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The ALF dates are the same as our March Break from school in Ontario, which puts the dates from March 12-20th. I also can't speak for any locals, but I am betting you could get a boat to paddle from one of them. Checkout the Walden's Ridge site or the GDI facebook page for info as well. Gord - I sa...

Hi Doug, We ran the whole thing from top to bottom. The video shows the main big drop - in the video it's scene where we've set live bait. When I first gave it a good look I realized that it wasn't as big as I had always thought it to be. I hope you had a great trip too! Johno Johno & Dave - awesom...

For a boat that is technically full-sized, and not that hard to come by, I am a big fan of the Bell Prodigy for smaller paddlers. I know two women, one shorter than 5 feet, who like them because they are narrow enough to be easy to reach across, and pretty light for a Royalex boat. They aren't the ...

I know of 3 families that bought a Splash and loved it -- their kids progressed well, and the boat took a lot of abuse. I can't find the photos, but one of the parents used to paddle it in the 'glass' class of our fall slalom race. I've tried paddling it (~170lbs) and it floats, but is quite unstabl...

There's a woman in our club who paddles one and loves it. I'm not sure why. She gave up her Rival for it. I'm guessing because it's very stable, dry, forgiving, and allows her to not make her line and survive. Not bad qualities in a boat. I paddled it once for a quarter mile. Not my cup of Royalex....

small foam plugs over the joining ends and duct tape them in place will keep the pieces ready to connect if you are concerned. try and keep the ends open a bit. After silt roughened up my werner's joints i found it very hard to pull it apart. So much so that I never let it dry without pulling piece...

zen_ben wrote:Principal Stinson reports it is the week of March 12.

Agreed...

ALF 2012 - March 10-18

This corresponds with the Ottawa School Board March Break, which is when some of the founding fathers of ALF are available.

From a spectator standpoint, the 10 second penalty has to go. It's not very exciting to watch the top paddlers stop paddling, watch the stern of the boat go through the gate, then start paddling again. One thing that has been tried on a limited number of races in this region (NA Championships on Gu...

now wait a minute, admins, this is totally canoeing related! as many boats as colin delivers for folks (coupled with some obvious similarities to kris kringle) people could confuse him for a canoeing santa clause. anyone know how the x-mas time santa tracker for the kids works and where we can get ...

Got my new paddle and I love it. Going to be my creeking stick. Just need it to float a little higher in the water. Blade and shaft are bomber. Thinking of using 1/8th neoprene foam in a couple of places. Tgrip and 5 inches are all that stick out now. I know a swim is coming up and I want to see mo...

Can't find it... but there was a compilation a while back with the likes of Scriver, Nolan, etc that had a bunch of great footage but was interspersed with short interviews of kayakers speaking of their intense dislike of open boaters, one of which said he wanted to kick some open boater butt... Cr...

The trailer the Canadians used had one set of crossbars and it was made from aluminum I think. Yup, it is an aluminum trailer that Dave used. It is similar to the Yakima Rack and Roll trailer that is available through RackAttack and other places that carry Yakima. The reviews on the longevity of th...

Shep wrote:My breakdown paddle requires a horse team and a good anchor to get it apart...

I have a 3 piece AB break-apart, and you're correct, it is nearly impossible to get it apart. It is easily a 2 person job.

Boat is SOLD. Bell Prodigy with Mike Yee Outfitting and wood gunwhales. Comes with 2 airbags. $800. Located in Ottawa. I've done some ABS slurry repair to fill in the typical scratches, but none were through the outer ABS layer. This seems to be thicker Royalex than most boats I've seen, so should h...

I have a wedding to attend during the last weekend in July up in Lake Placid. Does anything in that area typically run in the summer? Or should I just stick to mountain biking? How far do you want to travel? The Rouge River, north west of Montreal would be a good option. That's probably 3 hours, bu...