Archive for the ‘Kayaking Tips’ Category
Yoga for Kayaking: Upward Frog Pose
The Iliopsoas is a hip flexor muscle group comprising of three muscles: The psoas minor, the psoas major and the iliacus. This group is one of the strongest of the hip flexor muscles and the psoas major runs from our lumbar spine across the hip joint to the upper inner thigh. Very important muscle! [...]
Filed under Kayaking Tips, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Feb 25th, 2010
Anna’s Top Five Winter Paddling Accessories
I have to say that I’m not a hardcore winter paddler, obviously, since I run winter trips in Mexico! So, I can relate to those of you who hang up the paddle for other, dryer, sports in the winter. However, I do know paddlers who still motivate even with snow on the ground and icicles [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Dec 7th, 2009
Whitewater Technique: The Seal Launch
The ’seal launch’ is a term used to describe the act of getting back into the river by launching your kayak down the face of or over the edge of a rock. I’m not sure how it got that name, I’m assuming that seals do something similar when they dive back into the ocean. Seems [...]
Filed under Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Nov 15th, 2009
Top Five Reasons to Take an International Paddling Trip
Traveling and whitewater kayaking are two of my passions so I naturally get excited when I have the opportunity to combine both! As the regular paddling season comes to an end for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a good time to start thinking about possible winter trips. There are two ways that [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Oct 22nd, 2009
Teachings from the River
Kayaking has directed and influenced the course of my life for many years because I love the way kayaking makes me feel: happy, exhilarated and passionate. In the beginning my happiness lay in learning new moves and being challenged by bigger rapids and better paddlers. Getting good and being sponsored were my goals. I was [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Inspiring Articles, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Sep 10th, 2009
Whitewater Kayaking Basics: Eddy Turns
Eddy turns (getting into eddies) and peel outs (exiting eddies) are the foundation of good river running technique and it’s important to practice being as precise as possible. In my experience, learning and performing good eddy turns is one of the most challenging skills in kayaking, especially for beginners. This is partially because a [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Aug 12th, 2009
Whitewater Kayaking Basics: The Ferry
Crossing the current without being taken downstream is a very important skill in white water kayaking. Ferries help to slow things down and they develop boat control, balance and edge control. Throughout your paddling career you’ll probably see many rapids in which making a ferry to an eddy on the other side of the river [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Jun 24th, 2009