After a big discussion with the community about paddle floats and their use, or misuse. I thought it might be fun to collect the top ten alternate uses for a paddle float for a paddler t-shirt. We are going to be collecting them through-out the month of April. At the end of [...]
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A while back I wrote an article based on the Qajaq USA fueled discussion about Mentally Preparing to Eskimo Roll. For the uninitiated. An eskimo roll is the ability to right your kayak without exiting. Essentially it is a finesse maneuver where the paddler floats their body at the surface alongside their kayak [...] This is a great example of why we learn to eskimo roll. It takes about 2 seconds to complete the roll, then you are back up and on your way. This guy unwittingly also makes the case against the paddle float rescue. Even with proper training it can be challenging in textured [...] The excellent PBS Program Nova is airing a program called Extreme Ice. This documentary film by James Balog shows time lapse videos of glaciers rapidly melting and disappearing into the sea all across the Northern Hemisphere. James Balog also appeared on Fresh Air to discuss the film. I think the film [...] This is the official Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival Competition results page. Canoe and Kayak Magazine online had an awesome, if self-deprecating article on the competition called, Ego Tripping at the Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival. Joe Berry, the author of the article gives some insight into how tough the scoring can be. [...] It appears that the predictions for smallish waves were unfortunately correct. Though you do get to witness what the very talented can do with very little. It was certainly a lot more waves than I saw this weekend. So I would have been quite happy with the 3 foot surf. It looks [...] Golden Gate Tilt Shift, originally uploaded by Go Kayak Now.
Further Tilt Shift play with images. I was playing with this: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/ After looking at a few photos posted to http://qajaqusa.org [...]
Reverend Van Doren and I managed another Lake Michigan sea kayak day trip from Saugatuck in the rapidly diminishing ice. We paddled about 11 miles on Saturday in bright sunshine. Check out the complete gallery including John Flemings pics. [...] This is a beautiful tilt shift video of a day at the beach. It does have a surprise so keep watching, watch for time segment 0:41. Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. Anyone who has run a marathon, cycled a long race, or camped in the woods for 10 days will tell you wet wipes are the bang! Wet wipes are small, moist, antiseptic squares of civilization. Crohn’s/Colitis makes them an essential piece of gear for any run or ride over two hours. Further, when [...] |
            
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