Lake Huron Water Walk: A Jimaan Journey
words & photography :: Scott Parent. It’s been hours since we’ve shared words. The only sound is our paddles chugging through the water, as they have been for a long…
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Voyage to the Nameless Islands
words :: Ned Morgan // photography :: Scott Parent & Glen Harris. Thanks to the SUP guiding skills of ML Contributing Editor Scott Parent, we circumnavigated a remote Great Lakes…
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L’expédition de tous les (im)possibles / The (Im)possible Expedition
mots :: Frédérique Sauvée // photographie :: Expedition AKOR. Au moment où vous lisez ces lignes, quatre* Québécois sont en train de repousser les limites de l’aventure. Tandis que vous…
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What ‘SUP Garibaldi? Two Lakes, Six Mountains and a Homegrown Pack ‘n’ Paddle Mission
words :: Tim Emmett // photos :: Jim Martinello. Many moons ago, I was flying south from Whitehorse to Vancouver. For more than two hours, I stared out the airplane…
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Friday Flick: Africa by Kayak
“In 2007, Beau Miles attempted to paddle the 4000kms from one side of Africa to the other. Starting in Mozambique and continuing along the South African coast Beau allowed 5…
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Vie en montagne Summer-Fall Issue Out Now / édition été-automne, disponible dès maintenant
Fendre les flots Les jours s’enchaînent, les mois défilent, les saisons s’écoulent comme un puissant cours d’eau qu’aucun barrage pandémique ni écluse virale ne puisse dévier du formidable cours de…
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River Rights: Balancing Sea-to-Sky River Resources
words :: Carmen Kuntz. Let’s blast the top off Mount Garibaldi and build a solar farm—or better yet, pave Brohm Ridge for wind turbines. Hypothetical perhaps, but if such proposals…
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Elemental Alchemy: How the Pandemic Reveals the Power of ‘Blue Space’
words :: Dan Rubinstein // photo :: Zak Erb. When the world went haywire last March, I was on my way to Maine for some solo SUP surfing. I had…
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Downburst Blues: When a Trip Goes from Calm to Chaos
Severe weather brings valuable perspectives to backcountry trips. Words :: Leslie Anthony. One August afternoon a decade ago, I was just starting a canoe trip with my then…
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Paddle Large: The Big Canoe Project
Check this GoFundMe campaign to support a nonprofit paddling enterprise on southern Georgian Bay comprising tours, field trips, corporate team-building, fundraising events and day-camps in big canoes. The Big…
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Mario Rigby: Paddling for Social and Eco Justice
Canadian eco-explorer talks about his recent Lake Ontario paddling adventure. words :: Colin Field. In June 2020, when Mario Rigby set out from Hamilton to kayak the length of Lake…
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Three Waters Pilgrimage: A Father-Daughter Tandem SUP Mission
words & photos :: Scott Parent. Growing up in Penetanguishene, I learned about Drummond Island through family stories. Once belonging to Upper Canada, the island at the top of Lake…
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Air SUP-ply: Are Inflatable SUPs the Ultimate Camping Multi-tool?
words & photography :: Jim Martinello. In the world of self-powered exploration, every ounce matters. Having the right tools for the job can make the difference between a good trip…
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Benny Marr’s Favourite Remote Campsites
The Ontario-born pro kayaker Benny Marr has paddled the wildest rivers all over the globe and slept in some crazy places. We asked him for his most memorable and remote…
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Catching Biggie: Kayaker Benny Marr Braves a 100-Year Flood to Catch the Wave of a Lifetime
words :: Benny Marr. The wave face was clean as I dropped in—980 cubic metres of water moves downstream fast. I looked over my shoulder and pointed my boat upstream,…
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Slicing The Scimitar: Ben Marr’s First Descent of the Scimitar Canyon
Ontario-born pro kayaker Ben Marr’s account of the first descent of NWT’s Scimitar Canyon words :: Ben Marr The Nahanni National Park Reserve protects over 30,000 km2 of Dehcho Region,…
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The City of SUP? Toronto Might be the Place
words :: Dan Rubinstein. Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit is a busy place on a blue-sky weekday morning in June. Hundreds of double-crested cormorants swoop through the air and roost…
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Rad Women of the Sea to Sky
Spending his summers on the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia, Australian adventure sports photographer and Olympus Imaging ambassador Lachie Carracher was constantly blown away by how many bad…
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Escaping the West to Find Family, Canadianisms & Burt Reynolds
Words and Photos:: Hayley Gendron “I bet none of the pro climbers could pull off the Burt Reynolds Roll!” says my dad, laughing while lying horizontally on a large…
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Jon Turk on the Ecstasy of a Sore Toe
Words :: Jon Turk June 28, 2011, I wrote in my journal: When you’re trying to drag a 250-pound boat over a dune of ice and snow, and you’re sinking…
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