Sewing the skin, dying and first coat of sealer. Only one week left to complete the kayaks...
A glimpse at what is involved in making a driftwood greenland paddle...
Subscribe to see all my videos on YouTube @ Read my blog FishTales on @ A "good enough" kayak paddle will set you back about $50 bucks but if you want a space age super light Kevlar graphite yakin' blade to go along with your sweet rigged out yak then be prepared to drop three or four Benj...
Home-made skin-on-frame technique west greenland kayak. first on water october 2010...
This is a short slideshow of a kayak paddle that we built in our shop. The plans are from Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks. Make sure to see our kayaks under construction. Search "One Ocean Kayak Construction"...
Thanks to Gearlab Paddles for providing this prototype 2015 Oyashio. THE REVIEW Finally, airborned straight from Gearlab factory in Taiwan to my local post office. it tingles in my fingers, when the new Gearlab 220cm AKIAK 2015 prototype arrives. BEFORE it hits the water! First impressions are as ex...
Mini making of video of our laminated greenland paddles Making a greenland paddle wood kayak paddle carving greenland paddle...
This is a higher resolution video of the process of building a Greenland Skin on Frame kayak. I used the book by Christopher Cunningham, "Building the Greenland Kayak", as my main guide. Chris and his Sea Kayaker website forum was a great help. It was a lot of fun building the kayak. It is...
The Greenland Paddle can give you all the support you need for rough water kayaking if you extend the paddle a little For those who are new to the Greenland paddle, especially if you are used to a bigger blade, you may feel like there isn't enough support in rough conditions. I think the key is to l...
Did compare paddles: very narrow Greenland (7, 5cm), Aleutian and standard Greenland. Some paddling, some rolling, some ice ;o) Aleutian is nothing for me. Sculling with ridges on the blade feels strange. Narrow Greenland is absolutely stunning. paddling feels like floating. Music: M.F. Schder (Sopr...
Carving The Greenland Paddle Full video - How to make your own Greenland kayak paddle - instructions Chuck Holst plans- no longer exists...
I've been building kayak paddles lately and have several completed but I wanted to make one from a single cedar 5/4 deck board. How much time you might spend finishing your paddle and how good you want it to look is up to you. This paddle build is to show you how I did it. I'm still not completely s...
Practicing greenland aft finishing rolls in the pool - working on elbow and straitjacket rolls...
Greenland Paddle Making Class Superior Kayaks & Canoes Whitelaw Wisconsin...
Anders Thygesen keeps inuit tradition alive in Vestfossen, Norway - carving beautiful paddles from natural materials...
Helen Wilson demonstrates a variety of traditional Greenlandic capsize recovery maneuvers in a skin-on-frame kayak. Helen competed in the 2008 Greenland National Kayaking Championship, and received first place medals in individual rolling, group rolling and the distance harpoon throw...
A deep bow to Chuck Holst who's shared the article describing how to carve a West Greenland kayak paddle from a two-by-four. It is based on John Heath's article, "The Do-It-Yourselfer's Greenland Paddle, " in the Winter 1987 issue of Sea Kayaker and on his own paddle-making experience. Obt...
Mini making of video of our 1 piece greenland paddles Making a greenland paddle WB Making Of: Pine 1 Piece Greenland wood kayak paddle carving greenland paddle...
Greenland Paddle. Learn to use the Greenland Paddle efficiently, to move forward effortlessly. For free videos to help you develop your skills click here If you find yourself changing to a bigger blade because you have a hard time keeping up when using the greenland paddle, or if you are a beginner ...
Just to share my enthusiasm for Greenland Paddle. G.P. is definitely addictive. Camera: Nikon AW100 (on the boat) and Canon sx 130. Kayak Roto Buran. Water temp. 15C...
Seventy seconds of kayak building from the Seawolf Kayak's skin-on-frame kayak workshop in Teton, Idaho, September 2010. Participants built their own seventeen foot kayaks and Greenland paddles in a week using traditional techniques. Kiliii Yu offers workshops and sea kayaking expeditions with tradi...
Current Designs Isle 18 is a Super-sized 'Greenland style' design with all the great performance qualities for bigger paddlers. If you need a big person boat and seek the performance paddling qualities of a hard chine boat, the Isle da boat for you! Successfully emulating the hard-chinned features o...
This is the step by step building of my Greenland Kayak. This is not an instructional video but a good enough guide as to what I am doing. I'll upload the videos as I build it but timing is not guaranteed...
Ammassalik 180 - East Greenland kayak from design to construction Available custom or in kit form...
Joe O'Blenis or Joe the Paddle Guy as he is known in the sea kayaking world is making Greenland Style paddles in his garage and shipping them all over the world...