Ever wonder how advertising in Sea Kayaker magazine reaches the end consumer?

Written on February 12, 2013 – 2:13 pm | by Seakayak-Admin |

Special thanks to Pygmy Boats for sharing.     Although a life-long canoeist I had never seriously considered the sea kayak until given a copy of Joel Roger’s Watertrailfor Christmas two years ago. After reading about his month-long solitary trip through Puget Sound, I began to toy with the thought that a long trip on water [...]

A new National Center for Cold Water Safety

Written on January 11, 2013 – 4:24 pm | by Seakayak-Admin |

Back in the spring of 1991 we published “Cold Shock” by Mouton Avery. The article  was  widely recognized as an important addition to the literature  on sea-kayaking safety. More recently, in the December 2012 issue, Moulton provided the Lessons Learned section for the safety article “Dockside Capsize,” the story of an unexpected immersion in an [...]

New Years Challenge, Seattle, WA Paul Riek

Written on January 5, 2013 – 3:43 pm | by Seakayak-Admin |

Update:   We’ve received quite a few more photo’s as well as the Race Results from Saturday’s New Years challenge race. The Race is an annual event, held here in Seattle and runs from Gasworks park on Lake Union to Sand Point in Lake Washington.   For Race Results click here   Special Thanks to [...]

SK Team Paddler Update Christine Burris

Written on December 24, 2012 – 1:16 pm | by Seakayak-Admin |

Rogue Wave Adventures Deception Pass intro to currents plus.. Two days before Christmas and we had four students geared up at the beach for an intro to currents class.  It is a gift to have students who seek strong foundational skills.  Scott, Dan, Joe and Chris had each been to DP before and all had [...]

SK Team Paddler Christine Burris at the Deception Pass Dash

Written on December 11, 2012 – 10:44 am | by Seakayak-Admin |

Playing catch at the 2012 7th annual Deception Pass Dash  This is the year we almost lost a great community event. Bill Walker, former director of the infamous race, had made a career shift and needed to pass the baton on this volunteer-dependent event. Word went out and even as late as Thanksgiving, many of the [...]