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Virtually ashore and whopping things up in Rio

Virtual racing around the globe in open 60/70's is a great way to while the winter months away. I am however glad that leg 2 of the Clipper is over as it was beginninhg to drag.Wwith the loss of the trades due to a tropical derpession and 4/5 days of struggling just to hold your place (I failed and lost12,000) and then the headwinds for the last 30 hours really sucked. I did however mangae to sail back all my lost positions and finished very close to my beat position during the race. I came in 8… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on October 20, 2009 at 8:01am — No Comments

Clipper around the world

Sailing in my third virtual around the globe race and doing well. I have place in the top 10 or better precent in the previous races and am doing well in the third. At the moment I am 212 nautical miles from Rio De Janeiro our next port of call. I seem to be doing very well in the last half day and will stay at it to see how far up I can get in the fleet. Not as nice as paddling but alot warmer. Cheers, Greg Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on October 18, 2009 at 9:29am — No Comments

Jack Frost arrived last evening

I walk around the Frame lake trail every day and was surprised yesterday when I saw Frame lake. The day before she was open water and yesterday afternoon a sheet of (very thin) ice. Now the small lakes will freeze quickly as the temperature dips but the ice will not be safe of people for awhile yet. The weather is cold enough to freeze but not cold enough for building good ice. Like fine wine, good ice takes time. Time to start packing the throw bag and ice picks on my daily walks. |some folks j… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on October 11, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

futa la fu

Camp paddle Futalafu Feb 14 to 28 Anyone interested? Continue

Added by jlarrow on October 11, 2009 at 5:01am — No Comments

Catching up with In Between Swims:OR Review

Catching up with what happened - or didn't happen - at the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show. And what that means...ordoesn't mean...for whitewater. Didn't make it to the show this year so I catch up with Bryon Dorr, buyer for Next Adventures in Portland to talk about what it's like to be a retail buy… Continue

Added by In Between Swims on October 7, 2009 at 11:52pm — No Comments

Kayaking

Best essay about kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is generally differentiated from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is defined by the International Canoe Federation (the world sanctioning body) as a boat where the paddler faces forward, has their legs in front of them, and uses a double bladed paddle. Almost all kayaks have big decks, however, the… Continue

Added by Stacey B. Boutte on October 1, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

World rivers day was simply grand.

Yes there were not a lot of us there at any one point but the weather was dry and warm and we had fun. Most of the food was eaten (I'll finish the rest) and we had half the boats in the water at any given time. The bonfire was great and we left a large supply of wood for the next group of folks. Lorna took her first kayak ride and by the end of the day had paddle two boats for a total of 8 trips and about 2 hours of solid paddling. She also had a hoot attempting the slack line. Many thanks to Tr… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on September 28, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Pyrenees Gorilla trip Experience

Pyrenees experience The area, which enjoyed the status of an independent kingdom in the middle ages (in the 12th Century), owes its name to the remarkable geological features which rise majestically over the surrounding land, providing a perfect home for vultures and acting as a magnet for rock climbers from all over the world. Although the rushing waters of the River Gállego, which crosses the area from North to South, were once the bearer of rafts constructed from tree trunks, the river has… Continue

Added by Gorilla-trip on September 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

World Rivers Day

This time tomorrow should find us at the Yellowknife River bridge and celebrating World Rivers day at one of our favourite spots. The rain we are getting now promisies to be snow tomorrow and that is bringing our paddling season to a halt pretty fast. Today we are a whopping +7C and tomorrows high is predicted at +2C which is fine as long as it isn't raining. I will wait until later to decide about buying the grub as poor weather will mean a poor turnout and I hate to see the food wasted. Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on September 26, 2009 at 5:58pm — No Comments

World Rivers day sept.27th .

That time of year again and world rivers day is rolling up pretty fast. This will be the second year that the Paddlers for Parts Association will be hosting a small but we hope interesting Sociable Affair. We will take to the fire pits and river at the YK river bridge around noonish and fire up some tunes,grub and rope games,a little slack- lining and whatever seems to be fun at the time. There will of course be some boats for folks to play with. The way things are cooling off cross country skis… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on September 17, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Lower Rauma, a day to remember

Lower Rauma by Gigo Castillo Before I came to Norway I heard a lot of people say that Norway is Da spot for a good summer, good money, good people and off course heaps of waterfalls. I fell in love with this place, by far the second best place on the globe, no doubt. This is my 5" season here and I wanna l… Continue

Added by Gigo Castillo on September 14, 2009 at 9:51pm — 1 Comment

Nordic Kayaks Fusion Surfski is here!

Fredrik Lindström, owner of NordicKayaks of Sweden are proud to present their new surfski, Fusion. Those pictures were taken yesterday at Torö, in the Stockholm archipelago. ”The weather conditions were perfect for testing the Fusion, the waves were about 1,5 m (3,3 feet) and I must say that the ski really ma… Continue

Added by Peter Ekström on September 6, 2009 at 10:57pm — 3 Comments

Gifts to Sri Lanka, Flowers to Sri Lanka, Cakes to Sri Lanka

Send Gifts to Srilanka, Flowers to Srilanka, Cakes and Chocolates to Sri Lanka and Colombo. http://www.lankaflorist.com Continue

Added by lankaflorist on September 1, 2009 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Late spring and early fall that really sucks

Summer in Yelllowknife didn't really arrive until July ans it seemd it has decided to disappear around now. You can see the leaves are starting to turn and fall and there is that chill in the night air. I was testing the lake water the other day and it seems to be losing the little bit of warmth that it had collected over our summer. World River day is September 27th; this year a day earlier than last. Last year we had about 35 people show up which considering how chilly it was I was suprized wi… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on August 15, 2009 at 8:04am — 2 Comments

psunami for sale

mango color one year old (two summers) littlephish@comcast.net wilderness systems 16.5 phase three seeting sidelock foot system steers the rudder $1000 cash Continue

Added by Kai Yacking on August 13, 2009 at 9:59pm — No Comments

liquid logic skip playboat for sale

bel air maryland boat color: yellow $450 cash littlephish@comcast.net made for a small paddler (125lbs/5'3") Continue

Added by Kai Yacking on August 13, 2009 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Guillaume Urso sur le WEB

voici donc quelque adresse !! Le site WEB http://www.canyoning-hautesalpes.com L'autre site http://www.kayak-hautesalpes.com MySpace http://home.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user Facebook http://www.facebook.com/guillaume.urso?ref=nf Le blog ! http://lesvaguesabonds.blogspot.com/ Continue

Added by Guillaume Urso on August 13, 2009 at 11:01am — No Comments

Flowers to India, Gifts to India, Gifts to India from US, UK

Indiaflowerplaza.com helps you to order online to send flowers to India , Gifts to India, Cakes to India, Birthday Gifts to India.We do delivery on your desired date or same day delivery of gifts and flowers to India.Thus you can send flowers to India, Gifts to India thru us. Continue

Added by Madhu on August 12, 2009 at 9:25am — No Comments

Knots that river folks should know

Paddlers and river folks and those that sail should learn as many knots as possible as they all have a use that could very well save your life. There are four basic groups to be considered 1) Knots these are tied within the rope itself such as the bowline, figure 8 stopper, 2) Bends This group is used to join two ropes together such as the double Fishermans, Sheet bend etc. Hitches 3) These refer to a rope being tied around something and if the something were removed the hitch would fall apart u… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on August 2, 2009 at 3:00am — 2 Comments

WindPaddle sail trials

I have been busy experimenting with the Windpaddle sails I am now selling. I am so far impressed with the ease of attachment to my seakayaks, just clip onto the life lines and your ready to play. At first I thought that folding the sail while in the boat would be difficult but it actually collapses very well on deck. I managed to sail very well down wind and even got broad and beam reaches with the sail and that ain't half bad. I have been sailing Pacific action sails on my kayak for five years… Continue

Added by Greg Loftus ( Cominco) on July 27, 2009 at 10:06pm — No Comments