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TLDR: Don't leave synthetics exposed to UV. @Caledonia If you can feel a textural difference, the fabric is shot. Long answer...

I went to cinch my bowlines down ahead of a long trip at interstate speeds, and one of my hoodstraps ripped. Seems like UV degradation...

I'm assuming that some of the forum members have facial hair, that some make sawdust, and that the two subsets overlap. Here is the...

Nice saves. On my normal walk they created a carp barrier consisting of large rocks to keep carp from traveling from the lake to the...

The snapper is about the size of a half dollar and probably one day old. Every year we see the little guys and way too many get squished...

😆 @eckilson I'm sure it'd be a great river boat too with that rocker. I'd eyed one up as a solo pole-and-paddle boat at one point.

This has been in the works for a while now but last Saturday 7/19/25 I traded in my Hemlock Eaglet lll in the lite-tech layup to Hemlock...

A buddy of mine has a Starfire (at least I think it is a Starfire), but it is a solo and royalex - good tripping or "big-boy" boat.

I may take freestyle class or two with it, but the one I recently got will primarily be a river runner and should be great for it...

I'm posting this day trip mainly because it's rather unique owing to it's location and timing... Rainy Lake is located in the North...

It’s just a great compact tandem. Comfortable yet playful if you want to be.

Y'all are terrible enablers. Despite my attendance at a freestyle workshop or two, I don't actually aspire to freestyle paddling...

The lack of moderation on paddling.com, formerly paddling.net, is very sad. But among the ads for who-knows-what nonsense, there are...

I haven’t paddled on fisheating creek since about 2010. I never saw anyone else there. Parts of it are beautiful! I don’t miss Florida...

Fisheating Creek Info This is one of the best paddling sites in Florida, in my opinion. The creek winds its way through several...