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Accessories

Best Kayak Seats For 2025

Joe Potoczak

a group of children and youth jump in the air beside a river while wearing a selection of life jackets

Buying Advice

Best Child And Youth Life Jackets For 2025

Holding phone up with raft and river gorge in the background.

Accessories

Best Waterproof Phone Pouches For 2025

A paddleboard on top of a car's roof rack.

Buying Advice

Best Paddleboard Car Racks For 2025

The Patagonia Guidewater waterproof hip pack sitting on rocks near the edge of a river with a raft in the background.

Accessories

Best Waterproof Fanny Packs For 2025

Paddles

Buying Advice

Best Paddleboard Paddles For 2025

Just like paddleboards themselves, paddle technology continues to evolve to the point that it’s nearly impossible to only have...

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Buying Advice

Best Kayak Paddles For 2025

Only once in nearly 30 years of paddling have I found myself facing a familiar adage in real life....

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Kayak Paddles

How To Choose The Right Kayak Paddle

Paddling Magazine gives expert advice on which kayak paddle is perfect for you

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Expert Advice

Buying Advice

How To Choose The Right Canoe Paddle

Paddling Magazine Staff0

How to select and size the perfect canoe paddle for you.

PFDs

Buying Advice

Best Child And Youth Life Jackets For 2025

For this guide, I collected a dozen life jackets for children and youth between 30 and 90 pounds. This...

Brenna Kelly 0

Buying Advice

Best Toddler Life Jackets in 2025

For this guide, I collected a dozen toddler life jackets for testing. Then I asked myself, how many children...

Brenna Kelly 0

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Gear

A First Look At The NRS Lucid (Video)

The NRS Lucid PFD is new to the market in Spring 2025, implementing NRS’s new Orbit Fit technology and...

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Gear

First Look: NRS Ninja Pro PFD (Video)

The NRS Ninja Pro got an upgrade in 2024 and the Paddling Mag team got a first look at...

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Accessories

Accessories

Best Paddleboard Seats For 2025

Standup paddleboards continue to be one of the fastest-growing activities on the water, and for good reason. They’re easy...

Dan Dakin 0

Accessories

Best Kayak Seats For 2025

The well-worn saying, “It’s like riding a bike,” has a second meaning when it comes to kayaking. Like the...

Joe Potoczak 0

Accessories

Best Waterproof Phone Pouches For 2025

Nothing brings the outdoor vibes to a screeching halt like an unforeseeable phone malfunction due to too much adventure....

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Editor's Pick

Camping Gear

5 Best Sleeping Pads For Kayak And Canoe Camping

A restful night in the backcountry starts with a dependable sleeping pad. Unlike backpackers who rank weight above most else, packability, price and pleasure...

Apparel

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Apparel

Come Ebb Or Flood This Low-Profile Paddling Shoe Keeps...

When it comes to a pair of kayaking shoes, there seems to be two extremes to choose from: pricey...

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Apparel

The Newest Astral Brewer May Be The Best One...

Way back in 2012, kayak shoes were largely sandals or booties. And, regardless of the labeling as water shoe,...

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Apparel

Ice Cold Innovation: How The World’s Leading Cold Water...

Mustang Survival had no intentions of reinventing the wheel last year when it took on the challenge of updating...

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