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À vos pagaies et boucliers pour la rivière Magpie

Située en Minganie sur la Côte-Nord, la rivière Magpie est dans la ligne de mire du gouvernement du Québec pour son potentiel hydroélectrique. Combien de temps encore pourrons-nous y pagayer ?

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Serrasolses Brothers: Latest Kayak Edits

Today's Friday Flick is a collection of high-adrenaline kayak vids from the legendary Serrasolses brothers.

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ML Podcast Episode 26: Eco-Explorer Mario Rigby

This week, ML talks to Mario Rigby, a self-described eco-explorer who simply comes up with an idea and goes for it.

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ML Presents: Pursuits Film Festival 6

The Pursuits Film Festival is back on Friday, April 14 with an evening of adventure films celebrating the outdoors in Ontario and beyond.

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Pursuits Film Fest Returns

tival is back with an evening of adventure films celebrating the outdoors. The speakers are paddle guide/adventurer/ photographer Scott Parent and his daughter Acadia who will present about their SUP mission on the Great Lakes and the resulting film Three Waters.

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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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Nova Craft reviewed buy Mountain Life Media

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Paddling a Solo Canoe with Two Blades

words :: Ned Morgan. In recent years, I’ve paddled nothing but kayaks. I grew up canoeing, but on a trip over a decade ago on the Oxtongue River, my canoe…

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Benny Marr Favourite Remote Campsites Manitoba

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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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Slicing The Scimitar: Ben Marr’s First Descent of the Scimitar Canyon

Pro kayaker Benny Marr’s account of the first descent of NWT’s Scimitar Canyon.

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Most Under-Recognized Human Achievement of Decade: Record High Descent of Stikine, Solo

Words:: Bradford McArthur. Kayaking is an interesting sport. Like skiing and climbing it can lure its seduced into a lifetime of pursuit. Chasing rivers, waterfalls and steep committing unknown canyons…

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Kayakers Held by FARC Rebels in Amazon Jungle

Extreme kayaking and guerrilla warfare don’t mix, generally speaking. But last April, Ben Stookesberry found out what happens when they do. The Coloradoan pro kayaker was on his way to…

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Strong Water: The Ebb And Flow Of Canada’s Biggest Tidal Rapids At Skookumchuck Narrows

As the crow flies, the Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park is only 53.2 kilometres from the Watershed Pub in Squamish, BC. Almost due west over Lake Lovely Water, the Tantalus Range…

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Stikine Dreams: Adversity and Teamwork on a 16-Day Self-Supported Trip in Northern BC

Creativity breeds uncertainty. And uncertainty is what fuels the fire in our bellies and drives exploration, innovation and adventure. In the spring of 2016, that creative fire and desire to…

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Slalom and Tequila: Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury

words :: Carmen Kuntz. The surge of whitewater rocks me up and down in my kayak. Waves of nausea and pain pulse in my head and chest. I grab the…

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Locked In: Filming the First Descent of Papua New Guinea’s Beriman River Gorge

There are no sure things in adventure filmmaking. Even in a perfectly remote location with the best athletes in the world and gyro-stabilized helicopter cameras that cost more than a…

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Before the Drop: Waterfall Drops and How Media Tells Less Than Half the Story

Standing in line at the grocery store, you pick up a magazine. Flipping it open you pause on a photo: a tiny red kayak embedded in a frothing vertical wall…

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless River

When it comes to the global water crisis, aqua-rich Canada displays peculiar amnesia. A cure presents itself when a diversity of interests unites to help the Ottawa River recall aspects…

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Ryan Creary: Minister of the Interior

If you believe the chatter, the only thing more compelling than the depth and breadth of Ryan Creary’s outdoor photography is that he could easily be the subject of most…

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Free Falling: The Exhilaration of Getting Airborne on Coast Mountain Waterfalls

Raw, untamed, unrelenting, unforgiving, uncaring – and yet peaceful and calming at the same time – waterfalls are the ultimate visual display of the earth’s power, cutting through solid rock,…

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An Historic Kayak Mission Through the Subarctic Heart of Torngat Mountain National Park

With over 52 Class V and VI whitewater first descents together in 32 countries, American kayakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic don’t toss words like ‘epic’ or ‘remote’ around lightly.…

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À vos pagaies et boucliers pour la rivière Magpie

Serrasolses Brothers: Latest Kayak Edits

ML Podcast Episode 26: Eco-Explorer Mario Rigby

ML Presents: Pursuits Film Festival 6

Pursuits Film Fest Returns

Mario Rigby: Paddling for Social and Eco Justice

Paddling a Solo Canoe with Two Blades

Benny Marr’s Favourite Remote Campsites

Slicing The Scimitar: Ben Marr’s First Descent of the Scimitar Canyon

Most Under-Recognized Human Achievement of Decade: Record High Descent of Stikine, Solo

Kayakers Held by FARC Rebels in Amazon Jungle

Strong Water: The Ebb And Flow Of Canada’s Biggest Tidal Rapids At Skookumchuck Narrows

Stikine Dreams: Adversity and Teamwork on a 16-Day Self-Supported Trip in Northern BC

Slalom and Tequila: Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury

Locked In: Filming the First Descent of Papua New Guinea’s Beriman River Gorge

Before the Drop: Waterfall Drops and How Media Tells Less Than Half the Story

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless River

Ryan Creary: Minister of the Interior

Free Falling: The Exhilaration of Getting Airborne on Coast Mountain Waterfalls

An Historic Kayak Mission Through the Subarctic Heart of Torngat Mountain National Park

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Leopards + Lost Civilizations: New Series Explores the Hidden Arabian Peninsula

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