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It is a somewhat different experience for me. It is difficult for me to not think about race mode paddling when solo. Most often I am in...

For canoe tripping, the best choice has got to be the chair. I found the Maxi Trac Folding chair at NAPA Auto Parts, of all places. With...

Of course, you do need to bend at the waist, but not as much as you may think. It is not like bending over with arched back to pick...

Watch the above linked video of Kevin Olson's "'how to turn a c1". you get good from the front views of how he huts and switches his...

I change how I switch depending on conditions. The only constant is that the bottom hand is the one that hands off. If I'm paddling on...

I retired 12 years ago with 41.5 years of combined active military and government civilian research laboratory credit to my pension...

Yeah, I told that fib too. We have understanding wives. ;)

Good wife example #1: A few years ago, a dear family friend who I had known and was best friends with his kids since kindergarten, was...

what is your "boat" and how do you propel it? If you "paddle" a canoe or a kayak, neither of which originated from English words. It...

Although there appears t be no defined upper limit to its size, you likely have not paddled in a woodland vernal pool. Typically they...

I inherited this 1984 F250 diesel from my dad several years ago. He had already made the wood rack sides for transporting firewood. I...

My two year old 51" GRB carbon bent gently curved blade weighs in at 10 ounces, matching the advertised weight. Exactly the same as my...

Steve, were you paddling single side with correction strokes, or hit and switch to maintain a straight forward track? There are so many...

I would say weight and paddle length are the two main differences, and not so much straight vs bent. My straight shaft carbon paddle has...

With this thread topic in mind, I took three paddles of widely varying shapes on the NW CT trip last Sunday: a 48.5" (11 oz.) ZRE Power...