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I love to see children out on the water. What a good idea to get a canoe!

The smiling faces tell you enough..good choice and , Hope there will be many more happy memories and adventures

Meant to post this a few weeks ago… After considering fishing boats for a long time, I experienced a moment of great clarity - the fact...

As I was scrolling through some of my old videos, I found another with some good examples of offside (or outside) healing. Note that...

Watch this guy's boat closely as he demonstrates the forward stroke in his WW canoe. This is the first video I ever noticed this...

I'm familiar with that reactive torque. You need to have tight abs or that torque won't make it to the boat. I don't rotate much so I...

That's one of my favorite things. Catching a small eddy behind a rock is tricky indeed, but bigger eddies in deep water are pure joy...

I was referring to your maple Maine guide paddle with the big blade, although on that shallow stream I probably would have stuck with...

I quite like the extra paddle length for catching eddies as well. Though the blade on my paddle being a bit narrower does make it less...

i have no idea what was just said. During the power paddle phase, there is at least a moderate amount of torso and upper body rotation...

What happens when you paddle a bent shaft backwards? If no one else is around it feels odd.😕 If your paddling friends are around it...

When paddling single stroke single side in my lighter canoes (22 pound PB Shadow, or 19 pound SR Blackwater), I notice during the...

I have two boats with asymmetrical rocker, a Northwind solo and a Northwind 17. Typically boats like this are meant to be paddled from...

That's right. Think about the mechanics from the point of view of your hip rotation. To forward stroke pull on the right side, you...

Many remote Adirondack ponds will have an old beater leaky canoe (or rowboat), well hidden somewhere not far from shore. Usuallly there...