April 2009 Blog Posts (5)

Brad Ludden's Fitness Tips to Start the Season

The best way to start your season is by being physically prepared. There are a few key things that you can do to make your transition off the couch and onto the water as smooth as possible.

First things first. CLEAN UP YOUR DIET! This is the easiest thing you can do to make the biggest difference in your fitness is eat better. This is simple. Keep fat, meat and veggies in your diet. Cut out simple carbohydrates (anything white- white bread, white rice etc) and most importantly CUT… Continue

Added by Craig Ray on April 30, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Creeking in Corsica

When most people arrive in France they probably learn how to say important French phrases like "Où sont les toilettes s'il vous plaît?" (Where are the toilets please?) and "J'ai besoin d'un taxi" (I need a taxi). My first French words were “Giclée a gauche” and “Giclée a droite,” which mean "boof left" and "boof right." These two phrases became my lifeline throughout the two weeks I spent kayaking on the French island of Corsica with a group of French… Continue

Added by Laura Farrell on April 29, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

California is going off!

Spring is here in the sierras with sunshine, flowers blooming and snow melting. Most of the ski resorts have closed now and the skis are in storage. We have been making runs on Kaweah's Hospital Rock and East Fork, American's Golden Gate and Silverfork, Feather's East Branch and Ben and Jerry's. Here are some photos of what has been happening here. May marks the time when paddlers converge upon the sierras from all over the world for the best multi day self support expeditions on the planet. We… Continue

Added by Scott Ligare on April 27, 2009 at 1:28pm — 1 Comment

Pat Keller Takes on Desoto Falls

Posted on behalf of Team Dagger Member Pat Keller

So.. we (myself, Evan Earcia, Jared and Graham seiler) got there and scouted it out for a bit. A group of older spectators were on the other side watching the progress with curiosity.

Level looked perfect...good for the ferry above the 20 footer, the entrance 20 looked clean and smooth (with less of a hole than last time i was there), and the lip still rolled off nicely. it looked… Continue

Added by Craig Ray on April 22, 2009 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Sticking to the Basics

Posted on Behalf of Andrew Holcombe, Team Dagger Manager

Sticking to the Basics

Have you ever heard of the book All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten? The title alone is a great reminder, in my opinion, that we learn a lot of the most important life lessons at a pretty early age. Then we spend the rest of our lives trying to figure out how to apply them to the myriad of circumstances put in front of us. How does this apply to kayaking? Well I’m a firm… Continue

Added by Craig Ray on April 22, 2009 at 10:35am — No Comments