AGROUND This is a point in which a kayak or other watercraft is stuck upon a sandbar or shoal. ASYMMETRIC This is a type of paddle on which the top side of the blade is longer than the bottom side. BACKPADDLE This term refers to paddling backward as a means of slowing...
You Wanna Dance? Build Your Repertoire of Paddling Skills with Whitewater Kayaking Running rivers in a kayak is like dancing with Mother Nature. Whether it’s a slow dance, the Tango, or the Cha-Cha – you pick the tempo. AND… your local river is the Dance Floor....
After many floods ravaged the area, the US Army Corps of Engineers built the Francis E. Walter Dam in White Haven, in the north of Carbon County. Finished in 1961 as a flood control dam, the valley surrounding the river was allowed to prosper without fear of...
