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How to decide between blue barrel and canoe pack

The Official Scorecard Comfort No amount of money spent on barrel harnesses can overcome the physics that make a canoe pack...

Ian Merringer

Kayaks

Hobie Mirage i11S Inflatable Kayak-Paddleboard Hybrid Review

Is it a kayak or a SUP? Hobie’s Mirage i11S is both. This paddleboard-kayak hybrid is ideal for grab-and-go adventures...

Paddling Magazine Staff

News & Events

Video: Kayaker Stuck Underwater Is Saved By Friends

This is a great video showing the importance of taking a whitewater rescue course. Mark Hardingham had been paddling...

Paddling Magazine Staff

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Kayaks

Quiz: What kayak should you buy?

Paddling Magazine Staff

Kayaks

Need help choosing the right boat? Complete our quick quiz to tell us what you want from your kayak and we'll match you with...

Boats

Buying Advice

Sit-On-Top vs Sit-Inside Kayaks: Which is Best for You?

Which is better: Sit-in kayak or sit-on-top kayaks? It’s hard to say either sit-inside kayaks or sit-on-top kayaks are a better choice...

Brian Day

Rafts

Kokopelli Rogue-Lite Packraft

Calling all adventure seekers. Whether you’re exploring high alpine lakes, need a river shuttle for your bikepacking adventures, or...

Paddling Magazine Staff

Buying Advice

Gear Up For Long Miles: 10 Essentials For Your...

You can’t be mentally prepared for a canoeing epic until you’ve got all the right gear together. The word...

Colin Field

Buying Advice

Canoes vs Kayaks: What’s the difference?

What are the differences and similarities between a kayak and a canoe? Canoes and kayaks are both human-powered small craft...

Brian Day

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Ultimate Whitewater Gift Guide

Whitewater enthusiasts are notoriously difficult to shop for. We don’t tend to appreciate material things as much as others,...

Brooke Hess

Gear Giveaway

Win The Ultimate Kokatat Kayak Touring Package

Enter now! We're giving one lucky paddler the opportunity to win a Kokatat drysuit, PFD and liner. To enter,...

Paddling Magazine Staff

Buying Advice

Kayak Gear and Accessories: Everything You Need To Go...

Akayak and the right kayak gear and accessories allows you to be in the great outdoors and on the...

Scott MacGregor

Trips

Trips: Kayak in Seattle, Washington

Seattle is synonymous with Puget Sound, a labyrinthine reach of the Salish Sea that defines the city’s geography and...

Virginia Marshall

Trips

Trips: Kayak in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax may be the largest urban center in Atlantic Canada, but it still feels like a small city with...

Virginia Marshall

Adventures

Whitewater Safari Near The Zambezi River

It was a dream trip. We paddled the Zambezi every day, from rapid Number Three down to Number 23....

Michael Neumann

Destinations

Kayaking in Key West: Tours, Rentals, Fishing, Mangroves &...

Few places in the United States inspire visions of subtropical paradise like the Florida Keys do. With practically perfect...

Alicia Owen

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Skills

Photography

4 Secrets To Photographing Amazing Bow Shots

Paddling Magazine shares Tomasz Furmanek’s top tips to make your bow shots outrageously good.

Tomasz Furmanek

Fathom

Expert Tips On How To Photograph Swamps On A...

Renowned wildlife and nature photographer Marsel van Oosten shares why he loves to photograph swamps.

Marsel van Oosten

Trip Planning

10 Tips To Survive On A Family Canoe Trip

Michael Lanza has written 10 Commandments on how to survive on lengthy family canoe trips.

Michael Lanza

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