Whitewater Kayaking
by Ron Chase
It was a day of fundraising, paddling and socializing. There were Hammerheads, great surfs and even a couple of unplanned swims...
No Umbrella goes the Deerfield
by Nick Callanan
The Dryway has a diverse range of eddies, playspots and holes packed into a three mile run...
by Dan Piano
This is it - the culmination of my young life. I was about to embark on a journey that would forever change my perception of the paddling world...
Historical Musings: About the Roll
by Lori Safford
The Inuit and the Aleuts were well known for their ability to roll. They considered the ability to roll as a basic survival technique...
by Patti Rutka Stevens
"Don, what"s side surfing?" I bellered over the Chatooga"s churning noise and froth just as I leaned upstream in the 17-foot Tripper...
by Lori Safford
According to the Encarta World English Dictionary, the word kayak is derived from a mid-18th century Inuit word qayak meaning "hunter"s boat"...
by Nick Callanan
This event is all about getting out with friends. Sure, there is a competition, but that"s just the icing on the cake...
by Clayton Cole
A Description of the course for the 2005 ACA OC Downriver Nationals.
by Nick Callanan
They say every paddler is between swims, and I suppose that"s always been true for me...
by Steve Bodkin
As a dedicated (read: obsessed) whitewater kayaker, I"ve been in the pool regularly all winter...
Trip Report: West Branch of the Penobscot
by Alvah Maloney
Maine"s Well Rounded Run
by Nick Callanan
I was like a little kid watching Saturday morning cartoons: eyes glued to the screen, munching on goodies we had smuggled in our backpack.
by Nick Callanan
A year and a half after it gave itself a name, the Run of River Project is still working steadily toward putting a whitewater feature in Skowhegan.
Mountain Medic - Shoulder Dislocation
by Jon Tierney
Surfing your favorite hole and pop goes your buddy"s shoulder!
Paddler of the Week: Dustin Urban
by Nick Callanan
STARTED BOATING: In seventh grade with my dad. We did the Union River in a tandem canoe (a Tripper)...
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The Taylor Pelotte Surf-A-Thon is growing year by year...
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The Taylor Pelotte Surf-A-Thon is growing year by year...
by Nick Callanan
The recently completed Skowhegan whitewater park feasibility study, completed by Kleinshmidt Associates of Pittsfield...
by Nick Callanan
I have some experience as a video boater myself. It"s great fun to shoot the boats going over the rapids....
by Nick Callanan
Last Thursday I ran Austin Stream for the first time - what a wicked good kayaking run...
Paddler of the Week: Deb O"Keefe
by Nick Callanan
OCCUPATION: Speech pathologist/traveling kayaker...
by Ryan Mahan
In 1997 Tom Gerencer might not have planned to be my first paddling coach, but I didn"t give him much choice.
by Nick Callanan
When my boss (me), assigned myself to go and cover and the first Big A Surf-Off on the West Branch of the Penobscot River, I couldn"t have been more pleased with the timing...
by Nick Callanan
I hadn"t been out on the river since paddling the Penobscot the previous Sunday, so I was going paddling Friday, no matter what...
by Steve Dickey
Four weeks earlier I had been injured during a white water kayaking trip in Costa Rica and lost a good portion of my left thumb...
by Ryan Mahan
We were elbow deep in sink suds when Joe Appicella told me about a man who could breathe underwater...
by Christie Foo Fry
Fry-o-later strikes fear in the hearts of trainees and old-schoolers alike...
The Joys of Cold Weather Paddling
by Rescue Johnnie
We"ve all been there, those of us weathered types with an eye for the river.
by Riley Adams
Another day begins. I"m making my way to work on a beautiful summer morning without a cloud in sight.
by Karyn Roy
We were a group of eight paddlers, setting out to run the Upper-Upper section of the Río Pacuare outside of Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Worst Aid: Teaching Your Bro to Roll
by Nick Callanan
Nick Callanan attempts to amuse your ailments into submission.
by Amy Leppo
David Saaf and Amy Leppo collaborate in this extra-sensual event.
by our readers
Today"s Topic: River Rescue
by Will Hartman
I"d like to put something down on the table to start this whole thing off: I do not have this boat figured out.
by our readers
Today"s Topic: First Descents
by our readers
Today"s Topic: Close Calls
by Amy Leppo
Slowly the breaking sea begins to rumble in my chest. As the waves roll in and crash, I realize my purpose for the day.
Gearhead: The Bliss-Stick Flip-Stick
by Dan Piano
The guys over at Bliss-Stick Kayaks in New Zealand are river people making boats for river people.
by our readers
Today"s Topic: Running Shuttle
by Amy Leppo
So, that high water everyone has been buzzing about? It"s here..
with L-Dogg
It"s really loose, but you can slice back and forth on the wave...
with Scott Underwood
It was a snowy day during hunting season in 1989. Four of "em, all in Dancers...
Small, Shallow Thoughts: Dog Days
by Nick Callanan
Yeaa. Kayaking. So my paddling journal has been getting a lot of entries lately...
by Amy Leppo
Many a boater have told me they still have butterflies before running the Crib Works...
by Dan MacDonald
Dan Mac has been paddling for five years. He is 6"4 tall, weighs 205 lbs. and has size 10 feet...
First Descents: Kennebec Gorge
by Amy Leppo
After nearly drowning myself learning how to roll, I was ready to begin my paddling career...
by Arthur Dickey
Dickey has paddled for 3 years in 7 states. His family has owned a camp on Lake Moxie...
Small, Shallow Thoughts: Why can"t we be friends?
by Nick Callanan
So after guiding Kennebec and Penobscot raft trips for three summers I"ve finally mustered the balls...
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