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volume 10 >> no 3
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f e a t u r e S D e P a r t M e N t S
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Surf NatioN
If anyone has the right to wear floral boardies
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Off The TOngue
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OPen BOAT TechnIque
The head bone’s connected to the
it’s paddlers. Why? Duh, because dude, we
actually surf. here are eight of the world’s 8
RIveR SIgnAlS
neck bone, the neck bone’s connected
best kayak surfers and their waves, plus 16
Rivers make the greatest of friends,
to the shoulder bone, the shoulder
more international and hometown favourites
fans of our fest don’t jest, and you said
bone’s connected to the… torso? Well
to find your soul this summer.
it yourselves, our magazine is best.
sort of. Andy Walker says rotate your
shoulders and your boat will follow.
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STAnDIng WAveS
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Photo aNNual 2008
Karl Moser and the eP crew have 42
BOAT InSIDeR
a sleigh and a bag full of goodies,
A new old-school classic, liquidlogic’s
We editor types sweat and slave over every
the Slave River faces a life of
Remix is designed to put the boomers
word, our fingernails chewed and pinkies
imprisonment, and high water reveals
back on the breakers. Stalking the
raw from the delete key. And for what? It’s the
a secret wave on the Ottawa River.
slalom courses for years, Millbrook
damn photos you want. Well here it is, Rapid’s
Boats’ Prowler is the ultimate weapon
2008 Photo Annual.
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PADDleR PROfIle
for trophy hunting.
John “Just call me Kaz” Kazimierczyk
may have a name that’s hard to 46
geAR BAg
swallow, but his boats have been
Playboaters are singing for the
chewing up the competition for years.
Salus Jazz PfD; Sawyer Paddles
and Oars strikes a chord with the
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RIveR AlcheMy
copperhead; you’re not too sexy for
these habervision shades, right, said
The late three-time nobel Prize
fred; strap yourself into Predator’s Six
nominee and Sierra club founder
and never deep-six your face again;
David Brower was the strong arm of
it would be rash to not wear victory’s
the environmental movement long
paddle shirts; and WRSI goes deep
before it was cool, and maybe before
with its hail Mary throwbag.
you were born.
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KAyAK TechnIque
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RAPID MARKeT
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go front surfing with Ken Whiting and
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