C O N T E N T S volume 8 >> no 2
PHOTO ABOVE: PAUL VILLECOURT COVER PHOTO: HENRY GEORGI
F E A T U R E S 28 WHITEWATER’S TOP 50
THE CLOWNS Get back on the horse to 360 an open canoe, bow stall, blunt and air screw.
HABITS STAR, BUT WITHOUT D E P A R T M E N T S
To celebrate our 25th issue we’ve picked 50 of the best boats, tricks, skills and scams that have made whitewater paddling what it is today.
34 PADDLE LIKE A RODEO 42 KICK YOUR BAD
8 OFF THE TONGUE 10 WATERCOLOURS 14 RIVER SIGNALS
Editorial #25. Upfront and refreshing.
Small print and the OC high brace roll conspiracy.
16 STANDING WAVES
Survey says: Paddlers aren’t crazy; International Whitewa- ter Hall of Fame; Jackson’s short slalom boat; Dynasty is big budget and full of air.
Six top instructors go at the most common mistakes and bad habits so you can feed your freestyle addiction.
21 RAPID EVENTS 22 PADDLER PROFILE
24 ASK BEN 26 RIVER ALCHEMY 44 GEAR BAG
As the journeys of filmmaker Robert Perkins have shown, sometimes to entertain the world you need to put in all by yourself.
Clicketty click Lendal’s Paddlok Barba Trick paddle system, Astral Buoyancy’s Newton PFD defies gravity, Snap Dragon’s new su- per dry Lip-lock Skirt and Integral Designs’ Unishelter, the bivy that thinks it’s a tent.
46 BOAT INSIDER
As Wave Sport’s head kayak de- signer, Robert Peerson is designing boats at the corner of Art and Sci- ence Street.
Ben’s off-water training program and more unsolicited love advice.
Esquif’s Taureau: Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Wave Sport’s Project 52: Noun or verb? Either way, this thing called the Project is all about action.
48 RAPID MARKET 50 FLUSHED
3
RAPID
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52