Perhaps you’ve noticed a lot of confused people down at the waterfront lately—the poor fools think they’re supposed to surf standing on flat water with a big canoe paddle in hand. What’s their deal? Fortunately, before you look silly pointing out their folly, someone straightens you out: those folks are bobbing around on stand-up paddleboards, and they’re actually having a great time doing it.
We were confused too at first, but once the sport caught our attention, we set out to do some learnin’ and figure out what stand-up paddleboarding is all about. Read More …
The gurgling underwater acoustics soothe my frustration only momentarily—after all, the idea is to stay in the raft. If we were to flip on the Nahanni, the only crowds that would greet us when (if?) we resurfaced would be a group of grizzly bears eager to help themselves to our stash of