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We got some rain on Saturday that brought my local rivers up, so I decided to stay local and paddle a section of my home river – the...

That "kit" make me feel so inadequate.

Air bags are definitely important in whitewater paddling. They keep the boat floating higher in the water so it is less likely to pin on...

Why not. Here is one of my local paddling friends running the class III Gorge Drop on the Knightville section of the Westfield River...

If I stink in the forest, and there is no one to smell it, do I really stink? Alan

To me, a skeg drops down out of the stern and is adjustable to help with weathercocking. A rudder pivots at the stern on cables...

I did my first WW training in a loaner boat - a Mohawk XL-13. This was me in the rental boat in 2005.

I'd go for one of the Outrages.

That's the last guy who took a canoe class...

This post started with a trip on the Sugar River in NH that I did last year as the only canoe with 20 kayakers. Well, I did the trip...

Yep. I'm familiar with that. :D

Having a skeg definitely makes it easier to paddle my sea kayak in the wind, but being able to adjust it relative to the wind directions...

Momentum is what allows you to go where you want to go, make the moves you want to make, and stay in control - that applies to freestyle...

I like yours better. ;)