A personification kayaks successful nan ocean.(Paul Twardock)

It is clip for boating! After a agelong wintertime kayaks and canoes are yet appearing from beneath piles of snow, rivers are running, lakes are thawing, and nan water beckons. This section of Outdoor Explorer is astir getting fresh for rafting, kayaking, canoeing and different non-motorized paddle sports. Topics see preparing yourself and your instrumentality for a summertime of paddling. We besides talk astir Knik Canoers and Kayakers, aliases KCK. The nine is instrumental successful stream conservation, access, and acquisition successful Southcentral Alaska. It hosts a information acquisition meeting, a paddle movie festival, Paddle Fun
Day and organizes trips.

HOST: Paul Twardock

GUESTS:
Jule Harle, packrafting writer and instructor
Eric Downey, Knik Canoer and Kayaking nine president
Chris Hellmann, organizer of nan KCK paddle movie show and KCK vice president

Knik Canoers and Kayakers
Alaska Packrafter School and Jule Harle
American Canoe Association
Alaska Office of Boating Safety
Alaska Pacific University Outdoor Programs
Alaska Sea Kayakers
Alaska Coastal Safety
Fairbanks Paddlers
Paddlers Realm
Things to Luc At: Wilderness Safety and Alaskan Adventure
Turnagain Kayaks

Paul Twardock is simply a Professor of Outdoor Studies astatine Alaska Pacific University, wherever he has worked since 1988. He is nan writer of Kayaking and Camping successful Prince William Sound and help found nan Alaska Sea Kayaking Symposium/Paddle Sport Fun Day. At APU he teaches a assortment of undergraduate classes included Sea Kayaking, Recreation Program Design, Nordic Skiing, The Business of Recreation, and Wildland Ecosystems and Human Impacts.  Paul received his BS successful Outdoor Recreation from Western Illinois University, went to activity instructing for NOLS successful Alaska, past received his MBA from APU.  Paul’s  research includes monitoring of campsites successful Prince William Sound and Chugach State Park for quality impact, way usage successful Chugach State Park, and nan Alaska Recreational Boating Safety Incident Database. His passions see oversea kayaking, stream boating of each sorts, hiking, mountain running, climbing, skiing of immoderate kind, and birding.  One of his past adventures progressive a mule ride.

Paul is 1 of respective hosts for Outdoor Explorer