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During a recent two week trip paddling bow in my buddy’s Wenonah MN2 I had my first experience with a double blade. I was using my...

Last week when I was tripping in the Adirondacks for three days with a group of Freestyle instructors, we faced on the first day a...

I went directly from straight wood paddles to a carbon bent, so for a long time I couldn't know if the improvement was because of the...

No serious canoe racer would not use anything except a carbon bent single blade.

This is why I said in the other thread that bents are more effortless and less tiring for me than straights for hour-after-hour...

I cleared my social calendar this evening so I could run another paddle test. It was a beautiful evening with light winds and mostly...

Every time I read about or watch a video of Five Fingers Rapid the paddlers go through the very wide right channel between the right...

Five Finger Rapids gets a lot of pre-trip attention, mostly well deserved, often with a capsize for those who had not paid attention to...

That's a very interesting trip with loads of historical gold rush era sites. Fort Selkirk is worth an overnight or two. There's a well...

Canoe the North has several very high quality videos from the north country. Thanks for sharing!

The Ski Jumpers by Peter Geye A Minnesota based fiction about a long time ski jumper who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It connects...

Looks like a nice Chestnut Fox, with a good looking interior and solid canvas. The seller sent me some more photos and a video and...

Been there, sort of. Several years ago when working at a paddling/hiking store, we would offer classes and clinics to the public. One...

Yeah, it's a good idea to make your own with a more robust webbing. Cheaper too. And I never use carabiners or any hard objects for...

Glad you found that while just tying it down and not at highway speeds. Jim