Well, good question.
We’re still travelling and paddling as much as we can. Much of our time has been taken up with life, completing video projects and Paddle Canada Instructor Manual upgrades. I have had a new shoulder surgery in October and will be able to paddle fully again come April 2024.
So yes, still active but in other ways. 2024 hopefully will see more action here!
Thank you for all your support!!
Hi everyone,
We hope you’ve been well and have made the most of the past paddling season. Andrew and I have had a good 2022. It felt great to be able to travel again!
We were able to attend and race in the NORAMS which were held in Cañon City, Colorado. It was wonderful to see all the familiar faces again and also see new paddlers who were trying slalom racing for the first time. We love the Colorado area and look forward to spending more time there in the future.
We then headed west to paddle with a lovely group on the Kananaskis River. We were also able to go to join another of our favourite communities and paddle the Deerfield River in Massachusetts.
We are back to teaching courses, posting articles about whitewater canoeing, and preparing technique videos. Last year was mostly a regroup and reset year, but we’re into the groove now!
Go to the Current Ideas tab on our website or click below for our new article called Hitting Rocks – in time for the creeking season!
All the best for the new paddling year!!
Carole
Hitting Rocks – It’s All About Bouncing in the Right Direction
Although the website has been rather quiet, we haven’t been. Many things have been going on in the background.
First, Covid caused us to be more careful and because we wanted to ensure our safety and that of others, we decided not to instruct. In fact, we kept the paddling only when we could self-shuttle.
That being said, we still are very involved in the paddling world.
Andrew has been busy with Paddle Canada Canoe Program Development Committee and the updated Moving Water Tandem Canoe Instructor Manual will be released very soon. He says it’s imminent!
We’ve also been involved with the bid process for the North American Canoe Slalom Championships. This year they will be in Buena Vista, Colorado July 8-10!
Our schedule of adventures has started to grow and will be entered into the calendar page shortly.
Speaking of adventures and travelling, we decided we needed a tent upgrade. Something bigger, yet slip streamed when travelling, light, and fitting into the garage. This year we were to build our own camper trailer after not being able to find anything that suited the criteria. It’s been 3 years of searching, planning and talking to manufacturers for parts, when all of a sudden Andrew finds this: www.camp365.com We drove to Alberta to get the new digs! A portable cabin!!
Many of you may know of Misty, our Yellow Lab. She will be joining us for most of the fun this summer. She’s fully grown (already!) and such a joy.
We hope to see you on the rivers this season and catch up on the past two years!
Let the season begin!!
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Happy 2021! And with the new year approaching, we’re thinking paddling.
Look on our Current Ideas section to read on how to keep better control of your canoe.
Keep safe and hope to see you on the rivers!
Carole, Andrew and Misty-dog
We’ve been asked quite often why it looks so easy when we paddle. Andrew’s passion is looking at how experts paddle and translate that into teaching progressions to show others how to paddle the same way – or at least explain what’s happening at that time. Our latest video looks at how you exit and enter eddies based on your planned arc trajectory and the force you need to launch yourself into current to achieve the arcing path. Carving arc shaped paths is the most effective strategy for moving into and out of eddies in a canoe. “Eddy Turns Using Arcs” is the first in a 3 part Eddy Turn series of videos showing the progression of Novice, Intermediate and Advanced eddy turn maneuvers. Stay tuned for the Intermediate level “Eddy Turns Using Wave Troughs” and then Advanced level “Eddy Turns Using SHArc” both coming this winter. Look on the website for additional video resources including “Carving Tandem Eddy Turns Using MITH and for solo canoes “Carving Using 2X4”.
This video is a must for solo open boat control!
This describes a modern approach to solo canoe carving turns used in catching eddies and front ferries. Learn how to carve arcs using 2X4 and acronym C.A.P.T. into and out of eddy pools, maintain momentum, and use bow waves to control your solo canoe.
This video is a modern approach to tandem canoe eddy turns. Learn how to carve arcs using MITH into and out of eddy pools, maintain stability, momentum, and the individual roles of bow and stern paddlers.
Here are our two most recent instructional videos. Have a great summer!