This introductory video by Rolf Kraiker provides insight into some of the basic principles of paddling a canoe in what’s referred to as the traditional “Canadian” style.
This video is an overview of three different steering strokes, a breakdown of some elements to improve paddling mechanics and a short demonstration of paddling control exercises.
In case you missed the action from June’s Payette River Games, here’s a series of highlights from Sunplay.com.
To read about the event, at Kelly’s Whitewater Park, click here.
You’ve been paddling all day in gusting winds and heavy rains, you could barely tell the difference between being under the water and above. Your gear is soggy, your fingers numb, the one thing your craving is a hot meal when you get back to your campsite. Either you can settle for a hot dog (probably soggy as well) or you can settle in by the fire with a 12″ (30cm) pizza! You can even polish it off with a cake afterwards.
Coleman’s Portable InstaStart Stove Oven, $249.99, is small enough to be portable and convenient, but large enough to cook the foods you enjoy back home. Having two full-size appliances in one, a stove and an oven, means you’re not limited to something you can cook out of a single pot. Have eggs and bacon in the morning for breakfast and bake a cheesy casserole for dinner. The two stove burners produce a total of 12,000 BTUs. The oven reaches 3,000 BTUs, temperate up to 500 degrees F, meaning this is no Easy Bake oven. It’s a real tool for camp cooking.
Another key feature of the InstaStart Stove Oven, is the Instastart push-button lighting system. Now you don’t have to play with fire and gas, trying to light your stove. Just push a button and you have means to cook dinner. The WindBlock system shields burners for maximum heat and to ensure you can keep dinner cooking even in the wind. The WindBlock gaurds can adjust to different pot sizes as well.
Currently available at Canadian Tire. For more information about Coleman, or their Portable InstaStart Stove Oven. check out their website, colemancanada.ca.
“ANOTHER RACE IN THE BOOKS!” said Jeff Brady, of the Yukon River Quest 2014. “The 16th annual Yukon River Quest was memorable for its rocky start with all teams battling breakers that blew up from the south as they were getting on Lake Laberge. But after persevering through those very tough conditions (including some dramatic rescues), most teams carried on and had good weather all the way to Dawson City. The river was lower than usual, resulting in slower times overall.
First team in on Friday night was the British tandem kayak Two Numbnuts, paddled by Shaun Thrower and Steve King in 45 hours, 30 minutes, 32 seconds, followed by solo kayaker Dave Hutchinson of the United States in 46:25:52, the Yukon voyageur team Ts’alvit (Gwich’in for Arctic Loon) in 48:43:26, and the top tandem canoe Puha no Huanie (Esteva Phillippe from French Polynesia and Esteva Nicholas from France) in 49:54:10. They were the only teams to break the 50 hour barrier this year. Overall, 48 teams finished of the 66 that were registered; there were 18 scratches.
See the complete results below, or on our 2014 Race Tracker page and check for Updated News on our Facebook Page! See 2014 YRQ Awards press release coming soon!” Also be sure to check out their website, yukonriverquest.com.
The 16th annual Yukon River Quest was memorable for its rocky start with all teams battling breakers that blew up from the south as they were getting on Lake Laberge. But after persevering through those very tough conditions (including some dramatic rescues), most teams carried on and had good weather all the way to Dawson City.
The river was lower than usual, resulting in slower times overall. First team in was the British tandem kayak Two Numbnuts paddled by Shaun Thrower and Steve King in 45 hours, 30 minutes, 32 seconds, followed by solo kayaker Dave Hutchinson of the United States in 46:25:52, the Yukon voyageur team Ts’alvit (Gwich’in for Arctic Loon) in 48:43:26, and the top tandem canoe Puha no Huanie (Esteva Phillippe from French Polynesia and Esteva Nicholas from France) in 49:54:10. They were the only teams to break the 50 hour barrier this year.
Overall, 48 teams finished of the 66 that were registered. There were 18 scratches. See complete results here.
The Hercules is made of AT’s new Duraweave, a composite material brand new for 2014 that takes reliability to the next level. Duraweave is an anti-break material with secondary strength, meaning if you smash it hard enough to crack it—which will take some effort—the shaft won’t just snap like with other carbon paddles. It can take another hit (and potentially another and another) before it’ll break in two. We love having our hands on a paddle that we can trust anywhere, even on remote rivers where a broken paddle could be catastrophic.
www.atpaddles.com | Ergo Shaft $300
Also available with a straight shaft and carbon blade.
Click here to find a river running blade for every budget in the free online edition of Rapid, Early Summer 2014 or download our free app for Apple or Android.
“Inspire episode 3 features an all-star cast of Evan Garcia, Martina Wegman, Dane Jackson, Tyler Curtis, Gerd and Aniol Serrasolses, Devyn Scott, Marianne Saether all going crazy in some epic whitewater for the 2014 Whitewater Grand Prix. This is a must-watch, aerial recap on the event! Beautiful aerial cinematography mixed with time-lapses and unreal boaters make for one amazing video. It was captured on GOPro Hero 3+ and special thanks to Aniol Serrasolses for POV footage. Music – War of the Planets Virtual Riot – Energy Drink This Bird’s-Eye View of Kayaking dangerously Flooded Rivers will Blow you Away | Inspire, Ep. 3.”
From EpicTV.
“These quick pictures are from a trip we recently finished up along the northeast coast of Newfoundland,” said Adventure Kayak reader Peter Lavigne. “The first couple days were spent out running the ice pack and the icebergs were like trail markers along the way. Unfortunately, the best pics were never taken, as the conditions dictated we concentrated on paddling rather than trying to take pictures!”
Want more reader photos? Check out this shot, “Paddler’s Morning.”
Historians have yet to unearth a corporate code of ethics used by Harry Chestnut to build the Chestnut Canoe Company. It’s possible they haven’t looked hard enough—more likely that none existed.
Chestnut grew up in the late 1880s in one of New Brunswick’s leading families. Harry and his brother William spent their summers exploring the shores of the St. John River in their birchbark canoes built by a locale Malecite. As a young man salmon fishing he got his first glimpse of a wood and canvas canoe from Maine. Chestnut judged it superior to anything he had paddled and saw before him a great business opportunity, quickly starting the Chestnut Canoe Compnay as an offshoot to the family’s hardware business.
Continue reading this article in the digital edition of Canoeroots and Family Camping, Early Summer 2007, on our free iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch App or Android App or read it on your desktop here.
“Killarney Country is big, wild and unspoiled,” reads the Killarney Outfitters website. “Until the 60’s you could only reach us by canoe or steam ship. Now Killarney is an accessible wilderness. This remote coastal village of northern Georgian Bay was recognized in 1820, making Killarney, northern Ontario’s oldest community. Killarney is smack in the middle of Ontario’s most diverse and unique ecosystem, a true wilderness paradise. Killarney is just 4.5 hours from Toronto, Ontario.”
In this segment from the Facing Waves TV series, by Heliconia Press, Ken Whiting explores by kayak one of the most spectacular freshwater playgrounds in North America–Killarney and Georgian Bay.
For more information on Killarney Outfitters visit their website, killarneyoutfitters.com.
