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Esquif Canoes' Bold New Excite

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Esquif Canoes has spent the better part of the last two decades pushing the sport of whitewater canoeing forward and they show no sign of…

Open Boat Surfing using the Rudder Stroke

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Paddle Pointers’ Paul Mason recently released a great instructional video on the rudder stroke for use while open boat surfing. READ MORE: Open Boat Creek…

Frank Wolf Takes T-Formex for 1,800KM Test Drive

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All photos by Frank Wolf When plastics conglomerate Poly-One shut down production of Royalex in 2013, canoe manufacturers scrambled to replace the favored hull material…

Boat Review: Silverbirch Covert 9.3

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Last fall, Steve Childs, the designer and owner of Silverbirch Canoes, called and said he’d snuck the very first Covert into the country and asked…

Boat Review: Echoee by Echo Paddles

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I'm sitting in my boat clenching my fists and shivering. It’s a rainy May afternoon, a week into a 10-day solo canoe instructor course. Lined…

Boat Review: Nova Craft Prospector 16 TuffStuff

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Nobody in the last six months has called me asking how the Nova Craft Canoe Prospector 16 paddles. Not a single outfitter, guide, instructor or…

Composite Creations Splash Canoe Review

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Aliesha Greve remembers climbing in and out of all kinds of canoes when she was little, and standing around to have her measurements taken for…

Skills Video: Doubles Whitewater

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"In Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater , from canoeist Bill Mason, learn how to read rapids and plan a course and follow it, with complete…

Nova Craft Moisie Canoe Review

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This review of Nova Craft Canoe's Moisie was originally published in Canoeroots and Family Camping magazine. Nova Craft has reinvented a boat with an enviable reputation…

Nova Craft Ocoee Review

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Before we talk about the Nova Craft Canoe Ocoee, let me first take you back in time to 1993. I was lined up for…

Blackfly Option Canoe Review

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This whitewater canoe review originally appeared in Rapid magazine. When Jeremy Laucks landed a spot on the U.S. Freestyle Team to compete in OC-1 at the 2007…

Wenonah Recon Canoe Review

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I asked Jake Greseth, Wenonah’s marketing director, why they called their first solo whitewater playboat the Recon. Two reasons, he said. Recon for reconnaissance had…

Mohawk Maxim Canoe Review

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Ten years ago I met Maxwell Johnston testing a prototype of the Maxim. He told me that Mohawk Canoes was going to build a production…

Open Canoe Shootout

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Open Canoe Shootout | Mad River and Esquif | Rapid Magazine This faceoff between two whitewater open canoes, the Mad River Outrage and the Esquif…

Esquif L’Edge Canoe Review

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The new Esquif L’Edge was in the concept and development phase for an unbelievable eight years. Designer Craig Smerda (www.rapidmag.com/0003) was originally inspired by the…