While kayaks are great for exploring your local waterways, they're also pretty awkward to transport – especially if you don't have a car-top carrier. The Tucktec is designed with that in mind, as it ...

Rob Thompson wants to teach big business a thing or two about the circular economy. Thompson runs a startup that collects discarded plastic from the ocean, along with used fishing nets from commercial ...

What do you do when you’re stranded on a desert island and you’ve gone through the last of your bottled water? You save yourself and the planet by recycling those bottles into a DIY kayak and ...

“I knew it was going to change the entire world of paddling.” —Plastic kayak pioneer Tom Johnson. That career advice-turned-movie-catchphrase debuted with The Graduate in 1967, the same year a 49-year ...

Well, why not just get another Chilco? That is a truly lovely boat fast, maneuverable, and with plenty of room for gear if touring is your thing. Not a cheap boat but par for what these things cost: ...

I’m planning on kayaking the Inside Passage next summer and am having a hard time deciding what kind of boat to get. Are there any environmental reasons to choose a kayak material? Mostly I’m torn ...

Sam Shoemaker’s record-setting voyage shows the promise – and limits – of fungi as a plastic alternative On a clear, still morning in early August, Sam Shoemaker launched his kayak into the waters off ...