Berrien Paddlers Pool Session St. Joe Jan 16th

The Berrien Paddlers Club is sponsoring a Pool Training Session Sunday January 16th 2011. Go Kayak Now! will be hosting instruction for anyone interested in attending. Where: St. Joseph High School Pool (link is to google maps location). When: January 16th 2011 2pm-4pm. Cost: $20.00 for pool time and group lessons. $30.00 for pool time …

Danger of using new equipment in conditions

Let this be a humble reminder to us mortals, Sean Morely’s excellent post from California Kayak on being “between swims” provides some valuable lessons. He categorized the main points well himself. Never paddle into a break you haven’t observed for a healthy length of time. Only paddle with equipment you have 100% confidence. Having been …

Basics of Kayak Surfing

Last year I created a surf kayaking presentation that I presented at WMCKA, and then did a surfing skills session at Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium. This presentation that will be presented in an updated form at Canoecopia in 2011. I spent some time over the last month to throw together an article on a …