Category Archives: Paddling in Deep Cove
Spring Wildlife in Deep Cove
You know it’s Spring when the sound of birdsong is the first sound you hear in the morning instead of the pounding rain on your roof! We know it’s Spring at Deep Cove Kayak because of all the wildlife that … Read More
First Tuesday Night Race – #1
As it was the start of our 20th Race Season last night, we thought we’d start off a series of blog posts focussing on some racers’ first races. This first one will give anyone who’s never raced before an idea … Read More
My Surfski Year – July, The Big One
The week before the Gorge Downwind Championships was the Canadian Surfski Champs race that we organise, so my time was all consumed with that the week before the race which was great as I didn’t have time to get nervous, … Read More
My Surfski Year from May-July – Race Season
The last post on my surfski year ended in April with the start of race season, and recognising how much I kicked ass in the first few races! I do realise that that was definitely a result of my consistent … Read More
My Surfski Year from Jan-April – Maintaining the Stoke!
So it’s been a really long time since I wrote a blog post, mainly because it has been a HECTIC time of paddling! It has been one heck of a year, with a lot of up and downs so I … Read More
Fall Training Week 8 – The Final Reckoning
So it was the last of our 8 weeks of surfski training sessions this Saturday, and keeping with tradition…it was raining pretty hard! There were some lucky paddlers who had had a beauty video session on Burnaby Lake in the … Read More
Travelling to the Canadian Surfski Champs? Here’s what to expect!
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll have heard that registration for the Canadian Surfski Championships is now OPEN! [You can register by clicking here]. If you are considering taking part in the race, and are from out … Read More
Fall Training – Week 7 – aka false starts will not be tolerated
Well, you could tell that the local ski hills are opening because our numbers were DOWN this week as a number of the surfski training group decided to hang out on frozen H2O instead of liquid. For those of us … Read More
Fall Training Week 6 – aka Getting Aggressive for Race Turns!
We have had such varied weather on this course it’s really shown all sides of Indian Arm and tested our paddling – this week it was pretty windy and so we had to contend with a decent amount of chop, … Read More
Fall Training Week 5 – aka Resistance is [NOT] futile!
A week off due to vacation for me meant that I was raring to get back to surfski training this Saturday, and we were treated to a dry session, quite incredible after all the rain in the last couple of … Read More