More video of our new West Greenland Kayak design on the water. Based on the rifle hunting kayaks of the early 20th century, this kayak has classic lines and is a bit more user friendly than those from other times and places in Greenland. The scalability on this new version is a game changer....
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Video: Just a bit of urban sea caving in the new Greenland Kayak
Just a bit of urban sea caving in the new Greenland Kayak. If you go all the way to the end you get to blow up the Death Star, but the overhead clearance down there is about 2 1/2 feet at this water level with 6 inch long bolts sticking down. So not the...
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Video: Forgetting basic rolling skills
If you follow me here it’s no secret that I don’t paddle much anymore due to health issues, it’s been about 12 years now which is pretty hard to wrap my mind around, but it does lead to some comical moments when I realize I have actually forgotten basic skills. For example: Doing hand...
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Video: As long as I’m talking about rolling…
As long as I’m talking about rolling here I thought I would share this clip that we shot this summer. A great exercise for teaching yourself how to roll a kayak is to find something to hold onto that is relatively near the surface of the water and then lower yourself into the water...
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Video: Just a couple of slow-mo rolls in the new wrapped frame
Just a couple of slow-mo rolls in the new wrapped frame. The first one is just to prove a point that you don’t need strength or flexibility to roll. I start upright and finish upright, and I’m barely touching the paddle. Boat selection doesn’t matter much either. Easy rolls are mostly about technique and...
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Video: West Greenland build recap
So just to recap, the kayak pictured here is a West Greenland hunting kayak replica that I’ve been building with students for about 12 years. Over that time it has slowly evolved, so I wanted to build a new one as close to the historic lines as possible to check for negative design creep...
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Video: Self rescue in the F1
I want to take a quick break from the Greenland kayak to put up this self rescue video for a couple customers who just picked up brand new F1’s (hey Nick and David!). I’ll start with the caveat that I’m not a big fan of any kayak rescue, because people vastly overestimate their reliability...
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Video: Took the new boat down to the water for a quick paddle and a couple rolls
Took the new boat down to the water for a quick paddle and a couple rolls. As usual there’s lots of positive and lots of negative things to talk about here but I’m not gonna get too far into that until I get out on the water a few more times. The thing I...
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Video: Developing a reflexive brace
No skill will take you farther faster in kayaking than developing a reflexive brace. It’s not just about preventing capsize, it creates comfort at the balance point which is essential for getting the most out of your maneuvering strokes AND dissolving the fear-induced muscle tension that CAUSES most accidental capsizes in the first place....
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Video: A few edge turns in the LPB
A few edge turns in the LPB for the new video we are making about this design. I’m not actually paddling very well here because I’m focusing on flying the drone. After going through a set of maneuvers in all four of our kayak designs I had a face palm moment when I realized...
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Video: Rolling and learning to learn
Last week we tried to get some aerial footage of me rolling different Cape Falcon Kayaks but the drone just wasn’t stable enough so this will probably have to happen looking down from a cliff with a telephoto instead. One of my biggest frustrations is never having the time to make a rolling instruction...
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Video: A couple more solo canoe self rescue clips
Here’s a couple more solo Canoe self rescue clips. Both of these are the same rescue from different vantages. Just like last time I also did the same rescue with a 40 pound camping gear load, with similar results. This is my second time trying this and things are getting a little bit smoother....
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Video: Capsize + self rescue testing in the solo canoe
AFTER my short run on the river I decided that it was probably a good idea to get some sense of what would happen if I accidentally capsized. If you turn the sound on you can hear me taking a moment to speak with the Lord during my first attempt here. Honestly, the number...
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Video: Rolling a kayak with the sail up
As is so often the case with me and sailing it was blowing like crazy until literally the second I put the kayak in the water and then the wind completely died. A bit frustrating but we decided to use the opportunity to do a little bit of sail rolling practice on camera. I...
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Video: Rolling the East Greenland kayak
For an otherworldly effect we had hoped to shoot an East Greenland kayak rolling session in white-out fog. Unfortunately the fog lifted before I was even done stretching. So disappointing because what we did get looks really cool!...