Paul Mason

Some whitewater canoe designs appear to be timeless.  I remember the excitement when another canoe instructor, Curtis Berryman, and I pooled our resources to buy an old Mad River Explorer...

The topic of the perfect paddle length is second only to the discussion of the perfect boat whenever more than two paddlers gather. From online forums to campfires, birthdays...

From illustrator and canoeing instructor Paul Mason, and adventure guide, educator, Alex Bayette, comes the first-ever collaborative river rescue board game. Six years in the making, this game tests...

Use these tricks to glide on with your paddling pals.

New canoes require a new roll, or at least modifying your roll technique that worked just fine in the old bigger solo canoes. Solo whitewater canoes such as the Ocoee,...

The back ferry is a great tool for navigating whitewater in a canoe. Unlike the front ferry where paddlers (or a solo paddler) face upstream and paddle forward, the...

I set up for shallow slides much the same as I set up for any creek line. I start opposite the side I want to end up...

Forty days and forty nights without having to shuttle would have been swweeet. Instead, Noah pretty much set the design standard for displacement hull boats. Good or Bad? It...