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First Impressions – Jackson Kayaks Karma

First impressions Jackson Karma The Jackson Karma is the newest creek boat in the Jackson line up. I picked up a Large from Western Canoe and Kayak in Abbotsford at the beginning of March. Did you know that they will ship boats to Victoria or Nanaimo under 14′ for 25$. Pretty sweet. First off I…

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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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Day on the Cameron River

The Cameron river runs off the side of Mt Arrowsmith and flows down through Cathedral Grove into Cameron Lake. The main part is a 5km section with almost 50 drops ranging from fun chutes to stacked ramps and drops, all through old growth rainforest. This day myself and 6 other boaters were able to get…

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