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Kayak
Diving for Marine Research on California's Central Coast
Marine
Biologist & Kayak Diver Terry Lilley shares one of his many adventures
kayak diving off the California coast. |
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Kayaking
California's Wilderness Flat-Water With Janice L. Green
Janice is the author of two guidebooks for paddling
California's often overlooked beautiful flat-water destinations. A
hobby photographer, her detailed trip reports are graced with images
that will surely pull our many sea kayaking friends inland.
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Designing
A Kayak For Caving by John Gray
Profile of John Gray founder of Sea Canoe and designer of the Sea
Explorer Inflatable Kayak. |
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The
Original Sit-on-top Kayak: So Whatever Happened to Royak's Roy Grabenauer?
An
interview with his son, Steve Grabenauer of Royak Marine
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INDEX
TO: DESIGNERS & INNOVATORS of SIT-ON-TOP KAYAKS
Interviews that give credit to the architects of the newest &
fastest growing branch of the paddlesports industry: |
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"Preparation: The
Key For Going It Alone...Or In A Group" Audrey Sutherland
is fondly thought of as the founder of kayaking in Hawaii, but now
enjoys regular trips to Alaska. We purified this interview, leaving
just her comments for you to feast on. |
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"Almost
Gone...But Not Forgotten: An Iraqi Kayaker Remembers His Homeland
As A Paddler's Paradise"
Interview with Kayakers Azzam & Dr. Suzie Alwash; April 12,
2003 by Athena Holtey |
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Designer
Matt Langenfeld
Engineer and paddler Matt Langenfeld, founder of JEM
Watercraft, designs canoe and kayak plans for the amateur boat
builder. |
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Cobra's
Warren & Glenys Aitkens:
"CATCHING A WINDSURFER'S
WAVE" |
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Ocean
Kayak's
"TIM NIEMIER: IN THE BEGINNING..."
More
recent: "A
Combo of Cabos: The Catayak"
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Kayaking
With A Disability Mark Theobald
of KayakDiving.com
has developed Kayak paddle and backrest adaptations for the sit-on-top
that is encouraging this safe and easy kayak to become the paddle
craft of choice for many organizations with disability programs.
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Hop
On Top's Paul Cronin:
"A NAVEL ARCHITECT
THROWS DOWN
THE GAUNTLET"
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102
Days Alone Around Vancouver Island A Northwest Fly Fisherman
finds: "...deserted, sun-drenched beaches at the edge of a
thumping North Pacific Ocean and a mother-lode of wilderness fly
fishing potential."
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Lake
Bag'in In The High Sierras by Scott Shaw
Take a paddle with Scott & view the scenery off the bow of his
kayak as he makes way through the June Lake Loop of the Eastern Sierras.
Beautiful photos! |
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"How
I Became A Rougue" by Gioanni Possenti
Gioanni of Italy found our website in the Spring of 2000 and began
a correspondence that inspired him to share this article he wrote
for an Italian publication telling of his conversion from a traditional
kayaker to a "sit-on-topper." |
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KAYAKER,
RON BASS RESCUES SHARK VICTIM WAILUKU, MAUI -- Ron Bass, kayak
tour guide owner of Maui Sea Kayaking and special education teacher
at Wailuku Elementary School, rescued fifty-six year old Californian
Henrietta Musselwhite when a shark attacked her Wednesday morning
off the West Maui coast. |
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Hunt
Johnsen: Creator of The Wave Witch Cobra Kayaks has recently
given world-wide exposure to the Wave Witch, a high performance polyethylene
surf kayak; but the roots of the Wave Witch come from the fiberglass
& kevlar designs of Hawaii's Hunt Johnsen. |
