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A good forward stroke is probably the most useful and often used stoke in canoeing but even with perfect technique and brute strength it can still leave you short of your goal. Ever tried to paddle up a small set of rapids or swift current only to fail, have to get out, and portage your boat? Wondering what technique is more powerful than the forward stroke and keeps you from having to carry?
Here is a look at a tandem canoe rescue that you really should practice.
Everyone has a method for choosing and using a tarp while out on trip. Here are a few of ours.
With the right conditions, gear, and know-how you can get your boat safely down rapids without having to carry all of your backcountry belongings on the portage trail. Read this article to find out what you need to know.
Wether you are on a two day or two month trip perhaps the most important thing to know is how to repair your boat if something happens to it. Do you know how?
Check out these universal skills that you've probably heard of but never really practiced before. I mean, YOU will never have to use this stuff right? Think again!
From broken tent poles to bear attacks to burnt marshmallows we go over some of the bad things that can happen to you on trip and how to deal with them.
Read more: Survive Bear Attacks, Lightning, Leeches and 18 other trip nasties
For long whitewater canoe trips there are few techniques that are as useful as the Back Ferry. Learn from Paul Mason how to slow yourself down and buy you time to go somewhere other than where the river wants to take you.
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