All Episodes

#164 - Six Ways Around Ireland: Multi‑Craft Ireland Circumnavigations with Rob Henshall

#163 - 25 Years of Keeping Paddlers Warm and Happy with Chris Reed

#162 - Four Years, One Canoe, One Happy Dog: The North American Odyssey of Jennifer Gosselin & Pierre Pepin

#161 - Live from Canoecopia 2026

#160 - Quiet Adventures 2026 Live: Adaptive Kayaks, Orienteering Worlds, River Stewardship, and more from Lansing, MI

#159 - Noatun’s Route: One Man’s Kayak Circumnavigation of Europe with Urban Heupgen

#158 - Kayaking Madagascar: Chasing the Mangoky Source to Sea with Oscar Scafidi

#157 - How a class project packrafting in Nepal led to a kayak career with Alex Lalonde

#156 - Paddlesports Coaching and Kayaking the Bahamas with Nigel featuring Eila Wilkinson

#155 - Paddling Florida's Great Calusa Blueway: Mangroves, Mounds & Manatees with Mike Hammond

#154 - Multi-modal solo kayaking and cycling on the US west coast and the Inside Passage with Katrin Tomanek

#153 - Kayaking Dominica's Waitukubuli Sea Trail with Wes Moses

#152 - Kayaks, Kiviak & Ketosis: A 3,200 km Greenland Experiment with Paddling Chef Mike Keen

#151 - Breaking Waves & Records: Billy Butler's Kayak Endurance Push

#150 - Kayaking the Inside Passage single use plastic free and Yukon source to sea with Lucy Graham

#149 - Sea Kayaking Oman 3165 with Mark Evans

#148 - 1,500 Miles Solo: Linking the Northern Forest Canoe Trail and Maine Island Trail with John Connelly

#147 - 1,000 Mile Vision Quest celebrating cultural connections on Canada’s West Coast with Ed Hill

#146 - Solo sea kayak slow roll through Johnstone Strait and Desolation Sound with Stuart Munson

#145 - London to Marrakech and New York Spare Seat with Richard Harpham

#144 - Creating Artwork on the Isle of Man with Stephen Marsh

#143 - Amazon Source to Sea Adventure with Darcy Gaechter - Encore Episode

#142 - Justine Curgenven's Aleutian Kayaking Adventure - Encore Episode

#141 - Best friends go midlife kayak adventuring with Andy Mullins and Geoff Cater

#140 - 32-Day Kayak Expedition Navigating Patagonia with Mathew Schweizer

#139 - From Marathons to the Mississippi: Paul Mellor's Epic Adventures

#138 - Finding flow through exploration in the Outer Hebrides and more with Tom Thorpe

#137 - Exploring the Waters of Cornwall by Sea Kayak with James Roberts

#136 - Patrik Skovajsa - Adventures with the Danube Kayaker

#135 - Canoecopia 2025 Madison, WI - The annual paddlers family reunion

#134 - Exploring the 2025 Quiet Adventures Symposium - Lansing, MI USA

#133 - Environmental Conservation and the Rich Paddling Heritage of Ireland's Causeway Coast with Robin Ruddock

#132 - Living a Courageous Life as a Kayaking Nomad with Wendy Killoran

Innovating and Adding Value to Everyday Kayak Gear, and fun names too - with Steve Whetman

#130 - Building Extreme Expedition Kayaks with Rob Feloy

#129 - Solo Kayak to Hawaii, and now the Atlantic, with Cyril Derreumaux (Replay)

Best friends, bold crossings, and bombs around Britain with Barry Shaw

#127 - The Yukon River Quest Uncovered

#126 - 189 days around the UK and Ireland by Kayak with Felipe Behrens

#125 - Exploring Ireland's East Coast, RNLI, and the challenge of going solo with Caoimhe Connor

#124 - Martin Rickard - Greenland Calling: Respecting and Paddling Through History and Ice

#123 - Finding your Coastal Spirit paddling Mediterranean & UK Waters with Roger Chandler

A Journey Down the Ganges (Ganga) River with Rency Thomas: 2,750 Kilometers of Adventure on India's most sacred river

#121 - Coaching Insights and Tierra del Fuego with the Kayak Waveologist Greg Paquin

#120 - Riding the Waves: Finding flow surf kayaking the Great Lakes with Keith Wikle

#119 - Jim Tibensky - Racing kayak slalom, chasing birds, and a lifelong love for volunteering

#118 - Donal Dowd - Experiencing Irish Islands, Lighthouses, and Wallabies

Jon Dawkins - Searching for Kayak Bill and exploring the Outer Coast of British Columbia

Cristi Manea AKA Lownlee Kayak - Building and learning from an online kayak community

#115 - Eileen Murphy - Leading the way through slalom, marathon racing, and sea kayaking

#114 - Conny Bell - A Truly Superior Circumnavigation

#113 - Jim Kennedy - Bioluminescence, seaweed and Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way

#112 - Amber Champion - Leaping squid, kindness, and a passion for kayaking

#111 - Alison French-Fun with flapjacks, a carnival, and Sea Kayak Plockton

#110 - Canoecopia 2024 - Madison, WI

#109 - Quiet Adventures Symposium - Lansing, MI

#108 - Ken Whiting - Whitewater Kayak World Champion to Media Star

#107 - Mark Spitzer - 7 months on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers

#106 - Tom Daly - The first Ireland solo that almost got him kicked out of canoeing

#105 - Nicky and Kevin Mansell - Kayaking Jersey and the Channel Islands

David Walsh - Oileain - Kayaking all the Irish islands

#103 - Natalie Maderova and Michal Madera - UK, Ireland, and that time Freya broke a boat in Alaska

#102 - Des Keaney - Rounding the Cape and beating retinal degeneration

#101 - Nick Ray - Life Afloat in Scotland 365

#100 - West Hansen - Arctic Cowboys Kayak the Northwest Passage

#99 - Katie Carr - Moderate Becoming Good Later Kayaking the Shipping Forecast with Toby

#98 - Esther Wheeler - Around the next bend with an accidental racer

#97 - Mike Conroy - Mikey Kayaks Cornwall and Ireland

#96 -Jack Hampton - Paddling the Margins

#95 - Rupert Kirkwood - Kayaking eye to eye with whales in England

#94 - David Johnston - Paddle Canada Georgian Bay and Lake Superior

#93 - Brian Wilson - Blazing Paddles and Dances with Waves

#92 - Denis Dwyer - Louisiana to Alaska’s Prince William Sound and the Inside Passage

#91 - Renata Chlumska-Circumnavigating the USA by kayak and bike

#90 -John Huth - The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

#89 - Catriona Woods - Learning and Growing Through Coaching

#88 - Jon Hynes - Wild Atlantic Warrior

#87 - Nigel Dennis - Breaking the rules to make a Classic

#86 - Alistair Wilson - A Life of Adventure Behind a Lendal Paddle

#85 - Richard Barnes - 67 days solo across the Tasman Sea on Weet-Bix and Coke

#84 - Canoecopia 2023 - Madison, WI

#83 - Quiet Adventures Symposium 2023 - Lansing, MI

#82 - Dale Greybeard Sanders Dan Faust and Matthew Briggs - Setting a World Record on the Mississippi River

#81 - Dan Carr - Erupting Seals along the Maine Island Trail

#80 - Sean Pierce - For the Love of Islands

#79 - Remembering Jake Stachovak

#78 - Joe Solomon - Kayaking 4 a Cause on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

#77 - Stand Up For Great Lakes

#76 - Jonathan Hearn and Kati Sylvester - Seeking Wonderment in Maine

#75 - Douglas Wilcox - Stories, Sails, and Scary Knees in Scotland

#74 - Steve Ramsay - Yukon River Quest

#73 - Madison Eklund-1,600 miles solo by kayak to Hudson Bay

#72 - Olly Hicks - Greenland to Scotland by Kayak

#71 - Cyril Derreumaux - Solo Kayak to Hawaii

#70 - Joe Leach - Finding Motivation Circumnavigating the UK

#69 - Kevin O’Sullivan - Around Ireland the Long Way

#68-Patrick Winterton-Tracing St. Brenden’s Route

#67-Doug Cooper-Scottish Sea Kayaking

#66-Ginni Callahan-Sea Kayaking Baja Mexico

#65 - Louise Adie - 14 years guiding in Antarctica

#64-Kelly Marie Henry-Finding Flow in Life

#63-Russell Henry-7 Months Kayaking Across the Caribbean

#62-Murty Campbell-Adventures in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides

#61 - Laura Zulliger - Fearless Formosa Kayaking Taiwan

#60 - Greg Stamer - Greenland Paddling and Newfoundland with Kayak Vagabond

#59 - Calvin Croll - Winter around Vancouver Island

#58 - Nigel Foster - Kayaking On Polar Tides

#57 - Gudni Pall Viktorsson - Experiencing Iceland

#56-Canoecopia 2022

#55 - Graham Mackereth - A Lifetime of Firsts with Pyranha and P&H

#54 - Brian Henry -Creating a kayak legacy with the Big Kahuna

#53 - Stuart Trueman - All The Way Around Australia

#52 - Joachim Larssen - Shibby Traveler does Norway both ways

#51-Kyleen Austin-Finding yourself in Alaska

#50 - John Chase and Randy Bauer - Alaska‘s Prince William Sound

#49 - Erik Jorgensen - Father and Daughter in the Wilderness for 45 Days

#48 - Moulton Avery - Cold Water Safety

#47 - Mike Stout - Five Times Across Lake Michigan Solo

#46 - Scott Baxter and Matt Kahabka - Citizen Science on Utah‘s Great Salt Lake

#45 - Susan Conrad - Kayaking the Sea of Dreams on the Inside Passage

#44-Shaan Gresser-32 hours solo across the Bass Strait

#43-Dale WIlliams-Tackling big tides in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

#42 - Jon Turk - Exploring with the Shaman, Hunter, and Tundra

#41 - Simon Osborne - Meeting the Paddling Monk in South Korea

#40 - Bonnie Perry - Passion beyond the paddle

#39 - Jaime Sharp-Ice, Bears, and Beauty in Svalbard

#38 - Veiga Gretarsdottir - Against the Current Around Iceland

#37 - Mark Sundin - Paddling Sydney and the remote North Reef Light

#36 - James Manke - Grand Canyon in a Sea Kayak with a Greenland Paddle

#35 - Mick O’Meara - Power and Passion Around Ireland in 23 Days

#34 - Fi and James Corfe - Into the Sea in New Zealand and Patagonia

#33 - John Willacy - The Strategy of Speed

#32 - David Horkan - Crossing the Irish Sea at Night

#31 - Cuba to Key West with Andy Cochrane, Luke Walker, and Wyatt Roscoe

#30 - Chev Dixon - Getting Kids on the Water with Hudson River Riders

#29 - Kayak Cobber - Smiles for Moldova

#28 - Olly Sanders - Kayaking and Climbing in East Greenland

#27 - Nick Schade - Designing and building wood boats

#26 - Erin Bastian - Exploring the Greek Islands and Corsica

#25 - Stig Larsson - For the love of the sport

#24-Jeff Allen-Karma Waters-Circumnavigating Japan

#23 - Four the Water - Life after college on Lake Superior

#22-Will Copestake - Machair to Munro - A Year Around Scotland

#21 - Darcy Gaechter - Amazon Source to Sea

#20 - Beau Miles - Africa by Kayak

#19 - Joey Schott - Building a business around custom kayaks

#18 - Justine Curgenven - Paddling the Aleutian Island Chain

#17 - Dimitri Vandepoele - Crossing the North Sea Solo

#16 - Jurg ”Yuri” Endres - Mongolia’s Lake Khuvsgul

#15 - Graham Charles - Adventure Philosophy and the Antarctic Peninsula

#14 - Mike Ranta - Crossing Canada Solo, with a friend

#13 - Zack Kruzins - A rogue 500 km trip through Patagonia on the Rio Santa Cruz from source to sea

#12 - Chris Hipgrave - Filling your three buckets with Performance Paddling

#11-Richard Varga-Endurance Mission Paddling Upstream from Norway to Hungary

#10 - Steve Baskis and Ken Braband - Paddling the Grand Canyon with Team Outtasight

#9 - Larry Gioia - Paddling is Universal

#8-Jonathan Ringdahl - Preserving Rock of Ages Lighthouse

#7 - Christopher Lockyer - Paddling Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy

#6-Henry Davies-Michpicoten Island and the Pukaskwa Coast

#5 - Andrea Knepper - Dre’s West Coast Adventure part 2

#4 - Andrea Knepper - Dre’s West Coast Adventure part 1

#3 - Traci Lynn Martin - Circumnavigating the Great Lakes in 1 year

#2-Jake Stachovak - the 5,740 mile Great Loop Portage to Portage Paddling Project

Paddling the Blue #1-Welcome to the podcast