Recent content by themadindian

If you have the means to attend this event, I strongly recommend it, this was my 5th year attending and it's amazing what you'll keep learning and refining just being around these instructors and students alike. I had another 5th year ask me if I was holding the blade neutral at the stern and...

Nice report, that trip is one I wanted to do this year and didn't.

How would you compare the Firebird to the Wildfire? I mentioned the Hemlock canoes to her, I told her she needs a demo tour

He has an old tandem coleman he brings out from time to time or a paddle board. He puts a beach chair on the paddle board, it's pretty amusing

Those two were high on her list but she loves the Rapidfire and has now discovered she likes kneeling in a more responsive boat. For the last 5 years she's paddled my esquif adirondack and only sitting with a double blade seemed to work for her in that canoe. Now that she's tried some more...

Mike was on a 10ft plastic ocean kayak. She said if she gets a kneeling canoe like the firebird she'll go next year to the pine barrens, I offered her the wildfire for this year but she's scheduled for work

She double bladed both the wildfire and shearwater, now she's talking about trying a firebird

Once everyone was fed, the fog gone and temps in the 50s we headed out to climb up Watch hill and have lunch, my kid said she wanted to try the Wildfire and off she went. I wouldn't be paddling it again the rest of the time :D Beach arrival for the trail Watch hill Headed back to camp...

As the trip date approached and news of the noreaster approaching we began debating cancelling our trip but on Tuesday and Wednesday reports showed the storm going east so we decided to go and left on Thursday. My kid and I got off to a late start as she got hung up at work training someone...

Yes, I started in the wildfire but was asked to switch after arriving at the site 32 island, the kid was in it the rest of the time and in some pretty rough conditions when we decided to call the trip. More on that later ;-)

Steam fog kinda morning

Resting under the harvest moon

You can still get the allmighty white which is made from kevlar

Yes that is a Bell Wildfire and the one that after paddling it has me desiring one of my own and yes I already registered for the Pine Barrens, what canoe I'm bringing is still up in the air. I unfortunately just missed out on a swift wildfire in expedition kevlar at Collinsville by a week I...

That's awesome @yknpdlr ! My kid is 27