Paddling Education

Want to be inspired by a plethora of amazing sea kayaking destinations? Here’s a round-up of some of our best content to get you excited about kayaking around the world.

We always love to see paddlers discover our gear for the first time, especially when it’s not through us. Recently, Adventure Otaku, the YouTube channel of outdoor educator and author Brett Friedman, took our Tango Carbon for a spin after many in his audience encouraged him to try it.

Injuries don't have to end your paddling season. Learn how to stay connected to the kayaking community, support new paddlers, and find purpose off the water while preparing to return to the river.

Deane Parker, New Zealand adventurer and filmmaker, just released his new film Kakariki: The Turquoise Canyon. Here, he shares the backstory of his group’s packrafting journey down this steep, technical river on New Zealand’s West Coast.

Aqua Bound Ambassador Devin Brown launched her touring kayak into the headwaters of the Mississippi River one rainy morning in 2024. While her trip didn’t end as she hoped, she didn’t imagine it would inspire a short film one day.

Aqua Bound paddles are built to go the distance. But let’s face reality: they can experience wear and tear over time. And sometimes accidents happen—like losing half a paddle off your trailer or at the boat launch.

7-minute read + 18-minute video Lakes are wonderful places to paddle. Because they don’t have current, they’re also great waterways for beginners to learn paddling skills.  (Photo: Avery Rosenthal-Murray) As Aqua Bound Ambassador, Ken Whiting, points out in the video...

Max Clemencon is a newer member of Aqua Bound’s Ambassador team who has been organizing packrafting meet-ups in Europe. The next meet-up he plans is in France in Spring 2026.

5-minute read We’re excited to introduce our readers to a very important packrafting safety campaign brought to you by the American Packrafting Association (APA), the Packrafting Association of New Zealand (PRANZ) and the Federated Mountain Club (FMC). (Photo: Tyson Crockett)...

Four female adventurers took on a 5-week expedition in Baffin Island in the early summer of 2025. Their trip consisted of a 250-kilometer circuit, completely human-powered across sea ice, up mountains, over tundra and down a river.

“There’s so much untapped potential for packrafting in the Midwest,” says Minneapolis photographer and paddler Jamie Cooper. “It’s way more attainable than people think.”

We have some exciting new products to announce for 2026: More of our high-end Whisky, Tango and Malta paddles will be available with our exclusive Lam-Lok^TM. And we have a new color in our fiberglass line: Solar Flare.

We love this advice from Abigail, an experienced paddler who loves getting women into kayaking any chance she gets.

Whether it’s to take on more challenging water or simply to have more confidence whenever you kayak, these ten tips by Aqua Bound Ambassador Ken Whiting will help you dramatically improve your kayaking.

Sea kayaking is a wonderful paddlesport that can take you to some amazing places in so many regions of the world. Here, we address some of the top questions people ask about sea kayaking.

Whether for a 500-mile wilderness adventure or a 6-mile paddle on your local river, packrafts make it easier than ever to combine water and land travel.

So you’ve decided to dive into the world of SUP. You’ve got your new SUP board and Aqua-bound SUP Paddle and are ready to hit the water…or are you?

Turkey offers sea kayakers a unique blend of the clear, turquoise waters of the Mediterranean, beautiful and dramatic coastline, and history that stretches back millennia.

Michael O’Dwyer is on a mission to explore his corner of Sweden by canoe and kayak—and to inspire others to do the same. He’s compiling his experiences into a guidebook to showcase the rich paddling opportunities the region has to offer.

So you’ve seen these epic videos of whitewater kayakers taking on waterfalls and want to be able to create those same kinds of videos. Seth Ezekiel West tells you how in his video…

A tandem kayak—a kayak built for two—can be a great way to get out on the water both for a recreational paddle and for a longer touring excursion.