Tag Archives: kayak

Kayak Rolling: The First Step?

I have several first-time students contact me every year wanting to learn to roll their kayaks. As with any of these first contacts, I’ll try to get an idea of what their experiential background with, and goals for kayaking are. … Continue reading

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Ringing in the New Year

New Year weekend with water. Yes! The holiday and recent rains west and north of here gave me a chance to hook up with some good friends from Virginia for 3 great days of paddling. Day one was up to … Continue reading

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2011 Retrospective

Year-end retrospectives are all the rage, so I may as well fall in line. In no particular order: Work with the ACA 2011 was my final year on the ACA Board of Directors. I hope I acceptably lived up to … Continue reading

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Moths to a Flame

It never ceases to amaze me that I can drive six or seven hours from home on almost any given weekend and run into good friends from several different states on a river bank through the pure kismet of a … Continue reading

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