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The primary beginner's text for river kayaking, Introduction to River Kayaking is a thorough guide to learning the basics of river kayaking.

Embrace the outdoors by becoming one of the 17 million people who participate in kayaking, one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities around. Kayaking presents the basics of the sport as well as the skills and knowledge required for becoming a successful paddler. Expert instructors from the American Canoe Association provide you with

Canoeing is one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities-- more than 9 million people enjoy the experience each year. It allows you to socialize with friends and family while exploring new places as you relax and enjoy the outdoors. Canoeing not only provides you with the basic skills and knowledge you need to safely head out for adventures on a variety of water trails, but it also presents a strong foundational understanding of this recreational activity. Readers will find

The Solo Playboating workbook explains of dozens of exercises that show how to improve your canoe paddling. These drills will help you avoid bad habits that arise from improper practice, so you can eliminate years of learning by trial and error. Improve your control and confidence, get longer surfs, and have more fun on the river, guaranteed! Best when used with one or both companion videos.

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kayakers, Kayaking, Canoeing at the 2006 Asian Games, Whitewater Kayaking, Sea Kayak, Playboating, Douglas C. Gordon, List of Artificial Whitewater Courses, Whitewater Slalom, Creeking, Kayak Roll, Canoe Polo, Mark Pollock, Canoe Racing, Dickerson Whitewater Course, Surf Ski, Crossing the Ditch, Kayaking and Canoeing on the River Thames, Viking Kayak Club, Folding Kayak, National Student Rodeo, Spraydeck, Brad Ludden, Squirt Boating, Andrew Mcauley, Surf Kayaking, Kayak Diving, Waterside Series, Benjamin Wade, C-To-C Roll, Rush Sturges, Štěpánka Hilgertová, Freya Hoffmeister, Eric Jackson, Chris Duff, Thameside Series, Cardington Artificial Slalom Course, Rockpool Kayaks, Tyler Bradt, Bliss-Stick, Aleksandr Yermilov, Tad Dennis, Ramo Kolenović, Lyme Bay Canoeing Tragedy, Aleutian Kayak, Albano Buoy System, Oskar Speck, Tiderace Sea Kayaks, Alex Prostko, Kayak Walk, Recreational Kayak, Clay Wright, Usack, Freeboating, Millrace Rapids, Tour de Gudenå, Paul Caffyn, Sea Sock, Todd Wells, Tuilik, Jimmy Blakeney, Nicholas Wiechern, Clapitus, Paddle Leash, Paddle Float. Excerpt: Medal record Aleksandr Yermilov (born November 12, 1960) is a Soviet flatwater kayaker /sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won...

"Thrill of the Paddle" is the ultimate guide to the white-knuckle, adrenaline-pumping and increasingly popular brand of extreme canoeing where paddlers "shoot" rapids and other fast water. Paul Mason's eagerly awaited new guide now completes the trilogy with "Path of the Paddle" and "Song of the Paddle" by his father - the late Bill Mason, one of North America's most respected canoeists. In each chapter of "Thrill of the Paddle" are numerous photographs, diagrams and illustrations, showing some of the greatest challenges in canoeing. "Thrill of the Paddle" provides detailed instructions on maneuvering a canoe through fast-running Class 3 and 4 water conditions. The International Scale of River Difficulty is the U.S. version of an international rating system used to compare river difficulty throughout the world. CLASS 3: INTERMEDIATE * Rapids with moderate, irregular waves that may be difficult to avoid and that can swamp an open canoe. * Complex maneuvers in fast current and good boat control in tight passages or around...

Catch Every Eddy ... Surf Every Wave: A Contemporary Guide to Whitewater Playboating

This book is intended to be instructional, inspirational and of interest to both novice and expert alike. The assumption is made that to even begin to playboat the paddler will already be an intermdiate white water boater familiar with basic strokes and boating skills. For the interested non paddler a glossary of terms is included. Part One gives an overview of the sport and lays the foundations of understanding on which the rest of the book builds, as well as exploring safety issues and exploring key concepts. Part Two describes and coaches the moves which are divided into intermediate and advanced standard. Part Three looks at how to train in order to hone your physical and mental skills and be 'the best you can be'. Never before has so much freestyle, rodeo and playboating information from so many great boaters been gathered together in one place. In a world dominated by the biggest, the fastest, the loudest...the most big headed, this book makes a stand. Whilst of course covering all the latest moves, the authors have not been frightened to start right back at basic concepts. Technical ability is nothing without knowledge, without planning and without stamina. This book...

Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique

Missing underwater for a year in the churning froth, William Nealy has reappeared with an all new cartoon-book perversion titled Whitewater Tales of Terror. A sequel to his best-selling Kayaks to Hell, Whitewater Tales of Terror is an outrageous and irreverent collection of cartoons, epic adventures, unusual new outdoor products, whitewater songs and unsolicited advice. Here is Nealy at his finest, turning the sport of whitewater paddling inside out, and demonstrating in the process the zany insight and humor which have made him one of America's most acclaimed sport satirists.

Completely updated to reflect the latest in paddling technology, William Nealy’s classic illustrated kayaking skills manual is dead-on hilarious. Kayak enlightens and entertains. From hardcore hippy hairboaters who used to catch air in their block-long Dancers to insane youngsters clattering tiny play boats down steep creeks with more rocks than water, Nealy is back and more useful and entertaining than ever. You may break a rib laughing, but with Nealy holding your hand you’ll be less likely to break a bone while boofing an insane rapid or maybe an entire waterfall.

EJ's River Running Basics DVD Three time World Champion, Olympian, and founder of the World Kayak Federation, Eric Jackson, will teach you how to have a great time running rivers safely! Lifetime kayaker and world squirt boat champion, Clay Wright, heads up the best practical safety program of all time showing you just how to keep your self out of trouble. This is the most comprehensive instructional program on equipment, logistics of river running, practical safety skills and knowledge, river reading and running skills ever assembled. We teach you the lingo of kayaking, all of the 5 major features youll encounter, and how to easily recognize and use them on your way down the liquid conveyor belt called a river. See some of the beautiful rivers of the Southeast USA, where EJ and Clay call home. The Tellico, North Chic, Chattooga, Nantahalla, and Tallulah Rivers, and more provide our outdoor classrooms. Filmed and edited entirely by award winning videographer Chris Emerick; you will enjoy the high quality of the audio, video, and the packaging of the information to make your learning experience as enjoyable and rapid as possible..

Paddling & Water Sports 602702 By Liberty Mountain

"As a boy, I had the Huck Finn dream that many do of letting the river carry me to adventure." Now some 30 years later accomplished outdoor writer Michael Tougias lives that dream. Trading Huck Finn's log raft for canoe and kayak, Tougias journeys the length of the Connecticut River - from its source near the Canadian border through four New England states to where it meets the sea in Connecticut. Recently designated an American Heritage River, the Connecticut provides the perfect setting for Tougias' narrative - a wonderful blend of adventure, fishing tales, history, and natural history.

The authoritative guide to the Connecticut River for boaters, canoeists, and kayakers.