The season has started with a bang, including a great weekend with Steve Maynard's students down on Hunting Island. Although the waves were a little on the missing side, we had a great time and narrowly missed a night in the marsh as the hulls of our boats drug across the bottom of the creek [...]

Ben Lawry, one of our sea kayaking ambassadors with over 30 years of paddling, and 20 years of teaching experience has taught on five continents and competed on three. Presently he works as head instructor and owner of Kayak Camp with his wife, Elizabeth. He has led trips and traveled extensively in South America, South [...]

The 26th annual Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium was held in Grand Marais, Michigan, located on the south shore of Lake Superior at the gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore. What a fabulous location for a symposium.

The welcoming village of Grand Marais allowed Down Wind Sports to turn the community center into a store [...]

It was another great year at Canoecopia for Kokatat. We sold plenty of product, sat in on presentations, and bonded with folks who share a collective passion for paddlesports. With a solid crew from Arcata and some of our sponsored athletes in attendance (Ben Lawry, Nick Troutman, Anna Levesque, and Justine Curgenven) we were able [...]

Madison will soon be abuzz with paddlesports junkies as the annual Canoecopia exhibition takes over the Alliant Energy Center on March 12-14. Kokatat is a presenting sponsor, along with NRS and Sierra, of Canoecopia, and will have staff members on-hand to answer consumers’ questions and showcase our sponsored athletes through a variety of paddlesports’ presentations.
What has become [...]