Water sports and recreations

Paddling South Carolina features 40 paddling adventures, offering destinations across the state.

Paddling Wisconsin pulls together 40 excellent paddling adventures, offering destinations evenly spread throughout the state.

Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes is replete with wonderful paddling options for everyonefrom families seeking serene waters for youngsters, to expert kayakers looking to test their skills on ripping rapids.

The Art of Kayaking is the distilled essence of a lifetime of kayak instruction at all skill levels around the world, with the added insights gained from years of designing kayaks, paddles, and kayaking equipment.

This exciting and demanding sport is much different than its flat-water sibling, with different equipment and techniques, all of which are covered in Basic Illustrated Sea Kayaking.

For a generation, the Basic Illustrated series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots.

A comprehensive guide to Virginia and West Virginia's best paddling trips with routes for every type of paddler, including access points, difficulty ratings, special points of interest, history and more.

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike, paddle, or bike ride?

In 1981, Nigel Foster flew to Canada's Baffin Island to begin a solo kayak trip south toward northern Labrador.

The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that foretold its doom.

With gushing springs, clear-water streams, lush hardwood forests, and limestone bluffs rising hundreds of feet, the Ozarks offer enough paddling to fill a lifetime, including seven streams in the National Wild & Scenic Rivers system and three rivers protected by national parks.

Yoga for Paddling is a visual, instructional guide designed to walk readers through 30 -35 yoga poses that are effective in stretching the muscles that paddlers use most, and strengthening the muscles that they use least.

Strengthen and Balance Your Body and Soul for Health, Happiness, and LongevityYoga for Surfing guides you through over 100 yoga and meditation practices that effectively teach the reader how to access the flow state of consciousness for greater health, happiness, creativity, success, and life fulfillment.

Harvard University coach and acclaimed rowing author, Dan Boyne, tells a humorous story of his first year of freshman crew, including a sub plot of personal redemption against an insufferable football player who has bullied him throughout high school.

Kentucky's waters hold a wealth of riches, and Paddling Kentucky features forty of the best river and trips for avid paddlers, floaters, and anglers.

The Ultimate Guide to Tennessees Great Paddling!

Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying.

Stand up paddling (SUP) is experiencing fast growth in the United States and around the world.

The 30th Anniversary Edition of the classic Expedition Canoeinghas long been considered the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North Americas waterways.

Don't Be Left Up a River Without a PackraftPackrafts are lightweight, inflatable boats that can be carried in a backpack, on a bicycle or in a duffel bag.

Outward Bound Canoeing Handbook is a handy, illustrated resource on the fundamentals of canoeing, including solid instruction on all aspects of canoeing, from types of canoes to equipment choices, paddle and on-the-water techniques, safety tips, and more.

The 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail is the largest inland water trail in the United States.

More than twenty outings are included in this paddling guide to the rivers, ponds, and lakes of the Western Maine mountains and foothills.

In 1980, Buckley gathered together his friends and set out to sail across the Atlantic.

In 1980, Buckley gathered together his friends and set out to sail across the Atlantic.

Growing up near the Sabine, journalist Wes Ferguson, like most East Texans, steered clear of its murky, debris-filled waters, where alligators lived in the backwater sloughs and an occasional body was pulled from some out-of-the-way crossing.

They may be scary-looking but they definitely have important functions in securing the biodiversity of marine life.

The key to a successful homeschool program is to teach a child to study on his/her own.

Geography is a big subject to study as it encompasses boundaries set by man.

Try teaching a young child about oceans, seas and rivers and other bodies of water and you will most certainly have a difficult time capturing his/her attention.

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Coral reefs serve very important purposes in ensuring the life of marine animals.

In 2005, Dennis Van Norman climbed into a kayak for the first time to spend an afternoon ';Huck Finning' down the Mississippi River with his son and grandson.

In 2005, Dennis Van Norman climbed into a kayak for the first time to spend an afternoon ';Huck Finning' down the Mississippi River with his son and grandson.

Postmoderne Astronavigation ist eine neue Methode, mit einem Sextanten zu navigieren, die sich in ihrer Handhabung von der Satellitennavigation nur deshalb unterscheidet, weil natürliche Himmelskörper ihre Bildpunktentfernung nicht mit Funksignalen übertragen können.

It's the '60s in San Francisco.

Dieses Lehrbuch für Tauchsportanfänger bietet Informationen zu allen Wissensgebieten, die Einsteiger erlernen müssen, um erfolgreich eine international anerkannte Tauchausbildung zu absolvieren und die abschließenden Prüfungen bis zum CMAS* zu bestehen.

Ingeborg von Heister, Segel-Pionierin und Atlantik-BezwingerinEin Solo-Segeltörn ist ein Abenteuer, bei dem auch erfahrene Fahrtensegler mit modernen Booten an ihre Grenzen kommen können.

Das kleine Fischerdorf Nazaré an der portugiesischen Costa de Prata hat sich in den letzten Jahren zum Hotspot für die besten Surfer der Welt entwickelt.

"Die meisten von uns limitieren sich selbst, bevor sie überhaupt angefangen haben.

In Surviving the Shark, Jonathan Kathrein describes his incredible shark attack experience.

Bend to Baja documents a surf-inspired road trip along the West Coast of North America.

A guide to the hottest new trend in full-body, no-impact exercise-pool workouts where your feet never touch the bottomWhether you're a professional athlete or general fitness enthusiast, wouldn't you prefer a workout that's kinder to your joints while also producing amazing results?

Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east.

Dieses Lehrbuch ist ein Handwerkszeug für alle, die auch bei schwierigeren oder erweiterten Rahmenbedingungen sicher tauchen und die notwendigen Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten dazu erlernen möchten.

Perched impossibly on a ridge overlooking a 10,000-foot drop into Tibet, Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa wait.

Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land.

Missy Franklin is one of the most talented swimmers in the world.

Boats require constant care.

Illustrated with examples from the story and compelling case studies, this engaging book provides the resources and tools to support teams on their sometimes-tumultuous journey to success.