April 8, 2019 / CKC

Women in Coaching 2019: Lynwen Birch

by Canoe Kayak Canada / Lynwen Birch In 2019, Canoe Kayak Canada invited interested female coaching candidates to apply for a coach mentorship opportunity with CKC’s high performance coaches. The objective of this program was to support the advancement of women canoe kayak coaches. In addition this program also aimed to support the development of the selected coaches’ leadership and technical skills while working closely alongside National Team support staff. Discover our candidates in this series of articles on Women In Coaching 2019 presented by Canoe Kayak Canada, in association with the Coaching Association of Canada. Lynwen Birch was selected to work […] Read More

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Women in Coaching 2019: Jillian Perrone

March 26, 2019

by Canoe Kayak Canada / Jillian Perrone   In 2019, Canoe Kayak Canada invited interested female coaching candidates to apply for a coach mentorship opportunity with CKC’s high performance coaches. The objective of this program was to support the advancement of women canoe kayak coaches. In addition this program also aimed to support the development of the selected coaches’ leadership and technical skills while working closely alongside National Team support staff. Discover our candidates in this series of articles on Women In Coaching 2019 presented by Canoe Kayak Canada, in association with the Coaching Association of Canada.     Jillian Perrone was […] Read More

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Dagger New Wave Program 2019

February 25, 2019

By Tim Shaw   We often hear stories of epics and drama on the river. These epics are often due to the paddlers involved learning a crucial lesson the hard way. It does not have to be this way for our young paddlers.     Aquabatics Calgary has teamed up with Dagger to produce the New wave program. The program aims to teach and coach up and coming paddlers to make good decisions on the river. Our goal is not only to make them great paddlers. But more importantly great people to paddle with.     To do this we […] Read More

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CKC Paddles Up Magazine: Let’s Collaborate !

January 21, 2019

The Paddles Up is an online magazine, or online blog, about canoe and kayak culture. Whether you paddle as a competitive paddler or you are passionnate about paddling sports, this website is for you! If you want to collaborate to the Paddles Up, make sure you read the following article and share that poster: click here to download the Paddles Up poster !     THE SPORT FOR ALL CANADIANS We believe that Canoe Kayak is the sport for all Canadian families, communi- ties and champions. Since each paddle sport and each paddler is unique, we believe sharing different ideas, stories, […] Read More

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Welcome to the Paddle Pod, a podcast that covers all things paddlesport

December 11, 2018

By The ADCKC   In October 2018, The Atlantic Division Canoe Kayak Canada (The ACKC) launched the Paddle Pod, a podcast that covers all things paddlesport. Olympian Andrew Russel hosts the podcast featuring weekly a paddler, an olympian, a coach or a member of the big paddling family!   You can also listen on 10 different platfroms: Anchor Castbox Apple Podcasts Overcast Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Spotify RadioPublic Breaker Stitcher   Since October, the Paddle Pod has featured many great members of the paddling community: Imagine racing for Olympic Gold and knowing it was your day. Larry Cain shares his lifelong […] Read More

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Canada’s Sprint Canoe Clubs – Can You Contribute?

November 28, 2018

By Liam Birch   For the past 15 years I have trawled through city archives, alumni scrapbooks, and digital files, spoken to countless athletes, officials, and commodores, and taken approximately ten thousand photographs. The result is the website “Canada’s Sprint Canoe Clubs – A Pictorial Guide” which you can find at http://cfly.ca/canoe .     Even after all these years, there is still so much more information and so many more images that are needed to make this guide the most definitive resource for everything sprint canoeing in Canada. There are some particular items that I am looking for and […] Read More

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October 1998: The Future of Women in Canoe

October 1, 2018

Article published in the original Paddles Up of October 1998, by Sheila Kuyper, Burloak Canoe Club   “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”        – Unknown    This is an exciting time for all canoists. Not only are thechnological advances resulting in new hull designs and other speed enhancing improvements for the sport, but the discipline of sprint canoeing is making huge leaps in achieving equitable C-boats competition opportunities for women and girls.   Canada leads the way on the international scene with our national […] Read More

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That’s A Wrap: I want thank everyone who has supported me over this season

September 27, 2018

By Spencer Pomeroy – see orginial post here   Well, not quite the race I was hoping for. I went clean on my first run but a couple mistakes cost me a lot of time. I was back on the start line for the second run where I had a big improvement on my first runs time, but with 2 touches and a bit too wide of a line for the last upstream causing me to come in low I found myself outside the top 30 and not moving on to the semi finals. It wasn’t exactly what I hoped […] Read More

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My Grampy was the person who dropped me off to the club and said go paddle get in shape and have fun

August 13, 2018

By Bret Himmelman   My name is Bret Himmelman, I am a member of the 2018 Canadian World Cup Team, a member of Maskwa Aquatic Club and I have a story to tell about my experience in the sport of canoeing and how it changed my life.     I was a 15 year old skinny 135lb kid who played hockey and lacrosse when I first was dropped off at Maskwa Aquatic Club. I wasn’t actually registered or paid for any programs and they only realized a few days before the first regatta I wasn’t actually a club member but […] Read More

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Sports Images: It’s about passion and heart

August 13, 2018

By Michèle Grenier   You like paddling, I like watching you. You want record time, I want record timings. You are athletes, I am a photographer. Even though it sounds strange, our paths are much more alike than you think. How is it possible? Read those next lines!     INTRO  My name is Michèle and I’ve been playing sports for over 21 years. I’ve always enjoyed trying new things. In my life, sports has been a way to express myself and grow as a human being. I played volleyball, beach volleyball, I did bodybuilding, cycling, dancing, running and Olympic […] Read More