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A Sunday Walk in the Park
A walk all around Cupsogue Beach County Park to be more precise. A dozen of us turned up in Westhampton Beach last Sunday morning for a real interesting & educational off-water event. Let me first give a big thanks to Troy here for putting this seal walk together for us. Was a great chance to […]
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NACK Awards Dinner
NACK’s Annual Awards/Post Holiday Dinner by Rhonda Moziy On the evening of Sunday, January 31st 2016, I was proud to be part of NACK’s Annual Awards Holiday Dinner. This year’s gather honored some wonderful NACK members for their outstanding contributions and achievements. This anticipated event was held in the party room of The Irish Coffee […]
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Hard Water
Pool sessions through the winter are nice, but for five intrepid NACK paddlers, access to open water will not be denied! The rest of the photos and videos are available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPYhUUeYqw Edit: The seals in the area seemed much more comfortable inspecting us and we got to see some of the more rare local […]
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Pool closed? Don’t let the snow bring you down!
They can close the roads; the water may freeze; the winds may blow; and the pool session may be cancelled, but you can always go out and practice!
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And away we go… into a new paddling season
-Well, not that the last season ever “ended”, but just here to say that our official ‘opening day’ of 2016 was an incredibly calm (& warm !) mid-January one. Three of us met over at the Jones Beach kayak launch @Short Beach; & after a little pre-launch discussion decided to do our trip in the […]
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Rescues: why we practice
One of the frequent activities we do in peer practices and on various trips/outings is to go over self and assisted rescue techniques. The primary reason is of course simply to keep everyone safe. It builds confidence and allows us to push our skills in other aspects of paddling knowing that we can recover if […]
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Back in the saddle again!
The 2016 pool sessions have started up and it’s great to see John back on the water! …nice to see everyone else too of course 🙂 Click the image or this link to see the collected photos and videos from the day. Note that I did not prune or tune them, so if there are […]
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Winter Newsletter 2016
The Winter 2016 Newsletter is now online. Our 2015 paddling season revisited and much, much more.