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"Canoe Storage Secrets" "When you bring home a new boat, where do you put it? Leaving it on the soggy lawn to collect mold and earwigs isn’t any way to treat your pride and joy. Proper storage of your canoe not only makes better use of your yard or garage’s real estate, it seriously prolongs the life of your canoe..." Complete story: Canoeroots "Plastic vs. Composite Kayaks" "Learn the differences between plastic and composite kayaks as it pertains to weight, combing, bulkheads and durability..." Complete story: Paddling.com "Gain Control By Running Rapids With Cross Current Speed" "Get off the freight train of running rapids. This tutorial highlights how to use cross current speed in rapids to start catching and tagging eddies to slow downstream momentum and to give more control, create time and to help paddlers be more proactive in their descent of rapids..." Complete story: RapidMedia "Paul's Rules" "We all have a mental list of people who are skilled paddlers but we don't invite on a long trip. The individual may be fine company for a day or a weekend, but they just don't fit in over the course of a long trip. It's easier to say we just don't like them, or they don't match the group dynamic. Often what's missing is something called expedition behavior..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "How to Find the Perfect Whitewater Boat in Just 10 Minutes" "It’s demo day at your local outfitters, a chance to get on the water and try out different boats. The catch: the only water nearby is flatwater. How do you translate what this boat is doing on flatwater to what it will do in whitewater? Simon Coward, whitewater kayak instructor, offers these tips for making sure your flatwater demo converts into to the purchase of the perfect whitewater companion..." Complete story: Rapid Media "How To Perfectly Fit A Kayak" "I don’t try clothes on before I buy them. If the waist and length measurements of a pair of jeans is in the ballpark with what I usually wear, I assume things will be fine... When it comes to sizing a kayak however, I pay attention..." Complete story: Rapidmedia "How to Escape a Hydraulic" "Hydraulics are mythical to read about and see for whitewater paddlers but nothing beats the experience of being caught in one. Swiftwater Rescue professionals teach two proven self-rescue strategies for hole-escapes: swim for the side or swim for the bottom..." Complete story: RapidMedia
"When you bring home a new boat, where do you put it? Leaving it on the soggy lawn to collect mold and earwigs isn’t any way to treat your pride and joy. Proper storage of your canoe not only makes better use of your yard or garage’s real estate, it seriously prolongs the life of your canoe..."
"Learn the differences between plastic and composite kayaks as it pertains to weight, combing, bulkheads and durability..."
"Get off the freight train of running rapids. This tutorial highlights how to use cross current speed in rapids to start catching and tagging eddies to slow downstream momentum and to give more control, create time and to help paddlers be more proactive in their descent of rapids..."
"We all have a mental list of people who are skilled paddlers but we don't invite on a long trip. The individual may be fine company for a day or a weekend, but they just don't fit in over the course of a long trip. It's easier to say we just don't like them, or they don't match the group dynamic. Often what's missing is something called expedition behavior..."
"It’s demo day at your local outfitters, a chance to get on the water and try out different boats. The catch: the only water nearby is flatwater. How do you translate what this boat is doing on flatwater to what it will do in whitewater? Simon Coward, whitewater kayak instructor, offers these tips for making sure your flatwater demo converts into to the purchase of the perfect whitewater companion..."
"I don’t try clothes on before I buy them. If the waist and length measurements of a pair of jeans is in the ballpark with what I usually wear, I assume things will be fine... When it comes to sizing a kayak however, I pay attention..."
"Hydraulics are mythical to read about and see for whitewater paddlers but nothing beats the experience of being caught in one. Swiftwater Rescue professionals teach two proven self-rescue strategies for hole-escapes: swim for the side or swim for the bottom..."