“When we started out, we didn’t know a thing about woodworking”, Todd Randall says as he switches on a table saw and dons some ear protection. “We learned as we went and got a lot of advice from our ...

DULUTH, Minn. - It might have taken eight years, but eventually Josh Rude made good on his engagement present to his wife Natalie Salminen Rude: a canoe paddle. They had met as canoe guides working in ...

For marathon canoe racing, Johnson uses a carbon-fiber paddle, which can weigh a mere 6fi ounces. But besides his marathon canoe racing exploits, Johnson regularly competes in major island-to-island ...

Millions of people around the world enjoy canoeing as an outdoor recreational sport. A business that manufactures wooden canoe and kayak paddles can be established right from a homebased garage ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION — She’s a 15-foot-9-inch-long, lost-art beauty, all graceful curves and elegant flowing lines. She only needs a few bits of fancy trim — and a ...

Caitlin Barter did not have an exhaustive strategic business plan when she launched her paddle-painting business in 2016. She simply wanted to decorate her room with her grandfather's old canoe ...

Dale Kicker's idea of building a better, more durable canoe paddle started with high hopes in a lowly two-car garage in North St. Paul in 1982. His angle: Add a piece of nearly indestructible urethane ...

On a weekday morning, the whine of a belt sander drifts from an open window above a liquor store in downtown Duluth. Danny Brown is making a canoe paddle. Or, depending on your point of view, he's ...

From left to right: Will Truttenbach, Troy Pavis, Avaline Booth, Adison Evans, Appi Kumaluk, Chuck Commanda. Together, the five Indigenous students and Commanda built a birch bark canoe in a wood shop ...