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! :)

WindPaddle Sails 2011 Promotional Vodeo

Here's our 2011 promotional video. Let us know what you think or if you want a copy for you, your paddling club or you shop. (info@windpaddle.com). There's new video and still shots submitted by our users from around the world.

This one is from up at 81 degrees N. off the Svalbald Islands north or Norway.

Featured in our video is the new WindPaddle "Scout" sail (look for the blaze-orange sail), intended for the casual or recreational paddler. It joins the "Adventure" and the canoe/tandem "Cruiser" sail.

The band "Rusted Root" has partnered with us to allow us to use what we think is a terrific kayak and canoe sailing song in this years video.

Happy Paddling/Sailing!

Stockholm - WindPaddle is Outdoor Product of the year 2010

At the recent Outdoor show in Stockholm (11-14 March) the WindPaddle sail was nominated as “Outdoor product of the year 2010 hardware”.

We know the sail works and works well, but it is so nice to have this kind of recognition in Sweden! (sent to us courtesy of Avanza Kayak & Outdoor - www.avanzakayak.com