This is a practical reference book for paddlers of all ages and all abilities. Six comprehensive sections focus on different paddling disciplines: flatwater, white water, open water, sea water, specialist disciplines and competition paddling. The book features responsible coverage of safety issues such as advice on when and where to paddle, how to deal with challenging features of water hydrology and a description of rescue and first aid techniques. There is also a detailed look at the particular equipment needed for different disciplines
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Bill Mattos has enjoyed competition success in several canoe and kayak disciplines at both the national and international level. He runs his own canoe and kayak equipment company, and is becoming known as one of the UK's brightest new writers on this subject. Bill contributes regular features to specialist magazines; this is his first book.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
The Practical Guide to kayaking and Canoeing is what its title says it is, it is thoroughly comprehensive, covering nearly every discipline that I can think of, with even a short section on the International Sailing Canoe, which is not covered in many such books.
The style is almost of a 'coffee table' book, and at the end of the read I was suddenly struck by what was unusual about it - the sheer number of photographs (all in colour). Helen Metcalfe, as the photographer has captured many of those moments that paddlers cherish, the quality of the pictures being high throughout.
The book is ideal to give a broad and thorough grounding in what goes on in the paddle sport world, in fact I would be surprised if any one really had much of a chance to try out everything shown in it. I suppose that this is the point of the book to give a taste of the full range of possibilities.
The equipment shown is all modern and relevant, and there was a more history than I was expecting from a contemporary publication.
I was surprised by this book, having met Bill Mattos on a few occasions, and knowing his local reputation (I even bought one of his old boats once). He is well known for his early involvement in freestyle paddling and being involved in Nookie paddling equipment. As such I thought it might cover the whitewater aspects of the sport in much more detail than the other areas, but this was not the case.
To some extent the limited choice of equipment brands shown was one drawback of the book, with a few unusual choices I thought, but it was probably what came to hand easily. I also think that for a real expert the book lacked depth, but then that sort of reader would be buying specialist books any way. These are minor points however.
Overall, this is a comprehensive book that is fresh, promoting and explaining the whole range of canoe sport very professionally.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The book covers everything a beginner will need to know about Kayaking. I can't speak about the canoeing sections of the book because I'm only interested in Kayaking so I skip through the canoeing parts of the book. What it is good for is to read up on the techniques and then put them into practice down at the pool. This book has helped me become a better Kayaker.
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