I am finally on the Road; the TRAK on Tour project has begun, I will be spending the Northern summer traveling the West Coast of North America from Canada to Mexico and back and so far it is a fun challenge of balancing work and life on the road with the need for a […]
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Spring Back into Life in BC (Part 2)
Spring Back into Life in BC (Part 2) Goodbye Mark and Hello Tara, my spring has been one of visitors and new friends and Tara Mulvaney is both. As I said goodbye to Mark Bardsley, after his great trip to BC, I then said hello to Tara. I meet Tara in New Zealand when camping […]
Spring Back into Life in BC (Part 1)
The New Zealand Yak About Adventure is over though the Yak About continues as always in my life, it is wonderful to be back in BC and spring is just arriving, there is still snow on the mountains and the nights are cold, though the days are sunny and getting warmer, while the tree’s […]
The New Zealand Roadie is Over Though the Yak About Continues
Today I hop back on a plane to NZ, the trip here is over, I say goodbye to my homeland and head for my chosen home of BC Canada. We had an amazing adventure this season, I now have loads of Film and Photo to edit, debt to work off and a smile on […]
My Life In a Shed and a Van and other images Published in Adventure Kayak Magazine Spring 2014 Issue
This spring I got Asked by Virginia Marshal (editor of Adventure Kayak Mag) if she could do a feature on my life living simple in order to paddle more, and here is the result. I also had a number of other photos published from adventures over the years and from the Bay of Fundy Symposium […]
My First Published Article, and On the Cover Of Ocean Paddler
Read about the story behind this Photo on my Blog here Here is also a video from the day Also in the publication was my first ever published article about our adventure down the Grand Canyon in Sea Kayaks, with Images from Jimmy McDonald and Myself, stoked at this publishing opurtunity. Read More about the […]
Skookum Times at Skookumchuck Narrows.
This long weekend the weather was so, so but the flows were awesome. River surfers, Sea Kayakers and play Boaters converged on the legendary tidal rapid in Egmont BC Canada, and I was there amongst it. Catching the 6.30 am Ferry from Powell river I Rolled into Egmont in the Paddle Wagon and made […]
September 8th: Were The River Flows; A 2nd Return from the Grand Canyon.
3 days ago I, Along with 15 other individuals stepped off four rafts onto the muddy shores of the Colorado River at Pearce ferry Arizona. Over the last 16 days we had traveled 280 miles through the Grand Canyon following were the river flows and now our fantastic journey was at an end. It […]
A Short Video From the Grand
James Manke put together this short piece from our Project Grand Canyon Trip. More to come Later in the year.
Returned From the Grand Canyon Sea Kayak Expedition.
James Manke finding out if the Rafting Class 9 rapids are actually 6’s if you do them backwards in a Kayak. A: No. On new years day we loaded up our sea kayaks and gear onto a trailer with 5 cross river boats and a OC1 and headed for Flagstaff up the Diamond Creek access […]