Aug. 6—From the cockpit of a whitewater kayak on the Flathead River just outside Columbia Falls, while leading a beginner kayak lesson, Dave Meyers shares his ethos. "The world would be a better place ...

This two-hour program is designed to give beginner and intermediate kayakers a jump start in kayak skills emphasizing safety, basic skill and stroke development and basic recovery technique.

Contributing editor Megan Michelson is an award-winning journalist who covers travel and the outdoors for a wide range of publications, including Outside, The New York Times, and the San Francisco ...

Chris Ladner has been paddling kayaks for 36 years, and he says that learning this old boating activity is intuitive. “Fifteen seconds,” Ladner quipped when asked how long it takes a beginner to ...

HELENA — Keely Larson always figured she was holding her own when she went kayaking with her more experienced friends. But it took only the first few minutes of a recent beginners’ kayaking lesson at ...

Apr. 6—Patoka Lake is hosting a kayak lesson for beginners on at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Patoka Lake Nature Center. The talk will cover the basics of operating a kayak, what gear is ...

Dave Meyers, left, with Montana Kayak Academy, gives a lesson to Daily Inter Lake reporter Adrian Knowler at the Teakettle Fishing Access in Columbia Falls on Wednesday, July 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily ...