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I can't keep up with everyone's canoes. Do you consider your Kestrel the sport canoe, Tom, or is it some other canoe? Yeah, I love to...

I hear ya, sort of. I sold my Advantage solo cruiser because I was getting a bit bored with doing laps around local lakes by myself...

I'm glad you reposted that. I thought it was interesting when I read it before deletion. Personally, and I think this goes for most of...

After discussing it with Glenn I decided to re-post my original reply. I deleted it because it didn't seem relevant to the majority of...

I agree. My goal is not that every canoeist becomes an expert in every aspect of canoe sport, but to create and maintain a site that...

The purpose of this thread is not controversy, but rather to stir up some interest and perhaps motivation to learn additional boat...

Speaking of practical boat control techniques, yesterday I had a paddle jam between the boat and a sunken tree branch and had to let go...

I have paddled with a lot of green paddlers over the years. The one type of paddler I cannot stand are really confident people with a...

On a canoe tripping site, a post like this can stir some controversy. I'm not a big AI guy, but I asked Chat Gpt to define canoe...

I met an old cowboy from Utah at Mule Days in Bishop, CA many years ago. He summed up his profession in a few words, and they apply to...

A worthy goal, but probably not realistic for those of us with a life beyond paddling, which is all of us. I focus on what I need for...

Here is another video that explains and illustrates how to paddle carving circles more pithily than does Tom Foster. It is based on...

In his videos, Tom Foster always talks about paddling in (carving) circles. That is, he teaches that all paddling in whitewater...

Whitewater freestyle is for whitewater experts. First, the basics of whitewater boat control must be learned: How to read moving water...