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/2009/03/12/ask-bryan-smith/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/12/ask-bryan-smith/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:03 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3399 I’m pleased to once again have a chance to chat with Bryan Smith about his up-coming visit to Canoecopia this weekend and the forthcoming release of his new DVD, “Eastern Horizons”.  Canoecopia is the king of paddling tradeshows and those of us here in the midwest are lucky to have the opportunity to see all [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/12/ask-bryan-smith/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/04/17/freya-hoffmeister-ahead/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/04/17/freya-hoffmeister-ahead/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:40:49 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/04/17/freya-hoffmeister-ahead/ - 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 [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/04/17/freya-hoffmeister-ahead/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/29/a-chat-with-jeff-allen/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/29/a-chat-with-jeff-allen/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:06:06 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/29/a-chat-with-jeff-allen/ A friend of mine recently lost her Mother to Ovarian Cancer and I said I would try to raise awareness on what's often termed as 'the silent killer' and the CHSW because I found out that in my region of the South West we have almost 1000 children who are terminally ill, and yet have no hospice to support them or their families,]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/29/a-chat-with-jeff-allen/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/25/a-chat-with-bryan-smith/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/25/a-chat-with-bryan-smith/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:40:21 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/25/a-chat-with-bryan-smith/ Shawna, Leon, and I all started BBB out of a true passion for sharing the sport with others. We had so much fun teaching programs together, developing our coaching and paddling skills, and trying to squeeze as much personal paddling into a season as possible and still keep the business floating. I miss Orcas Island, but I had good reasons for moving on. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/25/a-chat-with-bryan-smith/feed/ 4 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/13/a-chat-with-werner/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/13/a-chat-with-werner/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:09:00 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/13/a-chat-with-werner/ We do get the occasional request for a Wing, but have not seen enough demand from consumers or our retailers to come to market. There are some very nice Wings out there and we would want to make sure that we came with something substantially better.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/02/13/a-chat-with-werner/feed/ 5