volume 10, issue 3
Build Your Own Kayak F EAT U R E S 31 Dream It. Build It
Looking for a winter project? Skin on frame, stitch and glue, cedar strip, oh my. Tips, tricks and tools for DIY dream building. Start now.
36 Live Off the Sea
Fresh, local and organic. Free your inner caveman. Rob Lyon goes fishing for sustenance on trip.
38 Surf Road Trip
If the deep freeze of winter gets you jones’n for some paddling action… Fly south my snowbirds. Spend Christmas with Conor Mihell and friends surfing Cape Hateras.
D E PA R T M E N T S Editorial
4 Outside. The other side of the editor’s desk.
Stills
10 PHOTO GALLERY: Early morning light in Hakai, surge surf in Quadra Island.
Waterlines
14 SPIRIT OF THE HUNTER: We’re not alone.
Flotsam and Jetsam
16 PEOPLE: Why more expeditions are failing. Or are they?
17 SAFETY: What is the most visible colour for boats and gear?
18 ENVIRONMENT: Sea birds and sea kayaking, after the spill.
19 NEWS: AK iPad app, the National Sea Kayak Symposium, Tierra Del Fuego denied, and more.
Rock the Boat
21 COMMITTED: Sea kayaking is like marriage, sort of.
p.31 ILLUSTRATION: PAUL MASON
www.adventurekayakmag.com 3 On The Road
22 KIT BOATS: Building a boat, shaping your future.
Kayaker’s Journal
25 SKILLS: Ditch kit must-haves for body and boat.
26 TECHNIQUE: Poses for paddlers. Yoga to improve your kayaking.
27 GEAR: Four footwear offerings your little piggies will wear to market.
27 FOOD: Seaside gourmet gone wild!
28 BOATS: Vitals on the Maelstrom Vital, and test paddling the Vasa Erg kayak trainer.
Dream Departures
46 NORTHERN FOREST CANOE TRAIL: The kayak-friendly canoe route.
p.31 COVER PHOTO: GEORGE WALKER / PADDLERS: STARS OF THE FILM PADDLE TO SEATTLE, JOSH THOMAS AND J.J. KELLEY // PHOTO THIS PAGE: VIRGINIA MARSHALL / PADDLERS: DOUG VAN DOREN AND BONNIE PERRY
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