It’s safe to say that we have a strong stand up paddleboarding community in Deep Cove! Whether you head out by yourself, with friends and family, or join some of our local races and clinics, it’s a fun sport that certainly compliments the waters of Deep Cove! We appreciate SUP and feel like there […]
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For anyone who has been to Deep Cove Outdoors in the last 3 years, youâll know that the building is one of two halves – one is the retail store and the other is our workshop. Initially fixed up by our original repairmeister Peter Buchmuller, and now ably continued by our current repair technician Marty […]
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My trip to Australia wasn’t ever 100% about paddling, maybe not even 50%, but the paddling I’ve seen here on both the East and West Coasts have made me think that perhaps it should have been!! The first paddle I went on was with Mackenzie Hynard over on the Goldcoast where he lives, a spectacular […]
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Deep Cove Kayak’s Penguin Plunge is now a longstanding Deep Cove tradition, and is now in its 35th Year! We will be gathering along with hundreds of Panorama Park on New Yearâs day who are willing to throw themselves into the Ocean to welcome in the New Year. One of our HUGE sponsors for this […]
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Well, you could tell that the local ski hills are opening because our numbers were DOWN this week as a number of the surfski training group decided to hang out on frozen H2O instead of liquid. For those of us who made it, this week was all about race starts. As I seem to say […]
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We have had such varied weather on this course itâs really shown all sides of Indian Arm and tested our paddling – this week it was pretty windy and so we had to contend with a decent amount of chop, which meant more of a core workout keeping balanced as waves are hitting your boat […]
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A week off due to vacation for me meant that I was raring to get back to surfski training this Saturday, and we were treated to a dry session, quite incredible after all the rain in the last couple of weeks. We warmed up on land for 15 minutes to make sure we were ready […]
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This week’s surfski training session was in two parts, for some of the group at least, as four of us headed to Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion bright and early on Saturday morning for the chance to star in our very own paddling film…or for a chance to see how we REALLY look when we’re paddling. […]
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So conditions for this week’s surfski training session were pretty much the opposite to those we endured last week – it was calm in the Cove and we even had some sunny breaks towards the end of the session. And TWELVE people showed up! It was perfect. Wes started out with a dynamic warm up, […]
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So this Saturday saw the first of the surfski training sessions that Wes Hammer is coaching in Deep Cove. And WHAT a way to start in the middle of a hurricane! Our group of 10 met first to discuss whether we would even go and paddle because the winds were picking up all the time. […]
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So the long sunny days of summer have gone; even the sunny days that we have now have a real chill to them, not to mention the water is FREEZING, thereâs a lot of rain in the forecast…all of which are less than conducive to making you want to get out there and train! […]
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This week we are merging our Meet the Paddlers and Sponsors by talking to Linas Antanavicius. Linas has been paddling with us in the Tuesday Night Races (TNR) since 2012, and this year decided to step up and become a GOLD SPONSOR! Thanks for talking with us Linas – let’s learn a bit more […]
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Anjulie has been working with us for four years now as the Sales & Marketing Manager for Muscle Mlk – one of our Silver Sponsors for Tuesday Night Races (TNR). She LOVES paddling so we thought she would be able to give great insight into her own paddling experiences and what itâs like being a […]
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Check out our latest newsletter here with details of Valentine’s sale at Deep Cove Outdoors, events coming up and news about Deep Cove Kayak!
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If you havenât heard about it before, the Penguin Plunge is a longstanding Deep Cove tradition. According to the North Shore News this will be the 34th year that people have gathered in Panorama Park on New Yearâs day to throw themselves into the ocean. We met with one of our regular paddlers who is […]
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There are a number of people who paddle with us that everyone, just EVERYONE, in the whole shop knows and loves. The Slack family – dad Frazer, mum Jennie and 8 year old Rhys – are definitely some of our favourites! Their enthusiasm for paddling has taken them through from getting Seasonâs Passes for the […]
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Continued from previous post Day 4 As the French guy on the radio weather forecast said, âpluie pluie pluie fortâ. Oh man did it rain – so much so that it made it hard to remember that we were ever under drought conditions in the summer. As we were driving through the beautiful Sunshine Coast […]
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I remember my first kayaking experience; it was my first summer in Deep Cove as part of staff training, and…I hated it!! I struggled to keep up with others, I got really cold, and found steering a challenge – itâs safe to say that I never thought I would go on to be taking a […]
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One of things that I am most proud of when it comes to Deep Cove Kayak and Deep Cove Outdoors is the many ways that we support our community. You may be familiar with some of the activities we support, but in the week that we are going to the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce […]
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So far I’ve had the privilege of talking to a Tuesday Night Racer, and a Women on Water paddler, so this week I thought I’d take it one step beyond and talk to a paddler who does both! I talked to Lisa Macleay as she was getting ready for Race Night. Deep Cove Kayak: Hey […]
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There’s been a lot of talk about surfski leashes and rescues recently, so I thought I would share a story about an incident we had a few days prior to the Gorge downwind Champs. A group of us left from Viento to Hood River. My 16 year old son Seth was with us and while […]
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As a follow up to our first âMeet Our Paddlersâ feature with John Joyce which you can read here, we decided that Johnâs wife Diane would be a great second choice! Diane came in to talk to me to talk about what it is that inspires her about kayaking. Deep Cove Kayak: Hi Diane, tell […]
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