Photos from New Zealand

Charlie who runs a mountain/ski/climbing guide service in New Zealand near Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (www.mtcook.com) sent us these photos from this summer, down under. Charlie skis, paddles, climbs.... essentially does all the fun stuff we do, BUT he gets paid to do it. Way to carve our a nice life in S. Island NZ!

Winter "WindPaddling" on the Columbia

With a nice blizzard going, it seemed appropriate to take a little "First of the year" sail on the kayak. So we knocked most of the ice off the boat, got out on the water and were rewarded with a fun, low-key off-the-wind sail in the snow, ending up with a glide through a flock of coots (Fulica americana).

Winds were light, about 7 knots. The boat slide through the water at about 3 knots. Air temp. 26, water temp 42.

Who are you calling an Old Coot?

New Year, New Catalog

Happy new year! We've just finished our 2011 WindPaddle Sails 2011 catalog and it is available to download from our website Here
. We made a few NY resolutions to get more detailed product information out this year. Our catalog will expand in the spring, and if you have an image taken while out "WindPaddling", send it to us! You might become instantly famous and find your pic in our publications! :)