The dream is as old as sports. Golfers seek clubs which might whack balls 10 more yards down a freeway. Hikers hope for boots that can leave them happily wiggling toes after an 18-mile day. Sailors ...

Canoe surfing, particularly in an outrigger, is an ancient Polynesian tradition. The plastic, cookie-cutter kayaks you find at Costco and lining the beach at Sandals Resorts, those are not in ...

NEWPORT -- I imagined trying to surf my kayak in the ocean would be similar to learning to paddle it in whitewater: humbling, but with salt instead of fresh water shooting up my nose. Mercifully, I ...

Bobbing up and down in waves that sparkle in the morning sun, the Boys of Late Summer — as they don’t mind being called — look like mechanical toys, as if an unseen hand wound them up on the beach and ...

More than the mild surf kicked up foam at the 2004 Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival last weekend. The art of designing surf boats has reached a boil. Paddlers hunting a competitive edge launched new ...

Sometimes a simple situation can remind one of basic values. At 5:55 a.m. one recent day, this column began writing itself. My love of beach life near the ocean was once again made quite clear. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- CBS3's Pat Gallen sat down with Villanova Wildcats head coach Jay Wright for a rapid fire question and answer ahead of Tuesday night's season opener against Morgan State. Gallen ...

Des Moines River project unveils new whitewater features ...

I filmed this quick clip while surfing the standing wave in Limerick, right in the heart of the city. The river was pumping, so I jumped in my blue kayak and played on the rapid with the colourful ...

We’ve scouted the state and discovered beaches where you can look both ways and hardly see another soul, beaches brimming ...