It’s been too long I haven’t posted anything, seems to me things are slow right now, but here is some news en Vrac:

“This is Canoeing” is out and about, you’ll see the trailer and articles about it everywhere, because it’s gooooddd…… Trailer here!

After many months of waiting, the Valley Website is running, smooth, sharp, like some of their boats! Check it out,

And the new Wavelength Magazine is out too, find it at your local paddling shop or follow this LINK to have a look at it on-line:
Breaking news… once again I am the guy you see on page 26 facing away from you… this is just because Alex is so good looking…

Speaking of who, here is a page with a number of Articles written by Alex Matthew about paddling Skills, a little bit like a “Best Of”!!! Refresh your skills and get on the water, lately it’s like summer here and the paddling has been outstanding.

Last but not least, MEC Victoria is getting their paddling gear in…. good deal on Lendal Paddle and a new Aurora Fiberglass by Discover kayak for $2200, just had to put it out-there..!

Thanks to everybody that took a minute to fill out the survey bellow, it’s still open so go ahead if you haven’t yet, thanks to Paddle Canada for promoting the survey as well,and Wavelength Magazine.

Get off your computer and on the water!!!! lately we’ve seen Sea Lions, seals, eagles, and porpoises… Get out there!

Here is the brochure, made and distributed by Environment Canada to help mariners make sense of the Weather Marine Forecast. On those 2 pages you have the definition of all the vocabulary used in the Forecast, contact info, 3 different ways to access your Marine Forecast, and… this is gold… all the locations of the Weather stations, Lighthouses, Ocean Buoys, Area Forecast... If you click on the pages you’ll get a bigger version where you can read the small prints, and a link at the bottom will give you a good document to print.

At the bottom of the page is a Survey, all the information collected will go to Environment Canada in a effort to help them understand how sea kayakers use the brochure and the Marine Weather Forecast, so speak up!! After you fill the survey you have to hit the submit button. Thanks for your time.

For a good Printing Adobe version of those slides follow this link: Marine Weather Brochure

Here is the Survey:

Now we think we have it rough here in BC paddling all winter,

Have a look at this, winter paddling in Toronto, including sleding the boat on ice to open water,

Credit goes to PaddlingInstructor.com, Brrrrr!!!!!

Take a few minutes to follow this link to the ” Kayaking Safety Module” and discover the basic needs of a beginner kayaker thanks to the Coastguard boating Education program.
The internet base tool will take you on a typical short day outing paddle and ask you questions based on safety and common sense. You will also have to make decisions based on your situation and reflect on the adventure, while getting more info whether you pick the right answer or not.
Pretty cool, cover the basics, food-water-shelter-kayaking safety, I am a little jealous New Zealand thought of this before us, but hey I was busy paddling!
Found this on PaddlingInstructor.com….