A forward stroke is one of paddling’s “gifts.” Your first lesson in how to execute a forward stroke probably sounded something like, “Plant at your feet and pull on the paddle.” While that explanation ...

The Aleut and Alutiiq people invented the kayak over 5,000 years ago. Since 90 percent of their diet came from the ocean, the kayaks were traditionally used for hunting sea life. At the Alaska Native ...

Ryan Mechini teaches students how to hold their oars before going out on an outrigger canoe last week. Joshua Bessex [email protected] I went kayaking with some friends last summer at Point ...

BRIGHTON, Michigan-- At first glance, the kayakers in the Brighton High School pool on Saturday could easily have been mistaken for the most inept group of paddlers ever to hit water. A boat flips ...

Last year, my wife and I took a kayaking day trip to the tip of Point Reyes, a peninsula just north of San Francisco formed by the San Andreas Fault shoving a slice of California out to sea. Thirty ...

Tim Barnes is 49 years old and has two titanium hips, but it's not his age or his protheses that are the biggest obstacles to success in kayak racing. It's his inexperience.Barnes, a Pueblo native, ...

Although the differences in shaft diameters are small, they can affect your blade control. You’ll hear people say that thin paddle shafts are for small hands and fat paddle shafts are for big hands.

Last year, my wife and I took a kayaking day trip to the tip of Point Reyes, a peninsula just north of San Francisco formed by the San Andreas Fault shoving a slice of California out to sea. Thirty ...