departments Editor’s Notes
Words from Readers 2004 Event Schedule Market Place In Parting
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20 Baking in the outback
16 Explore Winnipeg
9 This and That The longest sea kayak race: the 742km Yukon River Quest. Adventure Kayak’s guide to kayaking’s organizing mobs. Current Designs leaves Canada. Painting the Great Lakes Heritage Coast. News: Paddle to a Cure, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, out-there expeditions and more.
16 Urban Adventure Get out and “sea” Winnipeg—a cool kayak tour in the Slurpee capital of the world.
18 Rock the Boat Level 1, 2, 3, 4…. What are we paddlin’ for? The move to certify kayakers is endangering our freedom, argues indus- try founder John Dowd.
20 Paddling Gourmet I scream, you scream, we all scream for, well, fresh-baked chocolate cake. The Paddling Gourmet dons his oven mitts.
22 Technique Ready to take the plunge? Try the seal launch—a skill for the truly committed paddler.
24 Photography Why carry a pile of lenses when just one will do the job? Learn all about the power of the do-it-all zoom lens.
40 Insideout Two new kayaks: the long-awaited Necky Chatham 16 and affordable per- formance in the Aquafusion Quest.
44 In the Hatch Tested: Duckbilled platypus pogies from Kokatat; a waterproof kayak back- pack that’s as tough and light as a Feathercraft; Nigel Foster’s big blade by Seaward; and a PFD from Serratus that’s fit for a goddess.
45 Local Currents What’s happening in your area.
on the cover: Photo by Bruce Kirkby
2 Summer 2004
photos from left:
PaddlingManitoba.com Tarmo Poldmaa
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