Mythbusted: Never Stand Up in a Canoe

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Written by Stephanie Park Monday, 30 November 2009 17:39

Canoeroots Blogs - Category: Skills

If you have ever been told never to stand up in a canoe, think again. Thousands of canoeists in North America are trying stand up paddling.

This whitewater video of a 2009 expedition along the Raquette and Saranac rivers in New York is proof that this myth is busted.





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