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"10 Tips To Survive On A Family Canoe Trip" "Parents who love the outdoors quickly learn a maxim about parenting outside: Everything gets harder—but not impossible. Use these 10 tips to nurture your kids’ passion for the outdoors while sharing your favorite pastime..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "How to Use Kayak Rudders and Skegs" "A kayak will naturally want to turn into the wind, something called weathercocking. A rudder or skeg is used to fight your kayak's desire to do so. Without them, when you're paddling in wind you can find yourself taking much harder strokes on one side to keep your kayak running straight..." Complete story: Paddling.com "The Real Problem With Rudders" "I still think rudders are a poor choice in a versatile sea kayak paddled in a full range of ocean conditions, from surf to tide races. You see, rudders have one big problem you just can’t get around. The real problem with rudders is trim. Let me explain..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Inflatable stand up paddle board guide" "So you’re interested in inflatable paddle boards? That’s wonderful as it’s a great way to explore, rivers, lakes and even oceans in a relaxed or more aggressive manner. More on it later, but that’s not the best thing. What’s so good about inflatable stand up paddle boards?..." Complete story: www.paddleboardtips.com "Finding a good piece of ash" "As well as its high strength-to-weight ratio and elasticity, ash has an extremely high impact strength and split resistance. It’s the material of choice for many canoe builders for seat frames, gunwales, thwarts, carrying yokes and decking... The ash canoe paddle is facing extinction, due to the devastating effects of the emerald ash borer beetle..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Kayak Hatches Hold The Secret To True Happiness" "A big part of why I like paddling so much is the hard limit on what you can carry, which is both physical and mental... The appeal is not so much in living without, but the clarity of mind and purpose suggested by such simplicity...Wilderness travel is boot camp for downsizing, a lesson in just how little we truly need..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Why The Real River Story Is In The Little Details" "I love the gear lists and sorting and garage floor covered in equipment and food bags; closing my eyes trying to envision where everything will get rigged. I love loading the trucks and figuring out the shuttle. The importance of details was hammered into me as a guide. 'Show me a person who cannot bother to do the little things and I will show you a person who can’t be trusted to do the big things'..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Life On The Go With Your Kayak" "If the wanderers don’t distinguish between living and traveling, why should I? If I pack carefully, winnowing down to only what I truly need, I have the same: my kayak. As the late Audrey Sutherland writes in Paddling North, going on a remote kayaking trip “isn’t going away, it’s going to.” To contentment, contemplation, curiosity. To excitement, and enlightenment. It’s raising a glass to adventure..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Why River Trips Give Our Life Meaning" "In my three decades of guiding clients down rivers, I have come to view trips as something more than a vacation for my clients. Trips are more than a collection of selfies, waterways traveled from A to B, and landmarks checked off a bucket list. Trips, I believe, are existential..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Tried and True Kayak Packing Tips" "There was a time not too long ago when kayakers didn't have fancy neo' nylon stuff sacks, front bulkheads and spiffy deck bags into which copious amounts of nonessential gear could be stored. Time and materials have changed but not some of the old-fashion tricks of kayak packing..." Complete story: Paddling.com
"Parents who love the outdoors quickly learn a maxim about parenting outside: Everything gets harder—but not impossible. Use these 10 tips to nurture your kids’ passion for the outdoors while sharing your favorite pastime..."
"A kayak will naturally want to turn into the wind, something called weathercocking. A rudder or skeg is used to fight your kayak's desire to do so. Without them, when you're paddling in wind you can find yourself taking much harder strokes on one side to keep your kayak running straight..."
"I still think rudders are a poor choice in a versatile sea kayak paddled in a full range of ocean conditions, from surf to tide races. You see, rudders have one big problem you just can’t get around. The real problem with rudders is trim. Let me explain..."
"So you’re interested in inflatable paddle boards? That’s wonderful as it’s a great way to explore, rivers, lakes and even oceans in a relaxed or more aggressive manner. More on it later, but that’s not the best thing. What’s so good about inflatable stand up paddle boards?..."
"As well as its high strength-to-weight ratio and elasticity, ash has an extremely high impact strength and split resistance. It’s the material of choice for many canoe builders for seat frames, gunwales, thwarts, carrying yokes and decking... The ash canoe paddle is facing extinction, due to the devastating effects of the emerald ash borer beetle..."
"A big part of why I like paddling so much is the hard limit on what you can carry, which is both physical and mental... The appeal is not so much in living without, but the clarity of mind and purpose suggested by such simplicity...Wilderness travel is boot camp for downsizing, a lesson in just how little we truly need..."
"I love the gear lists and sorting and garage floor covered in equipment and food bags; closing my eyes trying to envision where everything will get rigged. I love loading the trucks and figuring out the shuttle. The importance of details was hammered into me as a guide. 'Show me a person who cannot bother to do the little things and I will show you a person who can’t be trusted to do the big things'..."
"If the wanderers don’t distinguish between living and traveling, why should I? If I pack carefully, winnowing down to only what I truly need, I have the same: my kayak. As the late Audrey Sutherland writes in Paddling North, going on a remote kayaking trip “isn’t going away, it’s going to.” To contentment, contemplation, curiosity. To excitement, and enlightenment. It’s raising a glass to adventure..."
"In my three decades of guiding clients down rivers, I have come to view trips as something more than a vacation for my clients. Trips are more than a collection of selfies, waterways traveled from A to B, and landmarks checked off a bucket list. Trips, I believe, are existential..."
"There was a time not too long ago when kayakers didn't have fancy neo' nylon stuff sacks, front bulkheads and spiffy deck bags into which copious amounts of nonessential gear could be stored. Time and materials have changed but not some of the old-fashion tricks of kayak packing..."