RSS 2.0 FeedMan helps police track down his stolen kayak on Craigslist – St. Petersburg Times.
Everyone likes a good story about crooks getting their comeuppance. As a bonus, this one is about kayaks!
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flatwater and ocean kayaking on the west coast of north america
flatwater and ocean kayaking on the west coast of north america
Stolen Kayak Recovered Through CraigslistMarch 2nd, 2010Lake Sammamish Kayak Tours – Great Blue Heron HabitatFebruary 27th, 2010If you live in the Seattle area, Lake Sammamish is a great place to have a relaxing and not too challenging paddle (assuming the weather is otherwise nice, of course). If you want to make a day of it, there are some opportunities coming up for exploring the lake. On March 7 and 27, you can join a ranger-led kayaking tour to explore the great blue heron habitat. Here are the details: Date: March 7 and 27, 2010 Ages 7 and up are welcome, so this would be a great way to show the kids how to appreciate nature. Be sure to ask about Lake Sammamish’s underwater forest! Helen Skelton’s Record Breaking Amazon Kayak Trip – 2,010 MilesFebruary 26th, 2010 Helen Skelton and the Spectrum as she makes the 1,000 mile mark She’s got blisters on her fingers! For anyone who has been following Helen Skelton’s kayak trip down the Amazon river, I decided to collect links to the various Telegraph articles and other sites here. Helen Skelton is a presenter for the BBC’s Blue Peter, which is a children’s show geared towards adventure and discovery. Blue Peter Helen’s paddling trip is for Sport Relief, which is an organization that raises money for the less fortunate in the UK and other countries. Sport Relief The trip will last six weeks total, and Helen is accompanied by a support team on board the Spectrum. Despite the help she gets, however, it is nowhere near your everyday paddling trip – her daily goal is 60 miles (although that appears to be a high target) and she typically paddles for up to 12 hours a day. Some quick math says that 2,010 miles in 6 weeks (42 days) is 47.86 miles per day. This reduces to about 4.0 miles per hour, assuming 12 hours of paddling per day. Um… sounds rough. That’s all I’m going to say about that. Here are some of the links, including an interactive map and articles at the Telegraph. The map is more fun and games, while the articles are more about puking and dehydrating. Interactive Map There are some short videos linked from these pages as well, so take a look around. Glass Kayak Art by Alison SigethyFebruary 21st, 2010Solo - Alison Sigethy Alison Sigethy: Making Waves: Something old, something new. Alison Sigethy is an artist and kayaking instructor. The blog is a little bit unusual – someone else seems to have written many of the posts for Alison based on phone calls and messages from her, wherever in the world she is at the time. Sounds like a pretty nice life! Anyway, I really like these glass pieces she made depicting kayaks on the ocean – the last five in particular. I think “Flock”, “Landing”, and “Solo” might even make a nice trio of prints to hang up on the wall, triptych-style. Paul Mason’s Bubble Street Canoeing and Kayaking ComicFebruary 21st, 2010 Bubble Street Comics by Paul Mason Bubble Street Archives. I haven’t seen too many kayak-related comics (aside from the ubiquitous xkcd time-traveling kayak), and even fewer comics about canoes. Combine them together, add a little of the natural good-natured rivalry between canoeists and kayakers, and you get Bubble Street. Also add a fish who throws in comments here and there. I already squandered a good part of this morning browsing through some of the archives, which go back to 2005. If you want to see the latest comics, you have to visit one of the many sites that subscribes to it. Animated Canoe Strokes by Paul MasonFebruary 21st, 2010 Animated Canoe Strokes by Paul Mason Paul Mason – Animated Canoe Strokes. Paul Mason is a cartoonist and canoeist (a carnoeist?) who also designs christmas tree ornaments, logos, or just about any type of graphic illustration. Yesterday’s post about animated kayaking strokes seems so dead serious compared to Paul’s animated GIFs of canoe strokes. Kayaking Strokes Animation at KayakPaddling.netFebruary 20th, 2010 Kayak Strokes Animation at KayakPaddling.net KayakPaddling.net – Animated Sea Kayak Paddling School & Instruction. I don’t know why, in all my years of surfing websites about kayaking, I have not come across this before – especially with such a generic kayaking-related URL like “KayakPaddling.net”. The animations are very well done and come with text explanations of what is happening while virtual paddler is doing it. Word on the street is that the animations were done as a student project, but the “About the site” page doesn’t seem to be functioning. I’m getting dizzy watching the Eskimo Roll repeatedly! Green Neoprene = NeoGreene (Eco-friendly Kayaking Wetsuit on the Horizon?)February 18th, 2010
Kayakers may think that they are among the most environmentally conscious people out there, as nature lovers and such, but a lot goes on behind the scenes that we don’t really think about. Neoprene, magical material that it is, does have some environmental impact stemming from the materials and process used to make it. Todd Copeland at Patagonia has a good explanation about the environmental impact of neoprene made from petroleum versus limestone. TLDR? Petroleum neoprene is bad because of oil, limestone neoprene is bad because of the mining. But now there may be a third option that has recently been developed by a company called GreenSmart.
No word yet on if and when there are plans to use this for wetsuits, gloves, or little wet booties for your kayak-loving little feet. But we are one step closer to being even more smug and self-righteous about our ever increasing eco-consciousness! |
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