A forward stroke is one of paddling’s “gifts.” Your first lesson in how to execute a forward stroke probably sounded something like, “Plant at your feet and pull on the paddle.” While that explanation ...

Kayaking is one of those water sports that allow you to gain a new perspective on the world, become closer to nature and explore remote locations that some people will never get the chance to visit.

In this segment of canoeing 101, Paul Mason instructs on tandem canoe technique, specifically pivot turns and sideslip strokes. If you think the bow is just the engine in a tandem canoe, you’re not ...

Ryan Mechini teaches students how to hold their oars before going out on an outrigger canoe last week. Joshua Bessex jbessex@gateline.com I went kayaking with some friends last summer at Point ...

BRIGHTON, Michigan-- At first glance, the kayakers in the Brighton High School pool on Saturday could easily have been mistaken for the most inept group of paddlers ever to hit water. A boat flips ...

The Aleut and Alutiiq people invented the kayak over 5,000 years ago. Since 90 percent of their diet came from the ocean, the kayaks were traditionally used for hunting sea life. At the Alaska Native ...

Last year, my wife and I took a kayaking day trip to the tip of Point Reyes, a peninsula just north of San Francisco formed by the San Andreas Fault shoving a slice of California out to sea. Thirty ...

Last year, my wife and I took a kayaking day trip to the tip of Point Reyes, a peninsula just north of San Francisco formed by the San Andreas Fault shoving a slice of California out to sea. Thirty ...