INTERVIEWS
WITH DISIGNERS & INTERESTING SIT-ON-TOP KAYAKERS
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Kayaking California's Wilderness Flat-Water With Janice L. Green Janice is the author of two guidebooks for paddling California's often overlooked beautiful flat-water destinations. A hobby photographer, her detailed trip reports are graced with images that will surely pull our many sea kayaking friends inland. |
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Designing
A Kayak For Caving by John Gray Profile of John Gray founder of Sea Canoe and designer of the Sea Explorer Inflatable Kayak. |
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The Original Sit-on-top Kayak: So Whatever Happened to Royak's Roy Grabenauer? An interview with his son, Steve Grabenauer of Royak Marine |
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INDEX
TO: DESIGNERS & INNOVATORS of SIT-ON-TOP KAYAKS Interviews that give credit to the architects of the newest & fastest growing branch of the paddlesports industry: |
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"Preparation: The Key For Going It Alone...Or In A Group" Audrey Sutherland is fondly thought of as the founder of kayaking in Hawaii, but now enjoys regular trips to Alaska. We purified this interview, leaving just her comments for you to feast on. |
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"Almost
Gone...But Not Forgotten: An Iraqi Kayaker Remembers His Homeland
As A Paddler's Paradise" Interview with Kayakers Azzam & Dr. Suzie Alwash; April 12, 2003 by Athena Holtey |
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Designer
Matt Langenfeld Engineer and paddler Matt Langenfeld, founder of JEM Watercraft, designs canoe and kayak plans for the amateur boat builder. |
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Cobra's
Warren & Glenys Aitkens: "CATCHING A WINDSURFER'S WAVE" |
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Ocean
Kayak's More recent: "A Combo of Cabos: The Catayak" |
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Kayaking With A Disability Mark Theobald of KayakDiving.com has developed Kayak paddle and backrest adaptations for the sit-on-top that is encouraging this safe and easy kayak to become the paddle craft of choice for many organizations with disability programs. |
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Hop
On Top's Paul Cronin: "A NAVEL ARCHITECT THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET" |
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102 Days Alone Around Vancouver Island A Northwest Fly Fisherman finds: "...deserted, sun-drenched beaches at the edge of a thumping North Pacific Ocean and a mother-lode of wilderness fly fishing potential." |
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Lake
Bag'in In The High Sierras by Scott Shaw Take a paddle with Scott & view the scenery off the bow of his kayak as he makes way through the June Lake Loop of the Eastern Sierras. Beautiful photos! |
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"How
I Became A Rougue" by Gioanni Possenti Gioanni of Italy found our website in the Spring of 2000 and began a correspondence that inspired him to share this article he wrote for an Italian publication telling of his conversion from a traditional kayaker to a "sit-on-topper." |
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KAYAKER, RON BASS RESCUES SHARK VICTIM WAILUKU, MAUI -- Ron Bass, kayak tour guide owner of Maui Sea Kayaking and special education teacher at Wailuku Elementary School, rescued fifty-six year old Californian Henrietta Musselwhite when a shark attacked her Wednesday morning off the West Maui coast. |
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Hunt Johnsen: Creator of The Wave Witch Cobra Kayaks has recently given world-wide exposure to the Wave Witch, a high performance polyethylene surf kayak; but the roots of the Wave Witch come from the fiberglass & kevlar designs of Hawaii's Hunt Johnsen. |
