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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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 SUP Destination We Can’t Share
We're leaving out the name of these islands we visited on a recent SUP trip, to protect them from overuse.
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ML Blue Mountains Summer 2022 Issue Out Now
In this Water + Wheels issue, we visit a remote Great Lakes island chain but don’t name it, explore the life-directing properties of an old canoe, revisit the edge of the world and shoot the legendary rapids of the Spanish River.
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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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Gear Shed: Summer SUP Roundup
We've curated five of our favourite SUPs for your summer of stoke.
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Getting Schooled: An Alpine-to-Ocean Epic
Almost crumbling under the weight of an 80-pound pack with burning cramps firing through my legs, I feel serious doubt seep into my tired, overheated brain and I ask myself for the 300th time in the past two days… “What have we gotten ourselves into?”
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The Open Window: Motos & SUPs in Myanmar
In late 2019, with Myanmar's borders open and a large archipelago of limestone islands that could be the long-hidden cousin of Thailand’s Railay Beach rock climbing scene, three Mountain Lifers cleared their calendars, rolled up their inflatable SUPS, found what might be the only place in the country to rent enduro dirtbikes.
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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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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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Rediscovering Our Element With Bluefin SUP
words & photos :: Ned Morgan. Of all the ways to experience our natural environment, paddling takes us closest to our primordial origins in water. Paddling is adventure—we’re at once…
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Red Paddle Co: New 2021 Paddleboards
The new Red paddleboards have landed. We tried one, and we’re happy to report that the best inflatables on earth are now even better. The stand-out update to the 2021…
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Holy Grail: The First SUP Descent of the Mountain River
Words :: Todd Lawson // photos: Jimmy Martinello. It’s July 1st, the start of our two-week voyage down the famed Mountain River in the Northwest Territories. We’re eating bacon and…
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Microplastic Sampling with Acadia Parent on Lake Huron
words:: Ben Osborne // photos:: Scott Parent Microplastics are a bit of a mystery—they’ve been known about for over 50 years, but only recently has it come to the public’s…
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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 on…
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Standing Waves: River Surfing on a SUP
words :: Dan Rubinstein. Growing up in Ontario, Mark Scriver paddled anything that floated. He started canoeing with his family as a kid, then drifted into kayaking, progressing from flatwater…
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Red Paddle Co 13’2” Voyager+ SUP
You’d be hard-pressed to find an iSUP better equipped for long-haul adventures than Red’s 13’2” Voyager+. High sides, large volume and narrower width make it a high-speed cruiser for experienced…
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Board Booster: Is This Propulsion System the Wave of the Future?
When Collingwood local Chris Vermeulen started his Kickstarter campaign he worried it wouldn’t work. But there was no need for concern; he raised the funds in three days. And money…
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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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