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Boat Primer #3 – Whitewater Kayaks
True whitewater boats are quite different from recreational or sea kayaks. They have a very different purpose – to avoid obstacles instead of covering distance. As such, they turn easily but are hard to make go straight. And while you … Continue reading
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Boat Primer #3 – Sea Kayaks
First off, paddling a boat on the ocean doesn’t make it a sea kayak. A sea kayak is determined by what a boat is capable of, regardless of the location it’s paddled. Sea kayaks are designed to handle rough waters, … Continue reading
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Boat Primer #2 – Recreational Kayaks
Recreational is a very general term, and recreational kayaks covers a wide range of boats. This is the category for people who are looking to just go out and have some fun on the water. If you have a more … Continue reading
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Boat Primer #1
We get asked all kinds of questions about all kinds of boats, so we thought we would try to put some of the basic information here on the blog so people can get started. Paddling is a simple and fun … Continue reading
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Tagged Boat, Canoes and Kayaks, Kayak, Keith Miller, Paddle, Sea kayak, Water, Watercraft paddling
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CCK Coastal Instructor Training
Every winter we have our year end instructor training/get together for CCK’s sea kayak instructors. It serves as a chance to review changes in policy and procedure and practice skills and techniques on the water, but it primarily is an … Continue reading
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Trapped Inside at Devil’s Slide – a teachable moment.
This is an account by CCK instructor Bill Vonnegut. Bill is a member of the local paddling group ‘Neptune’s Rangers’. For more information about Neptune’s Rangers and their raison d’etre check out their website. Bill and his Ranger buddies have … Continue reading
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New Year’s Resolutions
Well, it’s that time again. Time when we look to the new year approaching and make some goals and resolutions about what we hope to accomplish. It’s a good time to take stock of where we are and figure out … Continue reading
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The cost of doing business
We at CCK have been trying to keep this blog entertaining and educational, avoiding too much commercialization. But there is a new trend in the retail world that is a little disturbing and Amazon has launched a program that is … Continue reading
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Advanced Instruction
by Bryant Burkhardt Several CCK instructors (Sean Morley, Matt Palmariello and myself) just got back from teaching at the Lumpy Waters Sea Kayak Symposium up in Oregon. It’s a great event that brings in instructors from up and down the … Continue reading
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Winter’s coming. Are your gaskets ready?
The summer is coming to an end, though it may be hard to tell here in California with temps in the 90′s and long sunny days. But the forecast calls for cool rain, even snow up in the mountains next … Continue reading
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