Sea Kayaking General Interest Articles

Kayaking with Kids

Post Date: 1/27/2011

I'm sharing this story in the hopes that those of you paddlers who have kids will make sure to get your kids out on the water. If you're not a paddler (yet), what a great activity to do with the entire family. 

Cool Kayaking Online Training Resources

Post Date: 10/27/2010

New to kayaking? Want to improve your technique? Need to expand your skill set? Here are a couple of online resources to help you become a better paddler, no matter what level of kayaker you are now. 

Building a Wood Strip Sea Kayak - Art on Water

Post Date: 10/23/2010

For anyone with an interest in building their own kayak, the following is a brief article relating to my experiences in building a wood strip sea kayak. I've found this to be an enjoyable and unique hobby... 

Kayaking, Camping, Cooking... a few of my favorite things...

Post Date: 10/4/2010

Beyond freeze-dried food packets, tinned tuna and granola bars: simple tips to transform your kayak camping cooking into easy, pleasurable and satisfying experiences. 

Blog...blog...blog...

Post Date: 9/3/2010

If you can't go kayaking, check in to see where paddlers around the globe are splashing about! A fellow paddler, René Seindal has been collecting kayaking related blogs and aggregating all the RSS feeds into one ginormous feed... 

Kayaking By Myself in the Open Ocean for the First Time

Post Date: 10/3/2009

I was at the beach. I took my boat into the water. It was early morning. I got in my sit-on-top and waited for a big wave to go by. Right after the wave crashed, I shot out like a rocket. I was paddling real hard. I hit the next wave coming. 

The Kayak Roll a.k.a. Eskimo Roll

Post Date: 8/8/2009

Whenever a non-paddler learns that I'm a sea kayaker, the conversation invariably turns to flipping over. "What do you do?!" "How do you get out of the boat?" "Don't you get trapped?!" The very idea of being stuck under water is so terrifying to some that they never attempt kayaking.