This little summary of a week at the Gorge Paddling Festival is meant to give those unfortunate souls enduring actual winter something to draw them on into next summer while we paddle away down here in Florida. In brief, put a Columbia River Gorge paddling vacation on your short list [...]
As a sea kayak instructor years ago, I learned the value of having the proper safety gear. This has carried over to my surf ski days. I have been paddling surfskis since 2003. I am an early adopter in marketing terms, so I tend to have the latest gear. A [...]
Post from Kayaking Journal Blog, October 15, 2015. It is applicable to surfski paddling as well. The pictures are from a clinic I did in October to a group of triathletes who are excellent runners and bikers but wanted more information on paddling more efficiently and faster for their races. It [...]
My long time paddling partner, Paul McIntyre decided to participate in the 2015 ETC Regatta and Paddle-a-thon on San Francisco Bay. This race, formerly known as the SeaTrek Regatta has been going on for 35 years. For most of those years it has been a fundraiser for Environmental Traveling Companions, [...]
My surfski career started out much like my kayak career. In the early 1990's I bought my first boat, a new plastic P & H Capella that served me well for a year. Then I wanted something lighter and faster and progressed to a 55 lb Nigel Dennis Greenlander Pro [...]
