#160 - Quiet Adventures 2026 Live: Adaptive Kayaks, Orienteering Worlds, River Stewardship, and more from Lansing, MI
Today's episode was recorded at one of our favorite events, the Quiet Adventures Symposium in Lansing. Today's episode features conversations with paddlers, conservationists, and accessibility advocat...
9 Mars 40min
#159 - Noatun’s Route: One Man’s Kayak Circumnavigation of Europe with Urban Heupgen
Many of us dream of adventures like circumnavigating Ireland and as far as I’m concerned, that’s a pretty lofty goal, and definitely on my list. And then there’s Urban Heupgen...Urban has unexpected...
23 Feb 44min
#158 - Kayaking Madagascar: Chasing the Mangoky Source to Sea with Oscar Scafidi
Oscar Scafidi is a schoolteacher turned explorer specializing in Africa. Oscar joins today’s episode to share his expedition to kayak Madagascar’s Mangok River from source to sea. Oscar describes the ...
9 Feb 1h
#157 - How a class project packrafting in Nepal led to a kayak career with Alex Lalonde
Alex Lalonde joins today's episode of the Paddling the Blue podcast to talk about about his path from packrafting whitewater rivers in Nepal to taking over the iconic Body Boat Blade instruction and g...
26 Jan 50min
#156 - Paddlesports Coaching and Kayaking the Bahamas with Nigel featuring Eila Wilkinson
Welcome to today's episode of the Paddling the Blue, featuring guest Eila Wilkinson In this episode Eila discusses her coaching philosophy, Paddle UK pathways and qualifications, the importance of usi...
12 Jan 57min
#155 - Paddling Florida's Great Calusa Blueway: Mangroves, Mounds & Manatees with Mike Hammond
Mike Hammond oversees the Great Calusa Blueway, a nearly 200 mile paddling trail in Florida’s Lee County. Mike joins today’s episode to talk about the area’s fascinating indigenous history, its inter...
29 Dec 202553min
#154 - Multi-modal solo kayaking and cycling on the US west coast and the Inside Passage with Katrin Tomanek
In this episode Katrin Tomanek describes how she moved from climbing to kayaking and developed a style of multiimodal trips that combine sea kayaking and cycling to minimize driving. She shares how sh...
15 Dec 202549min
#153 - Kayaking Dominica's Waitukubuli Sea Trail with Wes Moses
Wes Moses operates the Soufriere Outdoor Center in Dominica. Wes joins the show today to talk about the Waitukubuli Sea Trail in Dominica — a 66 km sea kayaking route that highlights volcanic landscap...
1 Dec 202552min
