Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics) - Softcover

Dickert, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811726444 ISBN 13: 9780811726443

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2003

Synopsis

2003 National Outdoor Book Award Winner

Step-by-step photos on correct form and essential strokes

Illustrated guide to river maneuvers plus information on gear, safety, choosing a canoe

This illustrated guide on the essential skills of canoeing should be required reading for anyone getting into the sport. A section on the mechanics of good paddling is followed by a catalog of the most important strokes, each illustrated in sequential photos, with concise text on the key points. Essential river maneuvers--eddy turns, peel-outs, and ferries--are demonstrated by the Olympic paddling team of Wayne Dickert and Horace Holden, Jr.

About this title

About the Author:

Wayne Dickert is a professional kayaker and canoeist who competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He is currently the manager of instruction for the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City, North Carolina.

Review:

"A clear and simple guide to the essentials of getting started in open canoes..." --Canoeist, July 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0811726444
• ISBN 13: 9780811726443
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Rounds Jon
• Illustrator: Litwak Taina