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Measure Of Happiness: How To Choose The Right Size...

What does your dream canoe trip look like? It could be a weeklong wilderness exploration of pristine lakes and...

A Whitewater Race By Any Other Name

Whitewater kayakers have long anticipated an Olympic event resembling their sport ever since slalom began to diverge from the...

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Bow Lines

Blazing Paddles: How My Wife Overcame Her Fear Of...

“I feel like my insides have been rewired.” This is just one of the strange and bewildering things my wife,...

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Boats

Below Board: Everything You Should Know About Paddleboard Fins

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Boats

Most boards come with them, but most paddlers don’t give a second thought to what exactly those fins are doing beneath the surface. Those...

Boats

Best Hard Paddleboards For 2024

Inflatable paddleboards are everywhere you look these days, and it’s understandable why. These boards have opened the world of...

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Boats

Best Women’s Kayaks For 2024

Female paddlers shopping for their first, or next, kayak can be forgiven for wondering where all the women’s models...

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Boats

First Look: Jackson Kayak Unleashes The Flow (Video)

Jackson Kayak has taken the success of the recent Gnarvana and built it into a smaller, more nimble river...

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Kayaks

Best Walmart Kayaks For 2024

You can buy almost anything at Walmart—household items, groceries, pharmaceuticals, sporting goods…and even kayaks! Walmart kayaks are meant for...

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Accessories

The Rise, Fall And Rise Of Handheld GPS

“I think this is Bear Bite Creek,” I say with confidence, having followed our progress on the map since...

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Accessories

4 Best Two-Way Satellite Communicators For Off-Grid Adventures

Backcountry travel used to mean you were unreachable for long stretches, unless you happened to carry a bulky, brick-shaped...

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Camping Gear

3 Pieces Of Gear Martin Trahan Won’t Canoe Camp...

I’ve canoed over 20,000 kilometers across North America, both in my native country Canada and in the U.S. Recently...

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Trips

Adventures

Expedition Hub: 4 Kayak Journeys Of Epic Proportions

Planning to venture far from home on a sea kayak expedition this year? Maybe not, but rest assured there...

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Destinations

12 Incredible Camping Destinations In Québec Paddlers Will Love

Québec is a province of wild landscapes and cultural hubs, from its Arctic far north to its biodiverse St....

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Destinations

The 10 Best Paddling Destinations In British Columbia And...

The numbers speak for themselves: British Columbia has 25,725 kilometers of coastline, 20,000 lakes, and too many rivers and...

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Destinations

7 Extraordinary Experiences You’ll Only Find On The Schuylkill...

The Schuylkill River flows 137 miles from its headwaters in the Appalachian Mountains to meet the Delaware at Philadelphia....

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Skills

3 Expert Tips For Conquering Scary Rapids

Running new rapids can be scary no matter what class they are or how experienced of a paddler you...

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Campcraft

Bad News Bears: 5 Tips To Avoid Problem Bear...

One of the greatest benefits of canoe camping is the way it brings us closer to nature. But when...

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Accessories

6 Pieces Of Gear These Multiday Guides Won’t Launch...

Forgetting a critical piece of gear from your packing list runs the risk of ruining an entire river trip....

KM Collins 1

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