ACK - Kayaking, Camping, Outdoor Adventure Blog » Kayaking http://blog.austinkayak.com Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Astral Brewer Wins Another Top Gear Pick http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/astral-brewer-wins-another-top-gear-pick/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/astral-brewer-wins-another-top-gear-pick/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:12 +0000 Joseph Dowdy http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=28403 The Astral Brewer continues to wow the outdoor community. After being selected earlier this year by National Geographic as a 2013 Gear of the Year pick, the popular water shoe has now been chosen by Outside Magazine for their Top Gear Picks for 2013, based on value and performance. We only have good things to say about [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/johnson-outdoors-new-adventure-team-website-coming-soon/feed/ 0 Colorado River from Source to Sea in 3.5 Minutes http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/colorado-river-from-source-to-sea-in-3-5-minutes/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/colorado-river-from-source-to-sea-in-3-5-minutes/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:01 +0000 Joseph Dowdy http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=28419 In 2011, friends Will Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore ventured from Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The adventure took them 113 days and over 1,700 miles of hiking and paddling. You might have caught tidbits of their adventure in our blog video updates from the NRS series Remains of a River which [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/colorado-river-from-source-to-sea-in-3-5-minutes/feed/ 0 ACK Fishfinder Installation Package http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/ack-fishfinder-installation-package/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/ack-fishfinder-installation-package/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 14:30:33 +0000 Jerron http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=28277 Installing a Fishfinder on a kayak can be a daunting task to people who try it for the first time.  Trust me, I know.  The first time I tried to install a fishfinder I had wires running all over the place and parts laying all around because I didn’t know what they were, where they went or [...]

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