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This is the 2007, second edition of William Nealy's cult manual of intermediate and advanced whitewater techniques - "Kayak, the New Frontier". Carefully crafted to reflect the latest in paddling technology, William Nealy's classic, illustrated kayaking-skills manual remains dead-on hilarious.In Nealy's day, hardcore hippie hairboaters sucked air in block-long Dancers...but that was then. Today, insane youngsters steer tiny plastic boats down steep creeks with more rocks than water, and surf spinning holes and standing waves for hours without ever leaving site of their beat-up Subaru. Although shorter hair and more frequent bathing will never threaten the soundness of Nealy's illustrated techniques, equipment evolution - especially boats - has created new dynamics between moving water and modern-day paddlers. Professionally updated to reflect the latest technology, "Kayak" is back and more useful and entertaining than ever. You may break a rib laughing, but with Nealy holding your hand you'll look pretty cool doing it. The publisher confidently claims that this, the best-selling how-to-kayak manual in the world.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this as I was replacing my lost copy of Nealy's KAYAK and spotted Amazon doing one of its many 'buy this with this and save this much' offers. Upon getting it I was a bit disappointed to discover that it is in fact just a re-hashed version of the old book with not a great deal of difference. The pictures of the kayaks have been updated to look a bit more like plastic `play-boats' and the paddlers are now sporting trendy new helmets, but fundamentally there's very little difference.
There is a wee section on more up-to-date methods in there, but not really enough to justify a whole book.
All that aside, it's still one of the best Kayak manuals around, with all of Nealy's original wisdom still being highly relevant today, and the cartoon/graphic style in which the books presented being excellent at describing the intricacies of fluid dynamics/hydrology...etc.
If you've got Nealy's original KAYAK then I wouldn't bother if I were you. If you haven't and you're looking for an indispensable guide to help you understand everything from why you keep falling in at eddy-lines to how to run grade 5 (the rule of `spit' is brilliant!) then this is a must.
3 stars because of my disappointment.
There is a wee section on more up-to-date methods in there, but not really enough to justify a whole book.
All that aside, it's still one of the best Kayak manuals around, with all of Nealy's original wisdom still being highly relevant today, and the cartoon/graphic style in which the books presented being excellent at describing the intricacies of fluid dynamics/hydrology...etc.
If you've got Nealy's original KAYAK then I wouldn't bother if I were you. If you haven't and you're looking for an indispensable guide to help you understand everything from why you keep falling in at eddy-lines to how to run grade 5 (the rule of `spit' is brilliant!) then this is a must.
3 stars because of my disappointment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If you're planning on doing any kind of river running on anything more than an easy Grade 2 then I would suggest you obtain a copy of this book. The drawings are lucid and clearly explain many of the concepts. There are a number of good terms such as "body english" and "zone of funny water" that you will find yourself using.
Best of all is the section called "The Joy of Flood", which I would call indispensible. I found myself swimming on one occasion, heading straight for a tree. I kicked myself off it, just as depicted by the drawing in the book. Having that knowledge in mind probably prevented me from getting into serious trouble.
Best of all is the section called "The Joy of Flood", which I would call indispensible. I found myself swimming on one occasion, heading straight for a tree. I kicked myself off it, just as depicted by the drawing in the book. Having that knowledge in mind probably prevented me from getting into serious trouble.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you want to learn about whitewater river kayaking you will love this book.
The text and cartoons have you laughing out loud at times and later on you will find you can remember more details than you could have imagined.
A true classic and should be in every kayakers bookcase.
Tell your mates you now practise the Ninja art of Paddle Fu!
The text and cartoons have you laughing out loud at times and later on you will find you can remember more details than you could have imagined.
A true classic and should be in every kayakers bookcase.
Tell your mates you now practise the Ninja art of Paddle Fu!
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