SPRING 2003 Features


28 Lock 19 Park n Play In the south end of Peterborough, there’s a 125- metre-wide dam with six gates, divided by thick concrete walls. This urban wave-hole is a cross between the Ottawa River’s most dynamic features.


31 Expedition Kayaking “Canoe tripping with two blades and no cappuccino maker.” Virtual scouting to find new rivers and how to follow the call of the thin blue line.


36 Pushing Rubber Wanna be a raft guide? Read this first—the people, the money, the romance. The pros and cons of the job, on and off the river.


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Departments Off the Tongue


River Signals 2003 Events Gear Bag


Boat Insider Rapid Market Road Test Flushed


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on the cover: Dale Monkman and friends at Lock 19. Photo Rob Faubert.


photos clockwise from top: Dunbar Hardy, Rob Faubert, Rob Faubert.


10 Standing Waves Canada West Surf Kayak revival; Ragged Falls goes down; Hog’s Back paddlers vindicated; Ambassador of squirt; Boatwerks sold; Canadian rivers day; Re-actionary–Dirty Secrets.


16 River Alchemy The well-read alchemist’s 5 best river books of all time. Books that identify greater powers in moving water and answer life’s “big question.”


20 Paddler Profiles Becky Bristow–expedition kayaker, movie star, car- nivore and just as sweaty and dirty as the boys.


Wally Schaber–river tripper, old-school, whitewa- ter legend and Moscow Circus bear.


24 Techniques Back ferrying is one of the most useful and practi- cal skills for a river tripper, it is also one of the most difficult manoeuvres to master.


Build a snow ramp and float your own corkscrews, barrel rolls or double kickies. Tyler Curtis shows you the whale tail.


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