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"Student who grew a mushroom canoe..." (Nebraska) "Catch a glimpse of Katy Ayers paddling her canoe on a Nebraska lake this summer and you might do a double take. At first glance, her 8-foot vessel looks much like any other canoe — same oblong shape, same pointed ends, same ability to float on water. But upon closer inspection, it’s clearly anything but ordinary: Ayers’ canoe is made out of mushrooms..." (Thanks to John Bartos for providing this story.) Complete story: NBC News "Armand Bayou Nature Center's "Nature as Normal" blog" (Houston) "The Armand Bayou Nature Center has launched its "Nature as Normal" blog as a means to "remember that things are still happening as normal in the bigger picture, and that we'll all be back to normal soon too." Each weekly entry features photographs by the award-winning kayaking photographer, Gary Seloff..." Complete story: Armand Bayou Nature Center "2 Members of Kennedy Family Are Missing After Canoe Overturned" (Maryland) "Two members of the Kennedy family were missing after their canoe overturned in strong winds in the Chesapeake Bay.." (Thanks to Frank Ohrt for providing this story.) Complete story: New York Times "The Incredible True Story of History’s Longest Kayak Journey" "With Germany in tatters, his small business bankrupt, Oskar Speck got into his kayak in 1932 for what would become an epic, seven-and-a-half-year paddle—30,000 miles, packed with hero’s welcomes and near-death escapes, all the way to Australia..." (Thanks to Paul Spana for providing this story.) Complete story: Vanity Fair "Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker in Dickinson Bay" (Houston) "The Coast Guard is searching for a kayaker missing in Dickinson Bay after his vessel overturned early Wednesday morning. Two men were in the kayak when it overturned shortly before 4:30 a.m., according to the Coast Guard. One of the men managed to swim to an island in the bay and called for help..." Complete story: Chron.com Update: Coast Guard suspends search for kayaker after man found at home "Kayak Fishing 101: What You’ll Need" (Texas) "So you’re ready to plunge deeper into fishing? Enter kayak fishing. The beautiful marriage of two fun outdoor pursuits—angling and paddling—kayak fishing has exploded in popularity in recent years..." Complete story: Texas Monthly "Inuit Kayak-Builder Brings Skills to Campus" (Canada) "Noah Nochasak has been making them for ten years. He recently traveled from his hometown of Nain, on the coast of Labrador in northeast Canada, to help construct a replica kayak that will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum..." Complete story: Bowdoin.edu "Great White Shark Attacks Man in Kayak" (New Zealand) "A magazine editor has described his experience of being chased by a "sick or hungry" great white shark off the coast of New Zealand. Dickinson was in a kayak fishing in Stanmore Bay at the time of the encounter..." Complete story: Newsweek "Kayakers describe terror of being shot at on the reservoir" (Virginia) "A peaceful morning on the Rivanna Reservoir turned terrifying for two young men when someone opened fire. “There was a sudden gunshot off in the distance,” said one of the two. That gunshot was the first sign that something was wrong at the reservoir..." Complete story:CBS 19 News "Good Samaritan lets first responders borrow inflatable kayak, saves man" (California) "A good Samaritan let first responders borrow her inflatable kayak to rescue a 65-year-old man who had fallen off a deck..." Complete story:KRCR TV
"Catch a glimpse of Katy Ayers paddling her canoe on a Nebraska lake this summer and you might do a double take. At first glance, her 8-foot vessel looks much like any other canoe — same oblong shape, same pointed ends, same ability to float on water. But upon closer inspection, it’s clearly anything but ordinary: Ayers’ canoe is made out of mushrooms..." (Thanks to John Bartos for providing this story.)
"The Armand Bayou Nature Center has launched its "Nature as Normal" blog as a means to "remember that things are still happening as normal in the bigger picture, and that we'll all be back to normal soon too." Each weekly entry features photographs by the award-winning kayaking photographer, Gary Seloff..."
"Two members of the Kennedy family were missing after their canoe overturned in strong winds in the Chesapeake Bay.." (Thanks to Frank Ohrt for providing this story.)
"With Germany in tatters, his small business bankrupt, Oskar Speck got into his kayak in 1932 for what would become an epic, seven-and-a-half-year paddle—30,000 miles, packed with hero’s welcomes and near-death escapes, all the way to Australia..." (Thanks to Paul Spana for providing this story.)
"The Coast Guard is searching for a kayaker missing in Dickinson Bay after his vessel overturned early Wednesday morning. Two men were in the kayak when it overturned shortly before 4:30 a.m., according to the Coast Guard. One of the men managed to swim to an island in the bay and called for help..."
"So you’re ready to plunge deeper into fishing? Enter kayak fishing. The beautiful marriage of two fun outdoor pursuits—angling and paddling—kayak fishing has exploded in popularity in recent years..."
"Noah Nochasak has been making them for ten years. He recently traveled from his hometown of Nain, on the coast of Labrador in northeast Canada, to help construct a replica kayak that will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum..."
"A magazine editor has described his experience of being chased by a "sick or hungry" great white shark off the coast of New Zealand. Dickinson was in a kayak fishing in Stanmore Bay at the time of the encounter..."
"A peaceful morning on the Rivanna Reservoir turned terrifying for two young men when someone opened fire. “There was a sudden gunshot off in the distance,” said one of the two. That gunshot was the first sign that something was wrong at the reservoir..."
"A good Samaritan let first responders borrow her inflatable kayak to rescue a 65-year-old man who had fallen off a deck..."