by Christopher Crowhurst | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
In January I was contacted by a Phil Bolsta, a journalist, who was writing an article for the Twin Cities Business magazine. He spent a few minutes interviewing me and the resulting article was published yesterday, it is not 100% accurate, but close enough. As the...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Being an ex-pat with a blended family certainly can complicate family gatherings. This past weekend family members travelled from three different US cities to spend a weekend together at the seaside in Florida. There was barely enough moonlight to see the palm trees...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
This weekend I spent a few hours in the pool, initially teaching rolling, then I jumped into my kayak and practiced a few rolls. During filming of a reverse sweep the wooden Greenland paddle I was using gave way (not an unusual or unique event). This provoked me to...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to announce that Qajaq Rolls will be at Canoecopia 2013 in Madison WI. If you are not familiar with the event, it is billed as the largest consumer paddlesports event in the world with 20,000 anticipated visitors this year. We will be sharing a booth...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was contacted recently by Tupaarnaq Binzer to help promote a new series of short films about outdoor activities in Greenland. You can read about it in detail here on greenland.com/RoughRealRemote. Here is the trailer to the Kayaking episode, note the use of Reed...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jan 9, 2013 | Review, Uncategorized
Really it isn’t fair to comment too much (yet) on using the new Lumpy Greenland Paddle; the lakes are frozen. There are, however, swimming pools, and it was in one such swimming pool at the Brooklyn Center Community Center that I was able to spend a couple of hours...
