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Although I'm not a WW paddler Tom's videos were an inspiration to me to use my hull more to control my boat. Instead of doing it with my...

I got my copy of the video series here... https://freestylecanoeing.com/instructional-video/

I've always done what Bill Mason recommends in "PATH OF THE PADDLE" On big open water I strap the packs down tight to the bottom of the...

Surely similar but... Mine will never grace the halls of any museum and (some did notice) none of the psychedelic colors on mine are...

I think the idea of promoting solo canoes to new canoeists is a good one. Solo canoeing is more intuitive, and I think easier than...

I have no idea which of those canoes I'd enjoy paddling the most, but I do know which one is the most psychedelic eye candy.

The price of new quality canoes can seem ridiculous to many people, mainly because they don't understand what goes into building a canoe...

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...

I noticed you were spending quite a bit of time in those fast cruisers. They are a lot of fun to paddle at speed and exciting if you get...

Thanks in part to the encouragement (or enabling?) of several of our other members, I brought a 1978 Wenonah Jensen C-1 home from WPASCR...

I am almost always the only one in a canoe when I do group trips. I'm also in the only one on the local lake when I go bass fishing...

That was certainly my experience. I grew up where there were very few people paddling anything. And anything they did paddle was big...

one time while car camping in a very large, popular park, I was just horsing around in our16'9" tandem while waiting for my wife to...