http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/03/30/paddling-from-the-beginning-do-i-need-a-drysuit/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/03/30/paddling-from-the-beginning-do-i-need-a-drysuit/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:34:17 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7368 It's spring! You've been paddling for a couple of years now and you've spent the last 3 months drooling over your private stash of kayak porn. Now? Oh, you are SO itching to get back out on the water! (Well, the second the ice melts anyway.) Now, you've been around this whole paddling gig just long enough know all about hypothermia and the risks involved in cold water paddling. Having ice still floating around out there has that little voice in the back of your head asking, "Do I NEED a dry suit?" ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/03/30/paddling-from-the-beginning-do-i-need-a-drysuit/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/02/01/paddling-from-the-beginning-fitness/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/02/01/paddling-from-the-beginning-fitness/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:46:35 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5610 Ultimately there are many ways to lose weight and stay healthy. Often the biggest challenge to fitness and exercise is boredom and the feeling that we are depriving ourselves of the basic enjoyment of life. Paddling offers a way to exercise in an ever changing, non-repetitive environment which ultimately helps us to overcome exercise boredom. In fact you paddle for the fun of it. Fitness.. is just an accidental by-product.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/02/01/paddling-from-the-beginning-fitness/feed/ 8 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/25/kayak-101-why-paddle/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/25/kayak-101-why-paddle/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:34:03 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5598 Today on KayakQuixotica we start by going all the way back to the beginning. After being online 5 years and traveling every wandering road in those years it seems a good time come back full circle and meet up with all the folks just coming into the sport here in 2010. It's also a good reminder for me as a paddler and a coach as to why I got into this gig in the first place. So for the old sea dogs, I invite you to jump in and give your thoughts and advice as I travel down the road from considering paddle sports for the first time to insanely jumping into whitewater or a tidal race. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/25/kayak-101-why-paddle/feed/ 22 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/08/22/the-zen-of-sculling/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/08/22/the-zen-of-sculling/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:47:00 +0000 derrick http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=92 Think about this for a moment. Sculling can pull your boat sideways silently. Sculling can keep your boat upright. It can also allow you to lay your boat over on the side and look cool. Sculling can roll your boat. Really? But then, what is a sweep but an upside down scull? Hmmm, one skill, [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/08/22/the-zen-of-sculling/feed/ 4