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Ah, I had mis-remembered your Firebird as a Trillium. Overall I've been very happy with my Phoenix, but on a couple longer lake trips...

I have a Hemlock Kestrel but it's very similar to the Trillium. I actually purchased the Kestrel because I wasn't using the Advantage as...

Here’s the two canoes ready to go. I saw the Mad River for the first time in 30 years. It’s a Freedom! I remember we did some not easy...

Thanks, Steve, Alan and tketcham, that's all helpful. I have a long way to go if I plan to keep it up. I must say my back is more...

Sort of, they use paddles with a double bend so I'm not sure how that effects the catch and power phase but it seems like what he's...

I'm not comfortable yet about disagreeing with the short & fast cadence teaching, but the more I try to put Paukea's teaching in those...

Stroke length is very important. It should be quite short. It took me a long time to get this down (not that mine is perfect by any...

This is exactly why I stopped giving out much location info on the Internet. There are places now I won't even discuss with more than a...

It's not a bad opinion piece despite complaining about the obvious; recreationalists have grown in number while spaces for them have...

I was remarking on the often heard complaint expressed in Callan's article that it's getting difficult to have a wilderness paddling...

Yeah, if it has "Park" in the name or it's on the coast, reservations are going to be required and competition for those reservations is...

Wilderness doesn't exist anywhere in the world anymore. Eight billion people and counting but the earth isn't expanding to accommodate...

A good tip for planning is to research which sites require reservations, then go somewhere else. We planned a salt water canoe trip out...

I just bought a Z Fold 7, which opens up to the size of a mini tablet. The thing is great for tripping. With careful use, a 20K mAh will...

Spent a bunch more time (8+ miles) in the Advantage yesterday. I agree with folks who said leaning outside assists a turn. Very...