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Yesterday, I paddled with a local group (the Marion County Aquaholics). For the 1st time I was NOT the only one in a canoe. I was in my...

That Red textreem June Bug is mine. I'm jealous. You guys are getting to see it and paddle it before I do. I likely won't see it for...

What a strange coincidence. Last week I reread The New Jersey Pine Barrens, having read it the 1st time 30 or so years ago. Currently...

Bill Mason was an inspiration, a great paddler and a great teacher. His style of paddling, though highly effective was, in many ways...

I spoke to Sam Dunning today. Sam is the producer of "Canoe Dig It". He is trying to arrange screenings at the Little Theater in...

The most arrogant character is the producer/director himself and I think that's intentional.

A little over a year ago, Molly and I, along with several other FreeStyle instructors and past competitors, had the opportunity to...

I'll take the credit for coining the term "functional freestyle". I don't recall when I first used the term. It was more years ago than...

Aquabatics could have been a good term for "Interpretive FreeStyle" had they chosen it as such, way back when. It has a similar...

I can see pros and cons to renaming or rebranding FreeStyle canoeing and to the various suggestions that have been bantered about. My...

Nice report Glenn and some well described 1st impressions. I suspect most of them will be reinforced with further seat/knee time...

I don't think this is an issue. My Illusion has clocked 25K maybe 35K miles on the roof of my truck and shows no indication of...

For what it's worth: Some of the older Savage River boats seemed prone to UV damage if not kept covered. Several years ago they changed...