Archive | August, 2012

Stand Up Paddling more than just a fad

30 Aug

Okay, we’ll admit it. We came to paddling through canoeing–an ago-old tradition that makes us a little suspicious of new fads. Once upon a time, kayaks seemed high tech to us so when Stand Up Paddling came along? We weren’t the earliest adopters. But an article in TIME Magazine this week covered the sport’s history […]

2012 Olympics Canoeing Draws Attention for Impressive Speed… and Inequality

16 Aug

2012 Olympics Canoeing Draws Attention for Impressive Speed… and Inequality

British kayaker Ed McKeever earned the reputation of being the Usain Bolt of kayaking at the 2012 London Olympics. And while his quiet demeanor is nothing like the attitude we’ve come to expect from the world’s fastest runner, McKeever is fast. He paddled at a rate of three strokes per second to take gold in […]

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Video: Building a Birch Bark Canoe

8 Aug

Video: Building a Birch Bark Canoe

We were inspired by this video of Grant Goltz and friends as they built a replica of an 1860s Ojibwe birchbark canoe. It’s a long one, but a good one. If the video doesn’t load, you can also watch it HERE.

Catch Round 2 of Olympic Paddling on Tuesday

6 Aug

Catch Round 2 of Olympic Paddling on Tuesday

The U.S. Canoe and Kayak Team is back on deck in London this week: kayaker Carrie Johnson races in the K1 500-meter sprint early Tuesday morning. If you’re an East Coast morning person, you can watch it live online HERE at 5:07 a.m. eastern time. A three-time Olympian, Johnson trained for the London games in […]