themadindian

It's fun to realize how much movement there has been since I first posted on this thread a couple of years ago! Current solo fleet...

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming... :) Things change and so do our canoes. Two years later and we sold one* and...

I wish I was able to take a slower pace, but it was a push to see that much of the lake in two paddling days. From the upper dam it was...

I made a last minute decision to take my Campfire Tent and wood stove on this trip. I can't believe I almost went without them. I'm too...

Another couple from yesterday, on the Withlacoochee River.

I haven't paddled for a few years and decided to give it another try. Couldn't comfortably lift my old solo, so I purchased a lighter...

That’s pretty impressive, when I took over, the banner stated the site was open to “all paddlers”. I changed it to “open canoes”, but...

Comparative activity levels Based on recent forum activity in late 2025, Canoetripping.net appears to have higher recent activity in...

The good news is I've been tripping for almost 35 years with a partially numb left foot. My sciatic pain used to go down the back of my...

Sadly this is my lowest mileage year in 6 years, just totaled my paddling from my garmin and it was 103 miles, I was getting worried I...

As close as I can come to answering your "constrained" question. I've several times been asked, why is it referred to as freestyle...

"Freestyle" is a broad term. It shouldn't matter if you're tripping, paddling twisty streams or whatever, the above statement should be...

As to "functional" being a relatively new term, it is, sort of. As I understand it, the early development of freestyle (originally...

Perhaps Marc Ornstein will chime in but for me the difference between functional freestyle and functional paddling is that when I'm...

In case anyone has any interest. Here are some photos of my SOF builds from this summer season