Nation's Top Playspots
Canoeist Verlen Kruger Turns
75, the Tragic Summer of '97
and More!
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Features
Eddylines
Letters to the editor.
Nation's Top Playspots
Getting bored of your local playspot? A look at some of the best playholes in the country where you can cartwheel until the cows come home.
Sea Kayaking Cape Horn
by Jon Turk
In 1976, adventurer Jon Turk tried to sail around South America's Cape Horn and failed. In 1980, he tried again--this time in a sea kayak--only to be stopped by a storm just miles from his destination. Last year he gave it one more college try--and succeeded.
The Tragic Summer of '97
With the deaths of Rich Weiss, Dugald Bremner, Henry Filip and--most recently--Chuck Kern, the summer of 1997 will go down as one of the most tragic summers in the history of kayaking.
Turning 75 with Verlen Kruger
In less than 34 years, marathon canoeist Verlen Kruger has racked up more than 80,000 miles in his homemade canoes, including trips around North America and from his Michigan home down to the tip of South America. Last June he turned 75--and he's showing no signs of slowing down.
Hotline
Kayaking goes pro; canoe hull testing in a naval tow tank; a paddling program for developmentally challenged children; and more!
Innuendos
by Eugene Buchanan
Although wearing contacts while kayaking might help you better see surf, it also means putting up with a daily ritual of rubbing sand, soot and other river grime into your eyes.
Paddle People
Settling down with adventurer Piotr Chiemilinski; and outrigger canoe racing with New England's Conard Blake.
Paddle Tales
Special Shuttle Tales of Woe
ECO
The ACA plays hardball to enforce the Clean Water Act; a reclaimed sewer channel reveals a new urban canoe route in Chicago; the British Columbia Marine Trail; and more!
Frames
Best Pig Boat Photo Contest Winners!
Marketplace Review
Special 1998 Buyer's Guide!
Boats, boats and more boats. A complete listing of canoes, kayaks, rafts and sit-on-tops from the world's leading paddlesports manufacturers. Plus, a look at where to find PFDs and paddles to go along with them.
Skills
How to use hand paddles to "feel" your way down a river
by Mark Schuette
How to move around in your canoe
by Mark Molina
Destinations
Two Unconventional Touring Trips on the Lower Colorado:
- Sea Kayaking the Colorado River Delta
by Ed Darack- Touring the Grand Canyon
by Roger SchumannRoughest Roads: Competing in the U.S. Marathon Kayak Team Trials
by Joe Glickman