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shallow sandbars, the ride is even more harrowing. I spent Christmas Day tiptoeing along the edge of the surf zone, catching long rides in my 16-foot boat on glassy shoulders and handling the breakers with carefully executed side-surfs. Tere’s a well-established tradition of Canadians trading snowy winters for sun-
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nier climes. Paddlers are a part of this trend, but the mangroves of the Florida Ever- glades, the desert coastline of the Sea of Cortez or the Canyonlands of Utah don’t crawl with Canadians in the same manner as a Sarasota beach or Cancun nightclub. Roadtripping to your winter paddling destination offers its own unique advantag- es—like the benefit of bringing your own boats and having the mobility to arrange your own vehicle shuttles. And, there’s the enjoyment of the journey itself.
T TAKES A FEW DAYS to overcome the feeling of isolation and nervous fear you get sitting in a sea kayak 300 metres offshore in towering Atlantic Ocean swells. Te return to shore involves navigating several lines of two- metre-high breakers. At low tide, when the overhead waves crash violently on
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