Kayak Race
Canoe Race
River Rally – Find clues and answer questions along the river.
 
If you’re a paddler and interested in racing your kayak or canoe or if you just want to relax & enjoy the river then this might be the event for you!
The Withlacoochee Wilderness Canoe & Kayak Race & Rally
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Buddy Risher [...]

Kayak Oklahoma Blog Sunset It looks like the Kayak Oklahoma Blog may be soon coming to an end. The folks at Blogger.com have decided to end support for authors who own their own domain. Although it is kind of a bummer that they are dropping this service right at the start of Spring kayaking season, I hope it will open up more time for paddling.

Still, OklahomaRoadTrips.com will continue. Dianne and I are still eagerly paddling all of the local waterways that we can manage, so you can expect to find float trip reports and kayaking photography on this site…just not on this page.

This Summer we are heading south to visit a cabin on Caddo Lake in Texas. We are also planning a trip on the Caddo River and the Ouachita River in Arkansas. As usual we will hit our two favorite Oklahoma rivers: The Lower Mountain Fork River in Broken Bow, Oklahoma and the Illinois River in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Also, keep an eye on our site to get the details of Dianne’s kayak fishing exploits as she goes after Gar, one of Oklahoma’s largest and oldest fish species.

For late breaking news on Oklahoma kayaking issues, look me up on Twitter (username: FreeWine) and if you want to contact me you can always email me or hit me up on Flickr or Facebook. Until then, I hope to see you on the water!

Happy Paddling!

Thomas Jones (FreeWine)
http://www.oklahomaroadtrips.com

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Kayaking & Canoeing
If you love to kayak or canoe with your family, then you might want to register for:
The Altamaha River Run Canoe and Kayak Excursion
 Saturday, April 10, 2010,
Paradise Park, Jesup, Georgia
According to their website:
There will be an 8 and 16 mile family paddle with experienced guides.
The 8 mile paddle will begin at Paradise Park [...]

Here is a list of kayaking and canoeing events and races that has something for the whole family.
 
Kayaking & Canoeing in Georgia
WATERFEST X
Ridge Ferry Park and the Oostanaula River
Rome, Georgia
 Friday & Saturday, April 16-17, 2010
This paddling event is a 13 mile canoe and kayak race down the Oostanaula River. All kayak and canoe classes are [...]

This past Saturday, the Rocky Mountain chapter of Team in Training participated in the first-ever winter snowshoe event.  The 18 participants raised over $30,000 to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!  What an inspirational group!  Phil and I led a group of 10 to Loch Vale.  We had beautiful weather and wonderful views.  Everyone was impressively dedicated to the hike and cause.   Check out our pictures:

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…and click here for tons more photos from 2010 Team in Training Rocky Mountain National Park Snowshoe Event!

Check out our recap on Kokatat’s blog:

http://blog.kokatat.com/index.php/go-wild-expedition-presents-first-slideshow-2220/

A big thanks to Justin and Carla at Ed’s Cantina for hosting our first slideshow!

It’s time to start dusting off your kayak or canoe and start planning which paddling races you’re going to attend this year.
If you’re new to our website, we search the web to find kayak and canoe races, events, festivals, triathlons, and paddling challenges all over the United States. We list them on our Kayak, Canoe [...]

Just a quick reminder that we’ll be presenting a slideshow on our Inside Passage trip tonight!

Date: Thurs, Feb 25, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Ed’s Cantina, Estes Park, CO (map)

We’ll share pictures and stories from our 1,200 mile trip from Washington to Glacier Bay, Alaska, answer questions, and talk about the issues facing the wild Pacific salmon.

Above: Wow. Gouges like these are a commonplace on sea kayaks. But they’re not as difficult to repair as you might think. Lunestudio photoThere are plenty of advantages to learning how to repair and customize fiberglass, especially if your kayak takes a fair share of bumps and scrapes.Let’s say you bash your boat in on the rocks or make a too-hard landing on the beach — or for that matter drop