Techniques & Safety
You're canoeing a big lake and come to a large bay. It's one mile if you head straight across, or 10…
Experienced wilderness canoe trippers know that small errors can cause big problems. In my previous…
In the mid-seventies, I shared an afternoon with the famous woodsman, Calvin Rutstrum, whose flagship…
River Bends Whenever possible, stay on the inside of bends. Rivers run fastest and deepest at the…
To become a fine canoeist in moving water, you must first learn how to use the river's energy to help…
Boat Bump The boat bump is primarily a river rescue technique. It is used to push canoes into eddies…
One thing you can count on when you take up canoeing is that at some point you'll end up in the drink,…
If you caught the Olympic coverage of flatwater canoe racing last fall you saw the mechanics of well…
One of the negative aspects of canoe tripping is that you're forced to spend time in cramped quarters…
Hundreds of paddlers of all ages attend our canoe school annually. Day after day, we detect and correct…
For many people, paddling is all about the quiet, stress-free calm that comes with heading out alone and…
Many years ago, I capsized in a rapid on Ontario's Steel River. The canoe slammed a boulder and incurred…
You are planning to canoe a Canadian river that has many challenging rapids. Weeks before the wheels…
Notice how nearly every new non-motorized boat introduced into the recreational paddling market is…
You are canoeing a rapid in a loaded, open canoe. At the end of the run, you pause to bail; your friends…
I love that there's various canoe cultures. If you paddle places like Quetico or the Boundary Waters…
To paddle a canoe in a straight line there are a number of innovations. You can power forward and then…
I once asked some whitewater experts if they thought 15-16 year old's who had never paddled a canoe…
For years, I've envied accomplished FreeStyle paddlers and have tried to copy their moves. But doing…
One of the greatest things about kayaking is that pretty much anybody can hop in and do it. But you need…
The upright position boat edged, all my weight is in my right hip. My left knee is up, and that's giving…
Whichever kayak you use, it should fit you. And fitting it out is a matter of adjusting, first, the foot…
Edging is one of these things that we do all the time whenever we're paddling. We use it all the time.…
Kayak outfitting has become more and more comfortable. So comfortable in fact, that it often promotes…