PADDLE-LINKS

Hi there, you have surfed to Claudia's PaddleLinks.

I have tried to compile a list of informative and interesting links for kayakers mainly in the Vancouver, B.C. area. This does not mean that I (or the VKC) have checked and endorse the services these sites may offer.
Buyer beware!

Please let me if you found a good web site and feel it should be added to this list or if you find that some links are broken or not working.

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River Levels
Blue Water
Online Guides
Snowpack Info
Kayak Clubs
Message Boards
Stores and Schools
Kayaks, Equipment, Magazines

Cool Paddle Pages
Weather
Governmental Sites in BC
Other Offical Sites
Seen on 'Worth A Surf'
'Cross' activities

BC River Levels
BC Hydro: Reservoir and HydroMet Data (go to Info: Reservoir and Hydro Data)

USGS Real-Time Water Data
Tide Predictor Egmont
La Perouse Buoy data (incl. wave hights 18 nautical miles west of Long Beach, Van Island)

Online Guides
AWA Streamkeepers oneline guide to many US rivers; great description, pixs and videos
Kayakwest: Runs in the Rockies, Upper Fraser, Western Alberta
Paddleguides by Tom O'Keefe; river runs in WA and BC
Washington Boater rivers and creeks in WA
California Creeking good descriptions and pixs of cool creeking runs in CA, OR, ID (class II-V)
Oregon Kayaking creeking and class IV and V stuff in WA and OR
Sierra Rivers
Southern CA

Snow info
BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management (SRM) snow page
Snowpack (US) (WA and ID sites have some BC data)
USGS Snow Pack and Snow Melt info
NOHRSC Snow Water Equivalent (nice graphics)

Clubs
Dogwood Canoe Club (Vancouver, BC)
Beaver Canoe Club (Vancouver-Burnaby, BC)
PaddlePunks (Kids Club in Vancouver)
Chilliwack Centre of Excellence (CCE, BC)
Squamish Whitewater Paddler (SWP, BC)
Blackwaters Paddlers (Quesnel, BC)
Kelowna Canoe & Kayak Club (Kelowna, BC)
Northwest Brigade Canoe and Kayak Club (Prince George, BC)
Vancouver Canoe Polo Club (BC)
North Vancouver Island Paddlers
American Whitewater Association (AWA)
American Canoe Association (ACA)
The League of Northwest Whitewater Racers

AKC Alpine Kayak Club (Germany-Europe)
Burley Griffin Canoe Club (Kayaking Down Under - Australia)
Poole Harbour Canoe Club (GB, Dorset)
Looking for more clubs? Check Wetdawg's club directory (>200 clubs)

Message Boards
 BC Whitewater
Message boards on the WKABC and WKC sites
Idaho Whitewater
BoaterTalk (North American Message Board, mostly US)
The Boaters Board (Canada, mostly East)
Seattle Kayaker

Cool Paddle Pages
Vince's Idaho Whitewater Page
TPW's Kayaking Information (OR, by Pat Welch)
Paddleguides (river runs in WA and BC by Tom O'Keefe)
Washington Boater rivers and creeks in WA
California Creeking (good descriptions of cool creeking runs in CA and the West)
Oregon Kayaking great photos, descriptions and stories
Steve Fisher's site; lots of videos and images, Liquid Lifestyle Tour etc.
Chris Joose site; WA kayaking, articles, safety info and lots more...
Wetdawg Lots of Paddle info, clubs etc.
Euro Playboating
Soulboater (in German, good pixs, river and playspot descriptions)
Monster waves just a picture from the WA Kayak Club Site - but what a picture!!!
BCU Surf Gallery
Summithut
Jarbidge/Bruneau, ID Check out some pictures from Claudia and Peter's 2001 trip


Stores and Schools
Purple Hayes School of Kayaking, Chilliwack/Sardis, BC (604)858-2888
Squamish Kayak and Adventure Centre, Paula and Don Jamieson (604) 898-5498
Captain Holiday's Kayak & Adventure School, Whistler, BC
Riverworks Kayaking Lessons, Vancouver (604)872-2461
Learn 2 Kayak, North Vancouver (604)988-2552
Paddle Performance Kayak School and Kayak Trek Adventures (604)557-6040

Western Canoeing and Kayaking, Abbotsford, BC (604) 853-9320
Mountain Equipment Co-op , Vancouver, BC (604) 872-7858
Coast Mountain Sports, several locations in the Lower Mainland

Wildways, Christina Lake, BC 1-888-945-3929, 250 447-6561
Aquabatics, Calgary AB and Smithers, BC 1-877-440-9283, (403) 288-9183
Oceanriver, Victoria email
Outdoorplay.com (OR)

Kayaks, Equipment, Magazines
Paddler Magazine
Canoe and Kayak
Kayakmagazine
Wavelength (BC)
Playboating (GB)

Governmental Sites in BC
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, WLAP
 BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, SRM - SRM snow page
BC Hydro
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Coast Guard
GVRD

Other Official Sites
Recreation.Gov
Recreation in the Salmon-Challis
IdahoRivers
Seen on 'Worth A Surf'
Nicole and Martin's Adventures for armchair travellers and us who can't take off a whole year to go paddling! (Remember the two from 2000 when they stopped in BC?)
Yenisey expedition Keep track of the progress of a group of kayakers, including one paddler from Victoria, BC.
Playak Looking for a new trick? Check out the Dry-Roll (666k mpg).
Lots of videos on Kayak International; incl. EJs final run at the worlds.
Ever heard of a HELIX? Check it out on Steve Fisher's site.


'Cross' activities
 Mount Baker Hiking Club
Slot Canyons of the American Southwest: very nice site with lots of hikes, good descriptions and cool pixs

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