Knack Kayaking for Everyone: Selecting Gear, Learning Strokes, And Planning Trips

by Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham, Eli Burakian (Photographer), Stephen Gorman (Photographer)

Overview

Knack Kayaking for Everyone is the most visually driven and yet informative guide to every aspect of an aquatic sport whose popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. The first chapters comprise an idea-packed buying guide to kayak design, kayak features, accessories, and gear. The book then presents step-by-step information on transporting, launching and landing, basic and advanced strokes, techniques, navigation, rescues, and expedition planning. In addition, it fully explores recreational (flatwater) kayaking, whitewater kayaking, and sea kayaking, providing instructions for each. Ideas for fun and games and special paddlers (children, the elderly, the handicapped) are also included, as are chapters on weather and first aid.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599215099
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/23/2010
Series:	Knack: Make It Easy
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bill and Mary Burnham are the author of two award-winning books, Florida Keys Paddling Atlas and Hiking Virginia, both FalconGuides, and are also the authors of Knack Car Camping, The Complete Florida Beach Guide, Day Hikes Near DC, and numerous other Falcon books. The couple guide kayak trips, write for several publications, and post their adventures on burnhamvirginia.com and BurnhamGuides.com. Stephen Gorman is a photographer and writer whose photo-essay books include Northeastern Wilds. His work has also appeared in Knack Car Camping, Knack Canoeing for Everyone, and Knack Dog Care & Training, and in such magazines as Outside and Audubon. Visit the photographer at www.stephengorman.com. Eli Burakian is a freelance photographer. Visit the photographer at www.burakphotography.com.