Techniques & Safety
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…
The aim of this film is to help you roll a Sea Kayak. It works very differently to other rolling films…
Learn to improve your forward finishing kayak rolls with a progression of on water exercises to help…
The hand roll is a roll you do without a paddle, and a fun skill to learn, even if it isn't something…
This short video demonstrates the full maneuver for the Greenland Butterfly Roll and breaks it down into…
I wish learning to roll was as easy as it looks on a film. In reality, it's not anything like that. I…
This video demonstrates the Greenland Side Sculling maneuver and breaks it down into a few useful steps.…
Watch this short tutorial video on the Continuous Greenland Roll with useful underwater shots and a…
This short video will address some of the things you can do in this situation where you have to paddle a…