Canoeing and kayaking

This should have been the week that kayakers’ and canoeists’ dreams of paddling on the Upper Chattooga River for the first time in more than 33 years were to become reality.  

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Are you a van vagrant, traveling the coast and rivers looking for rolling haystacks, horrendous holes, epic tours, and, ultimately, the perfect boating experience? The Patagonia Men's Transeant Pullover Paddling Jacket uses taped seams and lightweight breathable material to keep the water off of you as you paddle along the rainy Oregon coast or row down the Snake in the middle of a Teton summer storm. Drawcords at the waist and hem customize...  

Now under one roof, Lincoln Canoe & Kayak—the half-century-old outfit based in Freeport, Maine—recently teamed up with the three Canadian paddling brands BoréalDesign, Maelstromkayak and Beluga Outdoor Sports Equipment to create Maine Kayak Source. (Click on kayaks for enlarged views.) The well-matched union allows each of the quality-focused brands to band together in forming a hub of high-end goods spanning sea kayaks, canoes, clothing...  

In 1976, Larry Fried, my boss at full service advertising agency BBDO, offered me a promotion to Director of National Radio for the media department. Three perks, exclaimed he: "lots of free meals, a plethora of tickets -- [which I didn't realize meant coordination for all departmental and executive agency requests] and lastly [although 'Director' would be embossed on my business card] your status internally is still one of an assistant...  

Filed under: Paddling, Asia, IndiaSome of the last unexplored places on the planet can only be reached by kayak, with explorers making a first descent on rivers that are wild and untamed. The video below is an example of such an expedition through the Tawang Valley located the remote Arunachal Pradesh in India. The journey was expected to take two weeks, with the team going completely self supported over 130 miles of river that, up until that...  

I came across this video on Canoe & Kayak Magazine's website earlier, and had to share. It's part one of a new series that will follow kayaker Ben Stookesberry as he paddles his way through the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. As you would expect, the scenery is amazing, the mountains spectacular, and the white water is rough and challenging. Some of these locations have probably never been paddled before, and the remote Himalayan setting...  

Nova Scotia has for years provided a deep pool of paddling talent for Canada’s Olympic teams. So it made perfect sense for some of the country’s best flatwater paddlers to take on Wednesday the Olympic flame for a little canoe ride in Dartmouth, N.S., the “city of lakes” — famous for its rowing and paddling clubs — that lies across the harbour from Halifax.  

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POHNPEI, Micronesia – Dipping our kayak paddles into the shallow water, my wife, Annie, and I weave through narrow canals lined with stone walls and dense foliage. TOM KOPPEL/Special Contributor Paddle a kayak among the ruins of Nan Madol, a former ...  

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