by Christopher Crowhurst | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
In a couple of weeks I am going to the Apostle Islands for a kayak camping trip with my father. It will be his first time in the Islands. In preparation for the trip we worked on creating useful navigation charts, using information from http://paddlinglight.com I was...
by Christopher Crowhurst | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
A little late evening rolling with a new norsaq from Bill Bremer at Lumpy Paddles. Bill provided me with two sizes, one longer and thicker and one leaner. Both were beautifully carved from some very light Cedar. In my hands the leaner felt a better match for my grip....
by Christopher Crowhurst | May 1, 2012 | Review, Uncategorized
Bill Bremer and I have been conversing for a while about building a prototype learning aid. The commonly adopted name for the aid is a Transitional Paddle. Bill has called this the Stumpy Lumpy due to it looking like a shrunken version of a Greenland Paddle. Bill...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Apr 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yesterday it finally happened. We held our first Rolling Clinic at my family’s weekend lake home. The weather was perfect, bright sunshine, air temps in the 50’s and water temps that had risen considerably since the lake ice melted. 17 paddlers attended. Coming from...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Following the success of last years roll of the day series, this year I will be updating the video for each roll resource page using video content from the new Rolling with Sticks DVD. This week I have started with the side scull which is a great way to get started...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Apr 24, 2012 | Review, Uncategorized
Paul, the owner of Northern Lights Paddles (NLP), recently gave me a paddle to review. Paul knows I am an ardent supporter of Novorca Paddles. Ron Steinwall the artisan owner is a great friend of mine. So it was with some trepidation that Paul provided the paddle. I...
