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"The New Kayak Shop" (Book) by Chris Kulczycki

"The New Kayak Shop" (Book) by Chris Kulczycki


Description: Revised edition (2000) provides explicit directions and plans for building 3 wooden sea kayaks: an easy-to-build 16, a fast 17, and a small flatwater 14-7, all singles. Two of the 3 are new Kulczycki designs that are elegant and even more suitable for today's paddlers. Canoe builders will also want to see 'Canoe Shop' , by Kulczycki. 204 pages.
Price: $21.95.
"Nigel Foster's Sea Kayaking: #6 Rolling & Bracing" (DVD)

"Nigel Foster's Sea Kayaking: #6 Rolling & Bracing" (DVD)


Description: If you have a reliable roll and brace, your confidence level in a kayak will rise to new levels. In this #6 of the series Nigel Foster looks at some non-intimidating ways to learn a roll, examines the essential components of different braces and a variety of practical everyday rolling techniques.
Price: $29.95.
"Grace Under Pressure: Learning the Kayak Roll" (DVD) by Tom DeCuir

"Grace Under Pressure: Learning the Kayak Roll" (DVD) by Tom DeCuir


Description: DVD version of 'Grace Under Pressure' , updated with new scenes. The informative, yet highly entertaining video has top whitewater instructors demonstrating step-by-step the paddle roll, including a 5-minute loop translating the lesson to real action! They also reveal the secret to the hand roll, hints on learning the offside, and tips on bracing.
Price: $29.95.
"AMC Quiet Water Canoe Guide: New Hampshire, Vermont" (Book) by Alex Wilson and John Hayes

"AMC Quiet Water Canoe Guide: New Hampshire, Vermont" (Book) by Alex Wilson and John Hayes


Description: This canoe and kayak guide has detailed info for over 90 very accessible and scenic lakes and ponds: driving, parking, put-ins, lake maps, fauna and flora descriptions; written from naturalist's point of view. 356 pages.
Price: $15.95.
"AMC Quiet Water Canoe Guide: New York" (Book) by Alex Wilson and John Hayes

"AMC Quiet Water Canoe Guide: New York" (Book) by Alex Wilson and John Hayes


Description: For canoeists and kayakers of all ages and abilities. Detailed descriptions of 100+ ponds and lakes. Tips on safety, equipment, local camping and picnicking. Driving, parking and canoe put-in directions. 416 pages.
Price: $19.95.
"Southern Exposure" (Book) by Chris Duff

"Southern Exposure" (Book) by Chris Duff


Description: Duff, author of 'On Celtic Tides' tells of his solo kayak trip around New Zealand's South Island. The intense and often terrifying journey was balanced by serendipitous meetings along the way with the friendly New Zealanders and with the diverse wildlife of this tiny, remote island country. His is not just an account of physical endurance and deter
Price: $15.95.
"Off The Deep End" (Video) (VHS)

"Off The Deep End" (Video) (VHS)


Description: Extreme whitewater kayaking filmed by Eric Voake. Some of the locations: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand; some of the players: Tracy Clapp, Clay Wrightt, Brent Toepper, Rusty Sage, Dan Gavere and more. 30 min.
Price: $24.95.
"No Big Names" (Video) (VHS)

"No Big Names" (Video) (VHS)


Description: The name of this video says it all: No Big Names, a grassroots whitewater movement of no-big-name kayakers running Big Drops all around the world. Amazing chills and spills on rivers in New Zealand, Chile, and California, Oregon, and Colorado.
Price: $24.99.
"Appalachian Mountain Club River Guide: New Hampshire, Vermont"

"Appalachian Mountain Club River Guide: New Hampshire, Vermont"


Description: New edition (2002). Comprehensive guidebook for canoeists and kayakers; descriptive text on road access, distances, paddling conditions, scenery; summary tables; maps. 326 pages.
Price: $16.95.
"Full On" (Video) (VHS)

"Full On" (Video) (VHS)


Description: Some of the best white water kayakers in the world travel the globe to helicopter-accessed rivers in New Zealand to California's wildest spring runs to the rivers of the European Alps. Unedited carnage trailer at the end shows that sometimes the best paddlers in the world are not always superheroes. 45 min.
Price: $14.95.
"Desolation and Gray Canyons River Guide: Green River, Utah" (Book) by Thomas Rampton

"Desolation and Gray Canyons River Guide: Green River, Utah" (Book) by Thomas Rampton


Description: New mile-by-mile guide to the Green River between the towns of Ouray and Green River, Utah -- a good wilderness stretch for rafters and kayakers of average ability. Info on water levels, rapids, camps, history, geology. 68 pages.
Price: $15.95.
"Appalachian Mountain Club River Guide: Maine"

"Appalachian Mountain Club River Guide: Maine"


Description: New edition (2002). Comprehensive canoe, kayak guide on over 3700 miles of Maine rivers; descriptive text, table summaries, maps, portages, paddling conditions, etc. 250 pages.
Price: $16.96.