Last Monday I was on my first cruise, and I am happy it was just as it was advertised: neck breaking work which required hard hats and harnesses to prevent getting swept overboard, shoulder high waves sweeping over both the work deck and onto us, and food which would have made prison inmates revolt instantaneously [...]

"It is Sunday morning, and Al and John of Jersey Paddler, the kayak retailer from Brick, NJ who organizes the yearly PaddleSports show are very excited: the 3rd day of the paddle exhibition was not even in full swing yet, but the total numbers of visitors had reached already a new all time record. The [...]

Kokatat sponsored sea kayaker Marcus Demuth finished his circumnavigation of Great Britain yesterday (July 25) in 80 days. This is a record for a solo circumnavigation - 6 days faster than Nigel Dennis and Paul Caffyn's circumnavigation in 1980, and tying the existing record circumnavigation of a trio of three British paddlers in 2005. Pics from the [...]

On December 16th, 2009, New York paddlers Marcus Demuth and Biff Wruszek will set out to the southernmost tip of Patagonia to attempt the first circumnavigation of Isla Grande Tierra del Fuego – South America's largest island. The expedition will raise funds and awareness, and collect gently-used paddling gear, for Achilles, a New York based [...]