Kayaking with a single-blade paddle. Hey, I found this great article about paddling a kayak with a single-bladed paddle, instead of the normal double bladed one. I’m always grateful for my double-bladed paddle (as I consider myself much too lazy to switch sides while paddling), but I might try this next time I am rafted [...]

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 [...]

Here’s a link to the article: Kayakers who ignored warnings refuse to pay rescue bill – National – NZ Herald News. In summary, these two kayakers ventured out into treacherous waters after being warned not to. On one hand, that’s how you live your life to the fullest. On the other hand, it’s how you [...]

1. Go kayaking. OK, I’m just being stupid here, because I just said in the title that it was too cold for kayaking. But really, is it too cold for kayaking, or are you just a fat chicken? There are lots of kayakers who don’t get a silly thing like freezing cold weather get in [...]

View Larger Map Heck yes, you can go kayaking anywhere – even Iowa, where the roads are so straight you can fall asleep while driving and still be in your lane an hour later. Not only that, but Iowa will show you beginning kayakers a good time for free. Here are the details: Ad-Express and [...]

California is a great place to live – I can’t believe it’s November and it’s still warm enough (for a reasonable person) to go kayaking. The pictures below were taken just last weekend in Santa Barbara, when the temperatures were in the 70s. Maybe those of you in the tropics are not that impressed by [...]

Someone at a kayak shop tipped me off years ago that any street in Seattle that ends at water can be used for public access. This is good to know if you are inclined to explore the billions of bodies of water in the Seattle area. Seattle is such a fun town, and I always [...]

Kiliii Dreaming – Ancestral Ways Photography Here’s a photoblog I came across that includes many photos of handmade wooden, skin-on-frame kayaks. The photographer apparently teaches classes about ancestral lifestyles, including survival and hunting and fishing methods. Sometimes I forget how beautiful the Pacific Northwest is, but looking at sites like this reminds me in an [...]