I’ve previously written a blog post on the importance of “torso rotation” when performing a forward stroke in your kayak.  Hopefully, everyone has been working on improving that aspect of their own stroke.  Now I’d like to give my second piece of advice to beginners and recreational paddlers who want to increase the power and [...]

A week ago I gave a talk on “Managing the Surf Zone and Paddling in Waves”.   It was very well attended and got me thinking that there are probably a lot of kayakers who didn’t make it to the talk who would still like some suggestions on getting more comfortable in rough conditions.
Not everyone who [...]

If you want to take your paddling skills to the highest level you can achieve, it is extremely important to get good instruction right from the beginning.  This little bit of advice may seem fairly self-evident and not particularly earth-shattering which is maybe why it is so often overlooked and ignored by beginning paddlers.
I’m currently [...]

When I began kayaking in the late 80’s, the big debate among sea kayakers was whether it was better to use a rudder, a skeg, or neither.  Now that the “skeg vs. rudder” argument has cooled down, the current hot topic has switched to high angle vs. low angle forward stroke.  Like the old rudder/skeg [...]

Arguably the most important stroke in kayaking is probably the most difficult to master.  Luckily, just about any forward stroke, regardless of how poorly executed, will move your kayak forward.  However, most of us are interested in being able to paddle farther with less effort and fatigue.
I just got back from teaching at the Door [...]