Kayak stuff In July 1999, Dave and I got a couple of kayaks (Old Town Otters) and have been paddling around ever since (and boy, are our arms tired). A few places to paddle in the SF bay area.

Here are some useful kayak links:

FAQs and lists of links:

• Product reviews of various kayaks by users, from paddling.net
• rec.boats.paddle sea kayaking FAQ
• Pete's White Water Page
• Boof is What?
• Mary's Paddling Page

  River and Tide predictors

• WWW Tide and Current Predictor
• NOAA Tide Predictions including California
• Recreational River Flows from California Data Exchage Center

  California

• California Creekin', A Whitewater Guide for Inflatable Kayaking A wonderful resource, and the only kayak page I've found with descriptions of trips for Class I and II trips as well as IV-V
• San San Francisco Bay Area Canoeing FAQ

Vacations

• GORP - paddling
• GORP - CA Rivers
• Riversearch info on lots of serious whitewater rivers, not much on calmer ones
• The Moab Information Site

  Rentals and short trips around Moab:

  • Canyon Voyages
  • Tag-a-Long Expeditions
  • Western River Expeditions
• Nichols Expeditions Labyrinth Canyon trip

Clubs (mostly Northern California): California Floaters Society Loma Prieta Paddlers Bay Area Sea Kayakers including classifieds San Onofre Surf Kayak Association Rental places Monterey Kayaks Adventures by the Sea

Manufacturers

• Old Town Otter Ours, and we love them so far
• Kiwi Kayak I paddled a couple of Kiwis at a Paddlefest, and they were wonderful. The Lobo is a lot like an Otter; the Kopapa is like a cross between an Otter/Lobo and a hardcore rapids-runner, a real blast.
• MainStream Kayaks Jazz Another low-priced fun kayak, looks like a good 'un
• The Innova Junior is an inflatable that looks like lots of fun
• Stearns inflatables are supposedly less expensive than Innova
• Intex inflatables are about as cheap as they get.
• Outdoor Play new and used equipment
• Sharper Image inflatable kayak
• Walden Kayak with tips for beginners
• Lightning Paddles Paddles 101": info on selecting paddles
• Deluge