Kayaking: A Way of Life
POSTED FROM Kokatat Kayaking Gear I started kayaking as a little girl where we live here in Butte, Montana. I was six years old and it was a couple of years before the first kids’ boats were designed. Interestingly enough, we usually don’t see many other women kayakers. A freshman in high-school, I am now 14 and, other than a few close friends of my dad’s, more often than not my sisters and I are the only women on the river. This is unfortunate, because kayaking can be a way of life just as easily for women as for men. I have been able to apply the lessons I’ve learned on the river to my life, and the same is true as well for my two little sisters. One of the first lessons that I learned was responsibility. My dad always said, “If you want to be a real kayaker you have to … [Read More...]
River Runs Free After Dramatic Dam Explosion (Video)
CONDIT DAM – WHITE SALMON – WASHINGTON by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 10.30.11 There may be no more potent symbol of our propensity to manipulate nature than a dam — and perhaps no greater testament to changing attitudes than in knocking them down. For nearly a century, Washington’s Condit Dam strangled the White [...]
The Great Kayak Rudder/Skeg Debate
By Kayaker Alex Matthews FEW SUBJECTS ARE AS CONTROVERSIAL TO SOME SEA KAYAKERS AS THE CHOICE OF KAYAK RUDDER OR SKEG The debate has raged on for decades fueled by misinformation, entrenched narrow-mindedness, and plain good old ignorance. In other words, we paddlers have had a really good time with it! Let’s begin by [...]
Kayakers rescued from NH lake during storm
By George Sayour, About.com Guide As expected, paddlers couldn’t resist kayaking in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. After all, hurricanes do raise rivers and lakes and offer some spectacular natural effects even after the storm has passed. Lucky for these two kayakers on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire that rescuers could get to them in [...]
Kayaking App
Stuck at work when you’d rather go boating? Well, here’s a fix for that! Check out this fun kayaking game…. http://www.agame.com/game/waterfall-rush.html Tackle this upstream kayak battle one trick at a time! How to Play: Up = Paddle Left/Right = Rotate Space = Jump 1-4 = Perform Tricks Paddle your way to the finish line before [...]
Kayaker Catches A Huge Shark
A Texas father and his young son get quite a ride when they haul in a shark while fishing in a kayak. View our fishing kayaks online at Outdoorplay Kayaks
