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The Adirondack Canoe Symposium 2017 July 13 – 16 Paul Smith’s College Paul Smith’s, NY The Adirondack Canoe Symposium offers excellent instruction in a quiet water venue for people wishing to improve their paddling and boat control skills. Courses are offered for all skill...

Friday June 16 – Sunday June 18, 2017 Pine Lake Camp, Westfield, Wisconsin Welcome to the Wisconsin Canoe Symposium (WCS)! This is an enjoyable weekend where you can receive coaching in a quiet water setting from experienced, ACA-certified instructors who will assess your skills and lead you...

Magnus, These are all good ideas. Unfortunately, we do not currently have a tech savvy web master, nor the funds to hire one. I've noted your suggestions. At such time as we have a volunteer with the necessary skills or are able to hire someone, I'll pass them along. Thanks, Marc

We are working on updates to the FreeStyle website. In the mean time, here is the schedule of events for the upcoming season. June 2-4, 2017 WESTERN PA SOLO CANOE RENDEZVOUS Cooper's Lake Campground Portersville/Slippery Rock PA www.wpascr.org June 16-18, 2017 WISCONSIN CANOE SYMPOSIUM Pine...

There is still time to register for the Pine Barrens Functional Freestyle Workshop (Oct. 14-16). The workshop will be held in Medford Lakes New Jersey, in the heart of the Pine Lands National Reserve. Instruction will be offered for all canoeists, from novice to expert. The goal is to present or...

At our recent Canoe Symposium, in Ohio, several folks raised questions as to how the upcoming, Pine Barrens Workshop would be different from all the others. First off, the focus is on FUNCTIONAL use of the techniques, in real world situations. Exhibition or interpretive freestyle will be...

The early registration discount for the Midwest Canoe Symposium is rapidly approaching, on August 22nd. Registration forms and full information about the event is available on the FreeStyle website, www.freestylecanoeing.com. Class Offerings: Freestyle classes in solo and tandem, additional...

I just made some using toilet paper tubes stuffed with dryer lint and paraffin. Once the paraffin hardened, I sliced them into 1/4" thick discs with a band saw. The cut edges of the discs are rough enough that they light with the briefest contact of the match or lighter flame.

I don't get what the fuss is all about. Charlie presented some information which he thought might be of interest to some who read or participate on this forum. If one reads a dozen or more of the replys, it's apparent that he was correct.That it was not of interest to all is immaterial. Those...

SAVE THE DATES! WISCONSIN CANOE SYMPOSIUM JUNE 19 -21, 2015 Pine Lake Camp, Westfield, WI The Wisconsin Canoe Symposium will be held from June 19-21 at Pine Lake Camp, Westfield, WI . Food service and a variety of lodging accommodations will be available, including motel style rooms, cabin...

A NEW SYMPOSIUM (Further Midwest) SAVE THE DATES! WISCONSIN CANOE SYMPOSIUM JUNE 19 -21, 2015 Pine Lake Camp, Westfield, WI The Wisconsin Canoe Symposium will be held from June 19-21 at Pine Lake Camp, Westfield, WI . Food service and a variety of lodging accommodations will be available...

I spent last weekend at the Midwest Canoe Symposium in Peninsula Ohio (near Akron). I don't know the exact count, but I believe there were just over 20 students, a similar number of instructors and a hand full of significant others, holding down the fort. The weather was quite cooperative, with...

No Title A reminder that it is not too late to register.

I could quibble with a few points but in general, Glenn's assessment is accurate (in my opinion). We've offered a "Wind and Waves" class in the past but it was poorly attended. The Midwest Canoe Symposium is offering a "Canoeing Essentials Clinic", a "Kids Class", a "Forward Stroke Clinic" and...

The Midwest Canoe Symposium in Peninsula Ohio (near Akron) will be September 5 through 7. All levels of FreeStyle instruction will be offered as well as more fundamental classes. Full information as well as registration materials are available at www.freestylecanoeing.com.