URBAN LEGENDS
F E A T U R E
VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 3 Summer 2007
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FEATURES Urban Legends
29 Going Commando with Dubside: Nigel Foster takes the bus down- town to quiz kayaking’s most eccen- tric instructor on stealth fashion, asphalt addiction and the search for true love.
32 Join the Century Club: The people, the tips and the gear to get you out there 100 days a year—or in the case of one of these guys, 300.
A Trip to Hippie Heaven
37 Mountains of marijuana, java and jazz, artists and ashrams: natural highs and quirky characters make B.C.’s Kootenay Lake the one place to live, paddle and have it all.
DEPARTMENTS
6 Editor’s notes 8 Words from Readers 48 Market Place
10 Stills
The Statue of Liberty meets the capital of Canada; the roof rack gets a cat scan.
15 This and That 15 Airbrush antics: this artist wants to pimp your ride, big time. 16 How kayak chaos leads to success on the battlefields of life. 18 The Big Apple is betting that kayak racing will grow like crazy.
24 Rock the Boat
“Don’t tell my wife.” One man’s confession reveals what some guys are really doing on long day-paddles.
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ON THE COVER: URBANEERING IN OTTAWA. PHOTO: RICK MATTHEWS // PHOTO THIS PAGE: RICK MATTHEWS | 3
ADVENTURE KAYAK | 26 Technique
This method of plotting a course is the fastest way from A to B in wind and current, guaranteed.
43 InsideOut
Sea kayaking meets whitewater in the Seda Ikkuma 17. Plus: how the Delta 15.5 Sport blows away the space-time continuum.
46 In the Hatch Weird gear.
50 In Parting
How kayaking makes you smarter.
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