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  • Rolling Into the New Year

    Might as well start the New Year right. A few months ago a some hearty North Atlantic Canoe & Kayak members came up with the idea of starting the New Year right. They decided to get together on New Years Eve, on the water, and roll over to end the old year and come back…

  • Full length documentary of a group circumnavigating Lake Superior in 2019

    This film is currently (and only temporarily) available for streaming on YouTube, so get to it! 🙂

  • Fantastic full length documentary to pass some time with!

    Amazingly this film just gets better as it goes. Watch it on mobile, computer, or cast it to your big screen TV! In 1938, two young newlyweds and their good friend set off from Paris on a bold adventure: to be the first to take kayaks down America’s famous whitewater river, the mighty Colorado. Setting…

  • A day at the beach (Democrat Point)

    November came in all warm and sunny, and Shannon, Alan and myself took advantage of it by off-roading it onto Democrat Point (Robert Moses) for some play in the splashy stuff. The air was 36F when we woke up, but sunny and in the 50s when we were out and we were toasty warm and…

  • Inspiration for a local paddling challenge perhaps?

    Click the photo or this link to read a great writeup of an impressive day touring challenge in the San Fancisco bay. If it gets you energized, think about what we might come up with locally in the NYC/LongIsland area! It need not be quite as gruelling as this 61 mile monster, but surely we can…

  • Exploring afar. A rough water trip to Californa

    Shannon and I spent almost two weeks holed up with Tom Humphries (of Neptune’s Rangers fame <–link is to their youtube channel), and explored some of the amazing California coast. Here is a qucik highlights reel of some of it. Lots more never got recorded, as is always the case, and a longer piece will likely…

  • Paddling Magazine prompts the discussion of negative impact of certifications

    Below is a link to Paddling Magazine’s recent article raising the question of if there is negative impact in the kayaking community due to the pressure and focus on certification. Take a read. What are your thoughts? NACK was born (as I’ve been told by our elders!) out of a desire for more training and…

  • Spring 2019 Newsletter

    Spring is here and so is our latest Newsletter Read about Winter Paddling in Florida, Jim Dreeben The Peconic Paddler, Apps for paddlers,and the Dangers of Cold Water.   Be careful, the water is still very cold, dress for possible immersion