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VOLUME 7 • I SSUE 1


2008 Canoe Buyer’s Guide 16 Canoe Design


Hull shape and performance explained— to help you navigate the 141 canoes listed within.


18 Lakewater


How the Prospector struck gold as the most popular canoe of all time.


22 Whitewater


Get ready for the river. Here’s how to equip your hull with end bags, thigh straps, kneepads and grab loops.


26 Recreation


Omer Stringer never thought of himself as a canoeing icon. A fashion icon perhaps, but not canoeing. His legacy has proven him wrong.


30 Solo


When the young solo tripper pushed off from shore he knew there would be challenges. What he didn’t know is that they would all come on his fi rst day.


34 Sporting


In late fall, Oregon’s Owyhee River is low and bony. The same can’t be said for the partridge.


38 Performance


Whether you will be pushing hard for the fi nish line, into the wind or across the current, start the right fi tness program now.


DEPARTMENTS 5 Editorial


Buying canoes and saving rivers. 6 Letters


9 Tumpline A family goes cross-country, literally, to fi nd Farley. Ontario’s provincial parks are fi nally getting park-like protection. Long paddlers stand up to be counted. Foolproof fi sh fi lleting. Aurora Borealis, the icy sky at night. Reader’s tip.


42 In the Pack


Rec’ Repair from CRG, Sierra Designs’ Magnus down jacket, Northwater’s Canoe Thwart Bag, Yakima’s Gunwale Brackets.


44 Tuck Shop


46 Butt End Kevin Callan loses a paddle and fi nds some unsuspecting tripping partners.


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