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Enter to Win a Melker Rödlöga Sea Kayak &...

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Best Kayak Paddles For Touring In 2023

If your faithful touring paddle performs like a glorified egg beater, maybe it’s time for an upgrade. The best...
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Paddles

First Look: Perception Kayak Paddles

After years of making great kayaks at affordable price points, Perception Kayaks are setting their sights on kayak paddles....
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How To Choose The Perfect Life Jacket For Your...

When it’s time for adventure, you know who wants to join. Whether or not your pup is a natural...
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PFDs

How To Choose A PFD For Ultimate Safety &...

If you’re new to paddling, one of the first pieces of personal equipment you’ll want to purchase is a...
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Best Whitewater Life Jackets

Discover some of the year's best whitewater life jackets with these top five picks from Stohlquist, Gul Performance Apparel,...
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PFDs

7 Best Life Jackets for Canoeing in 2020

Discover some of the year's best life jackets from Salus Marine Wear, Stohlquist WaterWare, Gul Performance Wear, MTI Life...
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River Safety & Rescue Gear: Your Head-To-Toe Guide

Whether you are brand new to whitewater or are a seasoned paddler, it’s important to know what gear to...
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Food & Drink

Best Water Filters And Purifiers For Backcountry Camping

No matter how much you like to rough it, clean and safe drinking water is one thing no camper...
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Holiday Gift Guide: 13 Paddling Stocking Stuffers For Under...

Recently fact-checked by our unbiased team of paddlers, we can confirm that there is no such thing as “too...
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Camping Gear

5 Best Sleeping Pads For Kayak And Canoe Camping

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

In Praise Of The Unfashionable, Functional And Affordable Wetsuit

In 1952, surfing pioneer Jack O’Neill adapted technology developed by the University of California physicist Hugh Bradner to manufacture...
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Technical Outerwear

5 Top Women’s Drysuits Go Head-To-Head

We’ve come a long way since the rain-jacket-adaptation drysuits of the late 1970s. The first leap towards a more...
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Footwear

10 Best Water Shoes, Sneakers, Sandals And Booties

Discover the year’s best paddling footwear from NRS, Kokatat, Astral and more. The Paddling Magazine team put these booties,...
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