Product Description
This text presents guidelines to allow a paddler to gauge where he or she fits in the paddling spectrum, and how to make educated, insightful decisions. Discussions include buying the best kayak, design basics, simple maintenance, customizing, emergency repairs, and cartopping.
About the Author
Andy Knapp is the paddlesports specialist and buyer for Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Trade Association of PaddleSports (TAPS). The author of numerous articles in
Sea Kayaker, Silent Sports, and other magazines, he is a contributing editor for
Canoe & Kayak magazine and the editor of the
Upper Midwest Kayak Touring News. A multisport outdoorsman, he estimates that over the last 35 years he has logged over 123,000 miles biking, kayaking, canoeing, running, snowshoeing, hiking, and skiing.