Vote For The Best Paddling Kids Story, Ages 13-17 Sponsored by Paddling Kids judges have selected three finalists from the thirteen-to-seventeen age bracket. Check out their stories below, and then vote for the winner by commenting and telling us which one is your fave. Voting for this age bracket closes at noon ET on Thursday, November 5. Visit us on Instagram for more […] The post Vote For The Best Paddling Kids Story, Ages 13-17 appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/paddling-kids/2026-finalists-13-17/ #paddlingkids #november #thursday #check #voting #visit #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Iconic Midwest Paddling Shop Rutabaga To Close, Canoecopia To Follow Rutabaga Paddlesports owner Darren Bush announced that the Madison, Wisconsin, paddling shop will close for good in mid December. Bush says the decision follows a year of unsuccessfully trying to sell the business. With the store’s closure, Canoecopia, the largest consumer gathering of paddlers in North America, will also come to an end. Struggling to […] The post Iconic Midwest Paddling Shop Rutabaga To Close, Canoecopia To Follow appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/rutabaga-to-close-canoecopia-to-follow/ #paddlingshop #canoecopia #rutabagapaddlesports #close #darrenbush #northamerica #wisconsin #struggling #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Why Temagami Is One of North America’s Great Canoe Tripping Destinations Created In Partnership With Destination Ontario I’ll never forget my first Temagami canoe trip, nearly 20 years ago. The place was already legendary in my mind: a jaw-dropping 4,000-plus kilometers of ancient canoe routes on wilderness lakes and rivers, old-growth forests and Ontario’s highest peaks. I got a glimpse of all that on a five-day […] The post Why Temagami Is One of North America’s Great Canoe Tripping Destinations appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/trips/destinations/canoe-temagami/ #canoe #destinationontario #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Bill Mason’s Waterwalker Returns To The Big Screen In A New 4K Restoration In honor of the 40th anniversary of its original theatrical release, Waterwalker will return to select Ontario theaters this November in a new 4K restoration. The special release celebrates both the iconic paddling film and its creator—the legendary filmmaker, author and outdoorsman Bill Mason. Waterwalker Mason created Waterwalker over the span of eight years. The […] The post Bill Mason’s Waterwalker Returns To The Big Screen In A New 4K Restoration appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/bill-masons-waterwalker-returns-to-theaters/ #billmason #restoration #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Meet The World’s Only Flying And Firefighting Canoe Standing in front of the Hyde Sectional Canoe, you’re looking at a remarkable piece of ingenuity. Meet the world’s only flying and firefighting canoe In the 1920s, the Ontario Provincial Air Service was tasked with aerial cartography across northern Ontario. At the time, crews were flying First World War surplus biplanes—Curtiss “flying boats”, a type […] The post Meet The World’s Only Flying And Firefighting Canoe appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/canvas/firefighting-canoe/ #world #canoe #sectionalcanoe #firstworld #hydesectional #ontarioprovincial #airservice #curtiss #war #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Vote For The Best Paddling Kids Story, Ages 7-12 Sponsored by Paddling Kids judges have selected three finalists from the seven-to-twelve age bracket. Check out their stories below, and then vote for the winner by commenting and telling us which one is your fave. Voting for this age bracket closes at noon ET on Thursday, October 29. Visit us on Instagram for more […] The post Vote For The Best Paddling Kids Story, Ages 7-12 appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/paddling-kids/2026-finalists-7-12/ #paddlingkids #october #thursday #check #voting #visit #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

First Descent On Patagonia’s Río Cuervo Six kayakers hovered at the edge of a volcanic lake in Chilean Patagonia earlier this year, eyeing the first rapid of the Río Cuervo. Kilian Astorga, the Chilean kayaker who conceived the expedition, along with Dane Jackson, Adrian Mattern, David Sodomka, Tom Dollé and Eirik Hansen had committed to the first descent. Google Maps and […] The post First Descent On Patagonia’s Río Cuervo appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/slide/rio-cuervo-first-descent/ #riocuervo #firstdescent #patagonia #chileanpatagonia #adrianmattern #davidsodomka #danejackson #tomdolle #eirikhansen #kilianastorga #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

SUP Northwest Passage Attempt Ends In Rescue After Gear Lost Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa was on a mission to become the first person to stand-up paddleboard (SUP) the Northwest Passage when he lost his paddleboard and the majority of his gear just over two weeks into the trip. Stranded without a means of travel, de la Rosa was rescued by helicopter, cutting […] The post SUP Northwest Passage Attempt Ends In Rescue After Gear Lost appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/sup-northwest-passage-attempt/ #northwestpassage #sup #lost #antonio #stranded #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Minnesota Man Runs Marathon While Carrying A Canoe For The Boundary Waters What would you portage a marathon for? A Minnesota man recently ran the entire Twin Cities Marathon while carrying a canoe to raise awareness for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). He now plans to portage a marathon every week for an entire year to advocate for the permanent protection of the wilderness area […] The post Minnesota Man Runs Marathon While Carrying A Canoe For The Boundary Waters appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/marathon-while-carrying-a-canoe-boundary-waters/ #boundarywaters #minnesotaman #waterscanoe #carrying #twincities #area #wilderness #bwca #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Vote For The Best Paddling Kids Story, Ages 3-6 Sponsored by Paddling Kids judges have selected two finalists from the three-to-six age bracket. Check out their stories below, and then vote for the winner by commenting and telling us which one is your fave. Voting for this age bracket closes at midnight ET on Wednesday, October 21. Visit us on Instagram for more […] The post Vote For The Best Paddling Kids Story, Ages 3-6 appeared first on Paddling Magazine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/paddling-kids/2026-finalists-3-6/