Pack Lighter, Go Farther: MEC Flash Cloud GORE-TEX Jacket & Pants
Paddling in the rain requires your gear to simultaneously fend off water and allow your skin to breathe–a true test of waterproof-breathable cred.
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Travels with Neegik: Humanity’s Default Watercraft
I was gifted a red Huron canoe for my 15th birthday. I named it Neegik (“otter” in Ojibwa). And it changed my life.
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Houdini Mono Air: A More Sustainable ‘Houdi’
On a recent paddling trip, Houdini’s Mono Air Houdi served as an all-purpose lightweight layer for cool evenings and stormy days. Winner of both ISPO Award Gold and OR Innovation…
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Paddling Georgian Bay’s Stormy Northwest Corner
Our MEC gear and Blu Wave boards helped us navigate the exposed, wild waterscape of northwest Georgian Bay in comfort and style. Here's a rundown of some key pieces.
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‘Full Reset’ on the Spanish River
Low water but high spirits on the West Fork of Ontario's Spanish River.
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Three Waters Doc Screening
Paddler and photographer Scott Parent’s debut documentary film Three Waters will be screened at the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts in Parry Sound on Wednesday, August 17 at 7 pm.
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The Great Canoe
Much more than a mode of transportation, the cedar canoe provides an integral and tangible link to culture, history, community and homelands for local Indigenous Nations.
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The Artistic River Village: Discovering Paisley
The village of Paisley in Bruce County, Ontario, offers something for everyone—and isn’t overrun by summer crowds.
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Voyage to the Windswept Islands
A SUP trip to a remote island group in the Great Lakes reveals both the solace of nature and the long reach of the pollution crisis.
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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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Gear Shed: Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System
Platy’s new QuickDraw Microfilter System comes in two parts: the durable and taste-free 1L QuickDraw “dirty” reservoir and the hollow-fiber filter cartridge that attaches to it with one precise turn.…
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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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What Every Paddling Trip Needs: Tailwind
Tailwind Nutrition was developed for endurance athletes but it works for the rest of us, too. We tested it on a Great Lakes SUP trip recently and gave it high…
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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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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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Summer Paddling with Mustang Survival
We recently tried out two summer paddling essentials from Mustang Survival: the Khimera Dual Flotation PFD and the Callan Waterproof Shorts. We found both to be best-in-class, especially for kayaking,…
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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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