Author, kayak historian and traditional kayak builder Harvey Golden has extensively documented the existing museum specimens of arctic kayaks in two massive books: KAYAKS OF GREENLAND and KAYAKS OF ALASKA. He has been heavily involved in Qajaq USA and was one of the first foreigners to compete in the Greenland National Kayaking Championships in 2000. His legendary collection of kayak replicas are on display at the Lincoln Street Kayak Museum in Portland, Oregon.
The "opposite arm roll" for capsize recovery using only one arm. A toolkit for avoiding embarrassing cultural misunderstandings while traveling in Greenland.
Greenland paddle maker Don Beale discusses how to choose a Greenland paddle, the advantages wooden paddles have over carbon fiber paddles, and how to go about carving your own paddle. A founding member of the South Sound Traditional Inuit Kayak Symposium (SSTIKS), Don talks about what makes SSTIKS unique among the Greenland Style kayaking events in the United States.
Reflections after one year of the Dubcast. Oru Folding Kayaks now come in black! The challenges of being head judge at the Greenland Games. The music of Chilly Friday.
Sea Kayak designer/builder, and founder of Cape Falcon Kayak Brian Schulz talks about the psychology of kayak rolling, how a low volume sea kayak can be the worst thing for learning how to roll, how a paddling progression you have worked towards for years can be erased in seconds by a traumatic experience, his project to bring school kids from the tiny Greenland village of Tiniteqilaaq to the National Kayaking Championships and his ongoing quest to improve on traditional Greenland skin-on-frame kayak designs.
Sea Kayak designer/builder and founder of Cape Falcon Kayak, Brian Schulz, talks about the making of the viral video, “Building the West Greenland kayak, Step by Step”, how he got started building skin-on-frame kayaks and into Greenland Style kayaking after meeting the world’s preeminent kayak historian, Harvey Golden, taking apart the myth that Greenland kayaks reached a level of perfection after thousands of years of kayak evolution, how he would never have been a skin-boat builder if it wasn’t for Corey Freedman’s mysterious "GOOP", how Greenland Style paddling helped him recover from a severe shoulder injury, his advice for people who want to learn how to roll, and the 5 core evolutionarily hard-wired fears that must be overcome to learn how to roll.