C O N T E N T S volume 9 >> no 4
Cole Jessup, 13, is amped about the new Wave Sport Fuse 35. p. 42
PHOTO ABOVE: SCOTT MACGREGOR COVER PHOTO: PAUL VILLECOURT / PADDLER KEVIN VARETTE, OTTAWA RIVER, ON
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D E P A R T M E N T S 6 OFF THE TONGUE 8 RIVER SIGNALS
Sesame Street teaches kids about let- ters, numbers, crossing the street and healthy eating, but didn’t mention to wear your helmet and PFD.
No more mudslinging at Milton, we can’t trust the pros’ prose, and why kayaks suck for sex.
11 STANDING WAVES 26 PHOTO ANNUAL 2007
Big falls, big balls, winter snow and rains up the flow;
Tandem, solo, open boat and sea foam; Mountain sides, rocky slides, Hey who are these guys? See it all in Rapid’s 2007 photo annual.
Logan Grayling drops in on Berman’s waterfall record, Australian kayak bun- gee jump, and Red Bull’s Quebec RIP Cup is a killer challenge.
16 PADDLER PROFILE 18 ASK BEN
Part Dr. Livingston, I presume, and part maniac, Hendri Coetzee is paddling’s big water pioneer and madman missionary.
Ben solves the shuttle shuffle, tosses his stick and gives you a hand paddling, and says that self-gratification is not the way to save rivers.
20 RIVER ALCHEMY
Even in the arid desert, Jeff Jackson finds that a love of ice hockey and rivers can set down deep family roots.
3 22 RIVER TECHNIQUE
Squeeze every drop of fun out of those low-flow days of summer, and be a bet- ter boater.
24 OPEN CANOE TECHNIQUE 42 BOAT INSIDER 46 GEAR BAG
Don’t sweat the bands. Andrew West- wood says use them to make shallow water canoe ferries fluid and effortless.
Wave Sport’s Fuse is putting a jolt into young paddlers. Evergreen throws its hat into the small solo open boat ring with the punchy Solito.
Keen’s Roatan water shoes are footwear 4x4s; Seals Sprayskirts are now ribbed for your paddling pleasure; make the moist of your music with Freestyle Au- dio’s waterproof MP3 player; and Yaki- ma’s Ground Control gear management system, aka marital bliss.
48 RAPID MARKET 50 FLUSHED
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