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It Is Never Too Cold To Go Paddleboarding

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What Is Happening With Cannabis In Canoe Culture?

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Will Standup Paddleboarding Ever Be Included In The Olympics?

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Why A Paddling Mantra Will Make You Happier

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Paddling The Great Bear Rainforest

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5 Questions For Adventure Kayaker Beau Miles

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How Unprepared Paddlers Are Risking Their Lives

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Trip Planning

7 Steps To Plan Your Dream Canoe Trip

Adventurer Frank Wolf shares his advice on how to turn your expedition fantasy into an epic reality.

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Nouria Newman Takes On Patagonia’s 3 Toughest Rivers

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Voyageur Canoe Tour Season Continues At The Peterborough Lift Lock

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Sea Kayaking Tragedy at Dungeness Bay

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Learning To Wear A PFD The Hard Way

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Press Release: Canadian Canoe Museum Receives $10 Million For New Building

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A Lesson To Live By

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A Lesson to Live By

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Why The SUP Resale Market Is About To Change

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Paddling is a factor in happiness

Canoeing Supports Healthy Relationships To Live A Good Life

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Camp Wapomeo Women Complete 50-Day Canoe Trip

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Behind 40 Years Of The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association

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Remembering The Paddling Pioneer Harold Jessup

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9 Best Inflatable Kayaks and Rafts for Whitewater in...

Discover some of the year's best inflatable kayaks and rafts from Advanced Elements, AIRE, Cronin and Kokopelli. Perfect for...

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Kayaks

8 Best Touring Kayaks Under $3,600 for 2020

Discover the year's best touring kayaks under $3,600 from Delta Kayaks, Zegul, TRAK Kayaks and Oru. These designsare efficient,...

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Paddleboards

7 Best Inflatable Paddleboards (SUPs) for 2020

Discover some of the year's best inflatable recreational kayaks from Airboard, Hala Gear, SIC Maui, Sea Eagle, Bishop Boards,...

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Kayaks

12 Best Inflatable Recreational Kayaks for 2020

Discover some of the year's best inflatable recreational kayaks from Advanced Elements, Innova, Aquaglide, AIRE and Sea Eagle. Perfect...

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Win a Mustang Hudson Drysuit and Khimera PFD

Stay safe, warm and dry through all seasons. We're giving one lucky paddler the opportunity to win a Mustang...

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Gear

Top 5 Inflatable PFDs For Paddleboarders

Inflatable PFDs offer the best of two worlds—peace of mind without the bulky and restrictive foam flotation of traditional...

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Kayak Paddles

Top 4 Touring Paddles For Adventurous Kayakers

These kayak paddles are ready for the long journey ahead.

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Quiz: What kayak should you buy?

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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...

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Videos

Video: British Columbia’s Coast By Kayak

In Dear Liza we tried to capture the feeling of paddling the British Columbia coast and how it can...

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Destinations

Discovering A Canoeist’s Paradise On Lake Superior

As canoeists lust after Canada’s furthest latitudes, they often bypass one of the finest wilderness lakes on our planet....

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Destinations

Kayaking and Canoeing Near Me: Best Places to Go

Whether you're an expert or a beginner, there's probably somewhere to go kayaking or canoeing near you. Find the...

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Explore Utah’s Green River Canyonlands by Kayak

Celebrate the 150th anniversary by exploring Utah’s Green River Canyonlands by kayak.

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Skills

Trip Planning

7 Steps To Plan Your Dream Canoe Trip

Adventurer Frank Wolf shares his advice on how to turn your expedition fantasy into an epic reality.

Frank Wolf

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5 Steps To Plan An Epic Kayak Expedition

Your kayak can take you places most people will never see. Going into unknown and less traveled locations and...

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Photography

Top 7 Photography Tips For Paddlers

If you are a paddler, there is a good chance you also enjoy taking the odd photo. Even if...

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Why Paddling Is Vital For Human Survival

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Casper Steinfath SUP’s Across The Skagerrak Ocean

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Why You Must Paddle Western Newfoundland

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The First Woman To Paddleboard The Straits Of Florida

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Why The SUP Resale Market Is About To Change

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How Emre Bosut Is Building A SUP-Surf Paradise

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Industry & Trends

9 Industry Experts On The Future Of Paddleboarding

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Paddling is a factor in happiness

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Why You Need To Paddle Lake Revelstoke

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The Worst Reviews Of The Best Paddling Destinations

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Nouria Newman Takes On Patagonia’s 3 Toughest Rivers

Nouria Newman says that she has always been drawn to Patagonia because of how far away it is from...

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Features

What Is Happening With Cannabis In Canoe Culture?

With Canada poised to become a hotbed for cannabis tourism, a handful of entrepreneurs are paddling into a new, greener economy

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