TRUCKER’S HITCH
Two twists of a bite of rope and a loop pulled through. The loose end around the rack, through the loop and back down until you hear creaking. Tie off with half hitches. Simple right? So why is your roof dented and your boat in the ditch?
THE RIOT DISCO
The kick rocker on Riot’s Disco made butt bouncing accessible to the masses and ushered in the age of aerial moves. The Disco was shorter than the slicey boats that populated the eddies of the day and had a wider and higher-vol- ume launch platform that served as the basis for all that came after. Turn a new playboat over even today, and the hull will look much like the Disco.
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JAMES SMEDLEY
FLYING WITH BOATS
We don’t know who was the first pad- dler to be inspired while scanning the airline’s list of no-charge items, but passing a kayak off as a windsurfer was brilliant (though it raises some questions about airport security). With the word “Titleist” sewn onto your boat bag, you can now pass your six-foot boat off as a set of golf clubs.
THE WINE BOX
It’s all about quantity, baby. And com- plying with provincial park bottle bans, of course.
PRO PADDLERS
Without pro paddlers there’d be no innovations, signature-series equipment, paddling videos or people sleeping in cars at the put-in. Their rides are longer because they’ve been there all day, all week or all year. They’re the best be- cause they are good athletes, because they practice and because they are will- ing to make sacrifices for the sport they love. And because of them our boats and gear are better. Hug a pro today.
CANOE ROLLS
True, even when you roll it back up it’s full of water and next to useless. But it beats swimming!
Bow Handstands The only freestyle trick that’s easier in a canoe.
THROW BAGS
Before Niall Jan Tossack had the simple idea to stuff a length of rope in a bag that could be thrown to someone in need of help, recirculating paddlers were at the mercy of the river. Now we just have to remember to bring it.
CORRAN ADDISON
DIRECTBEARING.CA
Dry Suit Relief Zips The crotch-level zippers that make drinking too much beer, then coffee and then water all okay. Invented by the Navy Seals for the 1990 Gulf War and introduced to paddlesports that same year by Kokatat.
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