Ever wonder how old dudes such as Christopher Crowhurst, Dubside and Cheri Perry maintain their amazing stretchiness despite fast approaching senescence? I don’t know about you, but I have found the relentless passage of time has made it a bit harder to both stay in shape as well as to […]
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Mother Nature doesn’t hate us, Mother Nature doesn’t love us. When we get hurt playing outside, often it’s because we don’t understand how Mother operates. Since our desire in kayaking is to play hard under Mothers eyes, learn Mothers ways…by playing! Using balls, string, ropes, tables, and a lot of group interaction in a series of games, understand why the wind […]
General Meeting – August 29, 2012 Reginald “Reg” Lake Meeting Location and Time Please join your compatriots Wednesday, August 29th, 6:00 PM for an evening of fellowship and learning with Reginald “Reg” Lake. Reg is one of the fathers of modern sea and white water kayaking as well as an […]
Friends, Fellow paddlers and turkey afficianados. It is with great pleasure that I’d like to remind you of our upcoming OOPS meeting Wednesday November 28 at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub. Our guest for the evening will be Harvey Golden, perhaps the world’s foremost experts on traditional kayaks and baidarkas of the world’s polar regions. Harvey Golden has […]
Trip Report – Gentle Rock Gardening at the Three Graces, July 22, 2012 Trip route Proposed Garibaldi Marina – Three Graces- Garibaldi Marina Trip Route Actual Garibaldi Marina – Three Graces- Bay Ocean-Garibaldi Marina Trip Leader(s) & Co-Leaders Leader-Paul Steinberg Co-Leaders– Charles Congdon, Sean Dillon, Jay Hutchins, Bob Hyslop, Dennis […]
What constitutes a perfect day on the water? Hard to say. Sometimes it is an epic survived, sometimes it is glass and stillness and silence. Sometimes it is the company we keep. Today was, if not perfect, very close. Beautiful Fall weather, an almost empty beach, swell and waves just […]