaneous happiness I can’t really explain. Except I’m ecstatic to be right here, under my tarp that’s capably keeping the rain off my head, looking out at the water drops dancing on the lake, feeling more alive than I do 90 percent of the time back home..."
"In my opinion, the wet exit is the important overlooked skill in kayaking because it can really help people feel more comfortable underwater, and it's an important safety precaution as well. Flipping over can be a very common occurrence when you're first learning how to kayak. If you haven't practiced how to get out of your kayak before you flip over unintentionally, it can be a very scary and traumatic experience..."