Well, went and did the touristy thing at the San Antonio River walk today. Lots of tourist traps and lots of people milling around with no particular direction in mind. Sure hate it when I can’t walk because of people just standing in the way. So, I gawked at the water a [...]
More »The 2006 Texas Kayak builders bash is shaping up to be another great time with like-minded individuals eating, sleeping and talking kayaks.
Saturday, April 29, 2006 Huntsville State Park, Huntsville, Texas
Join us for a day of display, conversation and fun centered around home-built kayaks, canoes and other small boats. Bring and display your home-built [...]
No… Not pirate Jack Sparrow’s Caribbean pirate ship, but Björn Thomasson’s kayak design Black Pearl. I especially like the part that says “A novice with ambitions, patience and perseverence might use Black Pearl as a crash course to advanced paddling.” I think in my case there might be an emphasis on ‘crash’. [...]
More »Having trouble finding a spray skirt for your home built kayak? Check out how to build your own using John Doornink’s instruction… How I make a Neoprene Sprayskirt Looks like a fairly straight forward plan. Might have to try that after I’m done building.. whenever that is.. [...]
More »Hey all, found this on Björn Thomasson Design Kayak Blog. Great videos on how to roll.. In English and From Wisconsin. Wisconsin Paddlers Rolling videos
Hope you enjoy them, very informative and they make it look sooo easy.
Tony Olsen
The Strip-Built Sea Kayak by Nick Schade is a must have. This book will take you through all the steps necessary to build a very nice sea kayak. Both of my current kayak projects were taken directly from this book. I built the Guillemot first then I started on a Great Auk. [...]
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Just got a great Christmas present from my daughter. It is a book by William Nealy, entitled KAYAK The animated manual of intermediate and advanced whitewater technique.
This book is really neat, nice grafics and cleverly entertaining. Through out the book there are many detailed diagrams of what is being explained from Eskimo [...]