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Posted by derrick on
April 17, 2008
- photo by Greg Stamer
In October of 2008 Freya Hoffmeister is set to begin one of the most challenging expedition attempts possible in the world of Sea Kayaking. Her goal is to become the first woman to circumnavigate the southern continent of Australia. The first person to circumnavigate Australia was Paul Cayffn some 25 years ago.
The trip is expected to take about one year to accomplish. Along the incredible 9,400 mile route Freya will no doubt face wild seas, hungry crocks and curious sharks. In addition she will have to average some 35 miles per day in the tropical heat, while facing long open crossings and days where miles of cliffs will make landings impossible. This is not a trip you can “phone in”. That of course is the adventure, and the challenge.
Posted by derrick on
March 1, 2008
Ooops, that’s right I’m on the radio next week! I probably would have forgotten had I not visited the Canoecopia website and read this: "Listen to Wisconsin Public Radio next Tuesday the 4th at 11:45 on the Larry Meiller show. " Shows how daft I am!! I was thinking it was like another week off or something. . . .I’ll be joining Darren Bush (owner of Rutabaga) and Larry of course and were gonna rap about some stuff". Thanks to the internet anyone can join in on the WPR Ideas Network at www.wpr.org/webcasting/. The downside of course is that my voice has been described as "Ideal for anyone interested in the fine art of Mime".
Posted by derrick on
February 29, 2008
As I mentioned yesterday adventure writer, sea kayaker & coach, (jack of all sea kayaking trades. . . ) Jeff Allen of Cornwall, UK is off to Scandinavia. He will be joined by Mark Schoon of Maine. Jeff of course has had some amazing trips already in his back pocket including circumnavigating the 4 main isles of Japan with Hadas Feldman of Israel, and as a member of the 2005 British team that circumnavigated South Georgia Island in record time. Jeff is also a prolific writer who has recently been contributing articles on such things as; survival for sea kayaking, rough water paddling & incident management for Ocean Paddler Magazine in the UK.
Posted by derrick on
February 27, 2008
When you move like a jellyfish
Rhythm don’t mean nothing
You go with the flow
I’m really pleased to get to share with you a chat with Megan Pfieffer. I realized that although you may have heard me mention the "Queen of Canoecopia" on KQuix occasionally, you may not know who she is. She’s a bit of a ninja in her own right, and manages to be everywhere and yet often unseen. So maybe I should call this post “Megan Pfeiffer Exposed”. . .
Posted by derrick on
February 25, 2008
Well I’ve had dreams enough for one
And I’ve got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea
- moody blues
I first met Bryan Smith a few years back in Bodega Bay, California when he was teaching at the BCU Symposium there. He among many other coaches that fall, changed my whole perspective of sea kayaking and of coaching. Their love of the sport was so infectious that addiction to kayaking just seemed like a normal part of the progression. From those guys I first leaned that fun & inspiration were just as important to coaching as teaching braces. These days Brian has turned to filmaking to spread the kayak gospel. He has been busy over the last few months promoting his new film, Pacific Horizons and will be attending Canoecopia here in Wisconsin in just eleven days. I asked Brian if he’d do a little interview for us as a warm up. So, here we go. . . .
Posted by derrick on
February 13, 2008
With spring on it’s way and Canoecopia just a couple weeks off it seems like a great time to talk about gear. Well, isn’t it always a great time to talk about gear? So today I’m happy to share with you a little interview with Jim Miller who is the Marketing Manger at Werner Paddles. Now I tried to get him to talk to us about that heated paddle shaft, but as you’ll see the sacrifice would have been too great!
d - I’d guess that most of the readers here feel like they know all they need to know about paddles. What might we not know or what is something that deserves more consideration when choosing a kayak paddle?
Posted by derrick on
September 16, 2005
Welcome to what I hope will be come a quasi-regular fun addition to my journal. In an endeavor to keep bringing new interesting content to this blog I’m going to try to add little 10 Question interviews now and again. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some willing victims. . ."10 Questions" is something I’ve stolen (and bastardized) from James Lipton. (Minus the "favorite swear word") . . So for this first interview I went to Phil Rohrer of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Phil has been a major driving force behind the promotion and growth of the North East Wisconsin Kayakers. So without further adieu. .
