- Stephan Kesting
- December 3, 2025
Five Reasons to Put a Spray Deck on Your Canoe
Spray decks are fitted covers made of waterproof cloth that stretch across the deck of your canoe to to prevent accidents and ensure safer and
- Stephan Kesting
- November 1, 2025
The Perfect Bailer
Many years ago, I was out on a lake with my girlfriend in her parents’ motorboat. An Ontario Provincial Police patrol motored up and asked
- Stephan Kesting
- March 12, 2024
Lessons from Low Water Paddling
One of the best things you can do to prepare for wilderness paddling trips is to go playboating, aka fooling around on local rivers in
- Stephan Kesting
- February 5, 2023
The Open Canoe Roll
Rolling practice… It’s been 20 years since I last rolled a small whitewater canoe equipped with a saddle, thigh straps, and airbags, so I headed
- Stephan Kesting
- March 26, 2022
Canoeing Lessons Every Paddler Should Know, with Paul Mason
I was honored to speak to Paul Mason, son of the legendary Bill Mason and an icon of canoeing in his own right, on my
- Stephan Kesting
- February 7, 2022
How to Get Started in Canoeing, Featuring Mikaela Ferguson
Getting started in something new is always daunting, and this especially true if you’re talking about canoeing, paddling, and other watersports. There is steep learning