Paddling Magazine

3 days ago | paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt

Two kayakers are considered “lucky to be alive” after they went over the Dock Street Dam in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 20, 2025. A WGAL8 news report shared that the pair were thrown from their kayaks and struggling in turbulent water when good samaritan fishermen helped the kayakers until a water rescue craft arrived. Low-head dams: a drowning machineBoth kayakers sustained minor injuries.

1 week ago | paddlingmag.com | Conor Mihell

You don’t have to break the bank to get into kayaking. There are plenty of cheap kayaks on the market that will grant you painless entry into the paddling world. Recreational kayaks best suit the needs of both entry-level paddlers and those working within a conservative budget. For that reason, the focus of this article will largely be on recreational kayaks that fall under the $500 mark.

2 weeks ago | paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt

While out on a mission to catch fish, kayaker Kyle Borkes picked up a marine mammal hitchhiker. On a cloudy British Columbia day, a sea otter crawled on to Borkes’ kayak and took a nap; an incredible and adorable encounter caught on film.

2 weeks ago | paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt

In this incredible video Zack Mutton, a world champion in extreme freestyle kayaking, makes the 92-foot drop down Abiqua Falls in Oregon to the cheers of paddlers below. The New Zealander is one of few to run the iconic falls, a feat previously accomplished by Dane Jackson several times as well as the first successful descent by Jesse Coombs who sustained a collapsed lung in the descent.

3 weeks ago | paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt

After 75 days and 10 hours at sea, Gabor Rakonczay completed a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from La Palma, The Canary Islands to Antigua, covering approximately ​​3183 miles (5123 km) on March 8, 2025. The one key difference in canoeing across an ocean versus kayakingIn 2012 Rakonczay was the first person to cross the Atlantic ocean by canoe, an adventure that he has now repeated in 2025, but Rakonczay’s canoe looks wildly different from what comes to mind when most paddlers think of a canoe.