Techniques & Safety

When it comes to being visible in your kayak, the color of your boat and PFD play a critical role in…

One of the big reasons stand up paddling has been exploding in popularity, is that on a very basic…

In this video, we're going to look at the best way to re-enter your kayak in case you flipped, and you…

Whether it’s a corp of seasoned, experience-hardened paddlers or an extended flotilla of friendly…

Canoes are surprisingly stable once you're settled into them, but getting in and out is a different…

While the motivation for a kayaker to venture out alone is individual and personal, taking proper…

Here are 3 absolute must-know techniques that anyone stepping onto a SUP should know.

Although kayaking is something that almost anyone can enjoy, kayaking in windy conditions presents…

What an itinerary is to a traveler, a “Float Plan” is to a paddler embarking on an extended kayak…

River obstacles are serious hazards on any waterway - from placid, slow-moving streams to raging,…

Driving a car safely involves much more than merely focusing only as far ahead as the taillights of…

Fitness for paddling has been on my mind a lot lately and I thought maybe my story on why I've been…

Casting out a rescue throw line, either contained within a Throw Bag or gathered in coils requires…

Watch & learn these tips to make sure you are paddling as efficient, straight and with the best form…

Throw ropes are a critically important “life line” in certain rescue situations where approaching…

Stuff happens as we age, and it’s not all good.  Darrell Foss, 75, one of my closest friends, has…

A painter line is simply a rope tied onto the bow of your boat. It is usually attached to a deck…

Watch Adam Boril paddle the Cunova White Water Center in Slovakia. Do you think you would have…

Whether it’s passing information along a raging river channel, across a wide expanse of ocean or…

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Any re-entry type of rescue, whether a solo effort or assisted, can be taxing on the capsized…

Introduced in 2017 through Kickstarter & Indiegogo, watch as long-time TRAK paddler, Keith Braun,…

Watch Trevor Tunnington foil the Dead Sea- which is 1,400 feet below sea level and 9 times…

Attempting to re-enter your kayak after a capsize can be a very exhausting effort, even with the aid…