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Building a kayak! From scratch! Again! With the hull interior all finished up (for now), it's time to start working on the second half of the kayak- the deck! In this episode I'll shape, bevel, and plane more paulownia strips to build the deck of the kayak. Since the geometry of the deck is a little more complex than the hull, there are a few more things to pay attention to... Plus the tiniest ...

Heading to Jade Lake had been high on my list for some time, finally motivated up there for a couple nights in early August 2023. Cool, misty weather for the hike up- and a beautiful mix of clouds, sunshine, and fog for the next 2 days. Definitely in my top 5 of "most beautiful places I've ever been"! Please practice "Leave No Trace" backpacking/ hiking/ wilderness principles to keep these alpi...

Building a kayak! From scratch! AGAIN! Let's get back to it. In this episode, I finish up the inside of the hull. Trimming excess glass from the previous stage, sanding some awkward parts, and laminating with carbon fabric. And at the end, I have half of a kayak! Music: 12 Months by Patchworker f.k.a. [friendzoned] | soundcloud.com/patchworker Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com Creative...

Building a kayak! From scratch! With the hull all sanded and stained, the next step is to wrap the outside with fiberglass and epoxy. Short video this time, since this process is pretty fun to work through and is kind of its own major step in the kayak building procedure. Plus watching the glass turn transparent and the stained wood showing through the saturated fabric was super neat to watch! ...

Building a kayak! From scratch! Now that the wood strip hull is fully assembled, it's time to clean up the exterior surface in preparation for adding fiberglass. In this video I finish shaping the semi-inverted bow of the kayak, make multiple rounds of sanding and fairing of the hull, and decide that a random stained geometric pattern will look pretty cool while still keeping the character of t...

Building another kayak! From scratch! In the first episode, I prepped the workshop and got all the forms set up to start actually building the kayak. Now, it's time to start adding material! So I'll be stripping! In the garage! Let's see what it takes to put together dozens of thin strips of seemingly flimsy wood.... and hopefully end up with the shape of a new kayak. Thanks for watching! #kaya...

Building a kayak! From scratch! This is my second attempt at designing and building a wood-strip/ composite kayak. The first build went great- the kayak paddles wonderfully, I learned a ton from building it, and then decided that I could make some improvements to the design and build process to create a second kayak... Because why not? For the second I filmed the majority of the build, and deci...

Through-hike of the Enchantments, Washington State... in glorious 4k! :-) Not really sure how to describe this place other than a spectacular wonderland of glacial lakes, granitic peaks, waterfalls, alpine wildflowers, and larches! "Enchantments" just begins to define how beautiful this wilderness is. But the beauty comes with a cost- either a highly coveted and sought after backpacking permit;...

Quick tour of a few "bucket list" places to paddle in the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington- gotta love the Pacific Northwest. Can you name all the locations? Guess in the comments! Winner gets.... uh... recognition :-) Boat I'm paddling is a wood-strip kayak of my design, a hybrid sea kayak/ flatwater kayak/ surfski. Check back soon for a video series of building the boat, but in the...

Few snippets of summertime warm-weather fresh-water downwind paddling in the Columbia Gorge (Washington/ Oregon border). Mix of conditions, some on the bigger end, some on the smaller side for this stretch.... but always something fun to surf! The Gorge never disappoints :-) Paddling version 2 of my hybrid surfski/ downwind sea kayak design, loving how the boat accelerates on to the waves and e...

Figured it was about time to start editing up the footage from building my second high-performance wood strip kayak, after finishing it mid- 2021 and paddling it since then. Spoiler alert- this second version of the original design is awesome! Stay tuned for the build series...... Thanks for watching! Here's the link to building the first version: czcams.com/video/wdtt2n68Yuc/video.html #kayakb...

Doing a little wintertime cleaning, and came across an old (like really old) hard drive with a bunch of kayaking video on it from circa 2006 (ish?)! Back in the day before the era of the GoPro, when we filmed on Mini-DV tapes with cameras you really couldn't get wet. Ah, to be in my mid-20s again and playboat and creek until my shoulders felt like they were going to fall off. Now they just fall...

Finally decided to join the "half-slice" bandwagon and pick up a modern design. I've been paddling for ~25 years- lots of playboating, creeking, river-running, and for the past few years mostly slalom. I'm not playboating or paddling class 5 much these days due to some recurring shoulder injuries and just getting old... So a sporty river-runner that paddles like a slalom boat should fit right i...

One of the best parts of Fall is when the sockeye are completing their life cycle, and swim upstream through our local slalom course. Dozens and dozens of females have completely re-worked the gravels upstream of the course creating their redds, waiting for the males to fertilize what's probably 10s of thousands of eggs in the riverbed. Then it's time for the fish to expire, returning nutrients...

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