http://snapdragondesign.com Kayak's top spray skirts and accessories Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:19:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Snap Dragon thanks all of our Dealers, Suppliers and Athletes that visited our booth at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. Exchanging ideas with our many partners was beneficial. Without such communication we wouldn't be nearly as connected.  Dealers let us know what trends they see in the paddling ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/08/18/outdoor-retailer-show-2008/ This just in from Bryan: "I have just posted the first of the Bay of Fundy blog posts on the Reversing Falls on the Eastern Horizons site.  This was hands down some of the most intimidating sea paddling I have done to date".  http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/07/16/bryan-smith-bay-of-fundy/   Running wild in the mountains of eastern Washington as a child, world-class extreme kayaker and entrepreneur Tao Berman continues to run wild through the record books and life. A world-record waterfall-drop holder since his 98.4-foot kayak flight off of Upper Johnston Falls in Canada’s Banff National Forest, Berman is a ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/07/01/tao-bermans-tackles-publishing/ I’d never been on a raft support river trip before. Admittedly I had never been on a multi day whitewater trip (crazy I know).   Signing up only two weeks in advance, I had no idea what I was in for; the other 22 people had been planning and plotting, cooking and ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/07/01/ruth-gordon-grabs-the-oars/ After tackling the longest petroleum free road trip in history, Seth Warren has decided to keep the dream alive.   He has been working non stop for the last 4 months building all kinds of new features onto the "Baby," his japanese fire truck.  He will kick it off in July with a year ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/06/20/seth-warren-is-at-it-again/ This year was one of the biggest Snow Packs in Colorado’s History but the snow isn’t what I was excited for. It was the water it was going to turn into. We started off in Buena Vista for the CKS Paddle Fest and helped promote our sponsors as well as ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/06/19/colorado-wrap-up-by-emily-jackson/   The June 19th Boise Hometown Throwdown is rescheduled to Thursday September 11th at 5:30pm. The Gutter is currently de-watered for maintenance and looks to be that way until early next week. http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/06/19/boise-hometown-throwdown-for-june-rescheduled/ Summer is here and so is Greg Stamers' three month circumnavigation of Newfoundland.  Potentially paddling alongside humpback whales, ten thousand year old icebergs, various sea caves, remote pebble beaches and many different types of seabirds are among the sites to see. Check out Greg's blog at  http://www.gregstamer.com/ http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/06/18/sea-touring-expeditions-on-the-horizon/ Award winning Kayaking filmmaker Bryan Smith won two categories in the 2008 Waterwalker Film Festival for his film Pacific Horizons. Now Brian is starting work on his next endeavor, documenting the entire length of the East Coast from Florida to Newfoundland.  Eastern Horizons, the title of the film aims to ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/06/12/bryan-smith-hits-the-eastern-seaboard/ World traveler and kayaker Jesse Coombs shares his tips on traveling abroad. This is a comprehensive article and a must read.      These are my suggestions for how to get a kayak on the plane. First of all, book your flight with an airline that is kayak friendly. Research the policies off ... http://snapdragondesign.com/2008/06/12/overseas-expedition-kayaking-travel-tips/