Tutorials & Tips

You’re lined up at the start. The sun is already high, the water is glittering, and you know you’ll spend the next hour – or the next five – with no shade at all. Your kit suddenly becomes part of the race plan. A short-sleeve top feels like the obvious choice. Less fabric, more air, […]

Ce matin, j’ai enfiler ma combinaison néoprene à la lumière d’un lever de soleil landais. Il fait tout juste 7°C, la brume couvre le lac de Hossegor, la pluie et les vents s’invitent à la session. Rien à voir avec les eaux turquoise du lagon de Moorea. Et pourtant, l’appel de la rame reste le […]

In va’a, there’s no such thing as the perfect paddle stroke—only endless variations. Every club, team, paddler, coach, and water condition brings its own nuance. And yet, across oceans and lagoons, most paddlers are chasing that elusive ideal: a stroke so fluid it feels like the canoe is slicing through silk, a burst of power […]

Il n’existe pas un coup de rame parfait. Il existe autant de techniques que de clubs, d’équipes, de rameurs, de coachs et de conditions. Dans chaque pirogue, la plupart des rameurs poursuivent cette perfection insaisissable. Le coup parfait qui fait glisser la pirogue sans heurt. Celui qui propulse votre va’a avec puissance sans jamais sacrifier la fluidité. Une obsession […]

Hello TotalPaddlers! As both a competitive paddler and coach at K2N Online Paddle School, I’ve spent years immersed in the world of outrigger canoe (OC1, V1) and surfski paddling. One question that keeps coming back in my own training, and in discussions with athletes I coach, is this: Does a bigger paddle blade really make […]