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Camping, Kayaking and Music – VKC festival report

Made it over to the Vancouver Kayak Club festival for the 2nd year in a row. This year I decided to go for both days and that was a very good plan. Arriving and leaving late both days made for some tired days…. though all worth it with lots of paddling both days. The 1st…

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Weekend of Youth – CYKF

The past weekend a number of Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Chilliwack and Squamish based Paddlers and Whitewater Instructors converged to paddle and volunteer at the Brentwood College organized Cowichan Youth Kayak Festival. There was a number of different sections for the youth to paddle on. With 35 paddlers ranging in age from 10 – 18  and  over 15 instructors/ safety…

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Upper Gordon Creek Race Report

On March 16th the 1st annual Upper Gordon Creek Race was held on the Gordon River, Vancouver Island. A large group of paddlers showed up with people from different parts of the Island, Vancouver, Australia, and Quebec. 17 paddlers participated, making for 8 teams, one of which had three members.  The race started above a…

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New Boats to the Island

Last week, I went over to Vancouver to look at kayaks. A couple of weeks ago I had lost my Jackson Kayaks Villain on the Middle Gordon river… it was time to look at some boats. Heading over I knew I wouldn’t make the shop that afternoon, so I managed to head off and meet up with…

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