Episode 135 ~ September 13, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics You will not stay sparkling clean and fresh when paddling in the back country, but here are some things you should be thinking about. It is the time of year when things go on sale. If you are in the market for a new sleeping bag, here are a few things you should know.
Episode 134 ~ September 6, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics For some it is time to pack away the paddling gear for the summer. There are some things you should do before the cold weather hits. Surfing waves of up to 30 feet on a paddle board or in a kayak as the waves travel up river at speeds of up to 40km/h sounds like fun, right?? These are tidal bores, and people search them out.
Episode 133 ~ August 30, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Pull out your winter camping gear and check it all while the weather is still warm. Kevin Callan has a Chaos Bag, do you? Using the Topo Maps Canada app. Walmart has opened an online Premium Outlet Store. Is everyone excited?
Episode 132 ~ August 23, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Jon Babulic of Backcountry Custom Canoes joins us to talk about skin-on-frame canoe and kayaks, how things all started, what is next for BCC
Episode 131 ~ August 16, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics An invite has been sent out with a possibility of doing the Meanest Link in 2019. Book: Border Country: The Northwoods Canoe Journals Of Howard Greene, 1906-1916. Wilderness Inquiry promotes outdoor learning with their Canoemobile program.
Episode 130 ~ August 9, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sean goes on a 4 day father / daughter canoe trip. Book Clubs latest book. Food Club ~ a couple recipes to add to your food barrel. A new tick has been found that could be fatal.
Episode 129 ~ August 2, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics What are the pros and cons of back country camping when there is a fire ban? Sean and his son take a 4 day canoe trip. Derek and family go on a multi day canoe trip. Snow kayaking (Snow Boating) and sand kayaking. Two new ways to have fun.
Episode 128 ~ July 26, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Outsidetv.com for outdoor adventures videos Rescueforriverrunners.com ~ training for whitewater paddlers of all levels Upper Ottawa River race ~ it is that time of year again Sometimes things happen on expeditions that require heartbreaking decisions to be made
Episode 127 ~ July 19, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Trending on social media are photos of how people are packing the tripping gear, and it is a great idea Coursing Through America, Jillian and Martin experience true fear The Flyak came about in 2005. Good idea or bad? Yukon Journey Update #7 with John Van Barriger ~ The Flats, the birthday, and attack seagulls
Episode 126 ~ July 12, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics We called up a couple friends and spent the day kayaking over wrecks in Tobermory There are Fire Bans everywhere in Ontario already this summer. Yukon Journey update #6 with John Van Barriger ~ They make it to Alaska!! Peel River Basin ~ Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Family of explorer Charles Camsell retrace his steps 113 years later
Episode 125 ~ July 5, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Pimachiowin Aki is now a UNESCO World Heritage site If you have never been on a fly-in canoe trip, DO IT!!! Yukon Journey Update #5 ~ 10 things I have learned in Dawson We get some fan mail and wonder if we take Bill Mason for granted Review of the Platypus Gravityworks pump free water system
Episode 124 ~ June 28, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics When it comes to cooking in the back country, do you you prefer a camp fire, a twig stove or a liquid fuel stove? John Van Barriger calls us from the Yukon River and gives us his weekly update
Episode 123 ~ June 21, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics David and Jeffrey at Unlostify are having a big contest John Van Barriger calls us from the Yukon River and gives us his weekly update
Episode 122 ~ June 14, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sean and Derek both have some new gear to try out on upcoming trips Sean deviated from regular beef jerky and made turkey jerky It seems a lot of people are getting creative with their paddles It is National Paddling Week Yukon Journey weekly update #2 with John Van Barriger
Episode 121 ~ June 7, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Back in 1893 Algonquin Provincial Park was created. 125 years later and there are 340 Parks Learn to Canoe Pole with instructor Stephen Coutts. We hear from John Van Barriger of the Yukon Journey in his weekly update phone call from Whitehorse
Episode 120 ~ May 31, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Coursing Through America is a canoe trip that takes Martin Trahan and Jillian Brown from the northwest United States to the southeast tip of Florida John Van Barriger of The Outdoor Kind and a crew of canoe and kayak paddlers raise money for First Responders with a paddling trip from Bennett British Columbia to the Bering Sea
Episode 119 ~ May 24, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics We talk about ticks and the diseases they transmit, but how long does Lyme disease stay in our blood system? Turtles of Ontario are in trouble and so is the Solace Wildlands The Muskoka River X Racing Series out of Huntsville Ontario has added a new event
Episode 118 ~ May 17, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics What exactly is a Coracle, what was it used for, and who still uses this ancient paddle craft today? The Coracle Society
Episode 117 ~ May 10, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Wicked wind storms and earthquakes in Southern Ontario Seans continued attempts at kayaking Nixon Base Tide Pro watch shows you tides in 550 places around the world InReach ~ Sean is Switching from SPOT and Derek may follow suit A couple is suing Dicks Sporting Goods over a couple of kayaks It is Rabies Awareness Month in Ontario
Episode 116 ~ May 3, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sean takes his new kayak out for its (and his) first voyage, and he learns a lot The trial for the shooting at Burro Creek Arizona in 2017 is over and sentencing handed down It started with the Ely to Atikokan race and then there was the Hunter Island Loop
Episode 115 ~ April 26, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics John Van Barriger of The Outdoor Kind talks First Responders and educational outreach in classrooms What you should put into an Oh Sh!t Kit and why you should have one Yukon River trip of 3200km to benefit First Responders
Episode 114 ~ April 19, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics The Outdoor Channel is looking for 10 people to form a Brigade to paddle from Oregon to the Hudson Bay, retracing a 2600 mile fur trade route. Are you up for the challenge? Anatomy of a canoe trip. From the first spark of an idea to the clean up at the end of it all. What is involved in putting together a canoe trip?
Episode 113 ~ April 12, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics The Ontario Backcountry Canoe Symposium had a great line up of speakers and sponsors with gear, which we had to buy. Backcountry Custom Canoes held a Demo Day. Beautiful lightweight skin-on-frame boats. We left with a 17 foot souvenir 2018 True North Voyageur Brigade is happening in August and you can participate MSR Hubba Tour tents are out in the 1, 2, and 3 man setup
Episode 112 ~ April 5, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics The Ontario Backcountry Canoe Symposium has a great lineup of speakers this year. We give a quick breakdown of who is there. Have you ever paddled in water so clear you can see bottom? What if you looked down and saw a sunken ship? It is spring and people are itching to get out on the water. Be prepared by dressing properly.
Episode 111 ~ March 29, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Miller Canoes is one of the oldest canoe makers in Canada. This year is the 25th year of Fiddling On The Tobique, which Bill Miller started What are the long term effects on the body of white water kayaking? Especially on those who take it to extreme waters Yes, tick season is upon us. It doesnt have to be very warm for the first ticks of spring to pop up from their winter slumber
Episode 110 ~ March 22, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Paddling Adventures Radio hosted the Paddling Film Festival and a great time was had by all Happy World Water Day!!! This years theme is Nature For Water Wild Temagami ~ Pursuing The Dream is a documentary in the works about Hap and Andrea Wilson
Episode 109 ~ March 15, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sean andDerek chat about a bunch of different topics from Canoecopia to SUP to Rapid media combining all the magazines into one big one Sean asks the question Who Was Oskar Speck? Explorers and adventurers have always been around and always will, but how you become one varies from person to person
Episode 108 ~ March 8, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sean went down to Michigan to check out the 23rd Quiet Water Symposium Jerry Vandiver has a new album out ~ Paddle On Kokopellis new packraft on kickstarter ~ Rogue A trip in southern Mexico on the La Venta River. How much can you pack into 100 hours?
Episode 107 ~ March 1, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sean checked out the Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show Derek has scientific proof that swearing helps with pain The choice of two kayaks ~ the Wilderness Systems Tsunami 145 or their Zephyr 160
Episode 106 ~ February 22, 2018 Podcast Info / Topics Sometimes you coming across something that seem really sensible, like staying away from alligators Dragon Boat SUP with the Red Paddle Company and the Dragon World Series Land paddling or street SUP, when you cant get on the water and feel the need to paddle
