Kayak Napa Valley is organizing its first river cleanup event for this year on Earth Day, April 20.
It is the first of four river cleanup events run by Kayak NV and its partners: City of Napa, County of Napa, Napa Recycling and Waste Services, the Foundation for Napa Recreation and Compadres Rio Grill.
Registered participants will spend two hours paddling along the banks of the Napa River, collecting and separating recyclables from trash debris. River otters and an abundance of bird species add to the breathtaking vistas  … More
SANTA CRUZ — Sean Morley carved his way to the top at the 27th annual Santa Cruz PaddleFest on Sunday at Steamer Lane.
Morley, of Fairfax, took home a gold in the high performance men’s division and silver in the masters open.
With more than 30 years of kayaking under his paddle and having competed around the world, Morley was just out to   … More
The most harrowing scene in Kon-Tiki, the new Oscar-nominated Norwegian film about the greatest sea voyage of modern times, turns out to be a fish story. In the 2012 reconstruction of this 1947 adventure, six amateur Scandinavian sailors—five of whom are tall, slim and valiant—build a replica of an ancient pre-Incan raft, christen it Kon-Tiki and sail westward from Peru along the Humboldt Current for French Polynesia, more than 3,700 nautical miles away. In mid-passage, their pet macaw is blown overboard and gobbled up by a big bad shark. During the scene in ques- tion, one of the tall and slim and valiant is so enraged by the bird’s death that he thrusts his bare hands into the Pacific, hauls in the shark and guts it with a savagery that would  … More
On Wednesday, March 13, Maui Canoe Club received a donation of $1,000 from Alexander & Baldwin Inc. to support the club’s recreational and cultural programs. Specifically, the purpose of the contribution is to assist with the Maui Canoe Club’s efforts to improve their infrastructure by increasing the number of outrigger canoes to serve both Maui residents and visitors to the island.
“We extend our appreciation to you and your fellow volunteer board leaders, and to all of your paddlers–and extend our  … More