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It is with reluctance but necessity that I am selling my Kokatat Rogue Drytop - women's small plum.It is a great drytop in excellent condition with custom neoprene gaskets and just back from a leak test by Kokatat.  I hate to sell it because it is...

A few quiet days has me catching up on some bookkeeping and housekeeping.  I carved out a few moments to put together a new video for Liquid Fusion Kayaking.  This is a new kayak rock gardening video.  It is mostly our Labor Day Waves n ...

Ever seen the movie Groundhog Day? For those that haven't, Bill Murray is a meteorologist that gets stuck in a time warp.  He is on a dreaded special assignment covering Groundhog Day in Punxatawney, PA.  Every morning - 6:00am flashes on the...

It was a Monday night in April 2008.  Liquid Fusion Kayaking on the Mendocino Coast was in its infancy.  Jeff was on the American River doing an ACA whitewater training with Mary DeRiemer of DeRiemer Adventure Kayaking.We had started doing Mo...

I have to admit that in addition to my summer routine of eat, sleep, paddle I have been enjoying some great books.  Here are 3 that I have recently enjoyed about Women on Water. Whether by canoe, raft or kayak, solo or supported, fearful or f...

A tale from our kayak adventure this spring in the Grand Canyon.  At mile 150, we encountered Upset Rapid.  We stopped to scout it because the oarsmen were concerned about a large hydraulic in the middle of the rapid that is known to upset ra...

Eat, Sleep, Paddle -This sums up my summer pretty well.It has been an awesome 2 weeks teaching and guiding lots of great kayak trips on the Mendocino Coast.Families kayaking trips,kids first strokes,students experiencing "Ah-ha" moments,first-timers ri...

Some days life as a kayak guide isn't glamorous, but with anything in life there is the good, the bad, and the ugly.This week's good has been the amazing experiences that I have gotten to share with people kayaking on Fort Bragg's Noyo River.  On ...

Surf n Turf - Not sure where Jeff got this notion, but a morning of surfing and mountain biking sounded like Maximum Mendo Funness so we loaded up the truck with our toys.The winds have been cranking on the coast, kicking up quite a wind swell and crea...

Congratulations to 9 students of Anderson Valley Elementary School on the successful launch of their spring boat building project.Thanks for inviting me as a safety boater/lifeguard for the launch celebration. Best of days on the water!!!