From the Shop: Know your Options
Over the past few years, the Option whitewater canoe has undergone a good bit of evolution. This week’s “From the Shop” looks at the different versions and explains the changes, and how to identify them.
Over the past few years, the Option whitewater canoe has undergone a good bit of evolution. This week’s “From the Shop” looks at the different versions and explains the changes, and how to identify them.
This is the first in a semi-regular series of posts titled “From the Shop,” focusing on the production side of things here at Blackfly Canoes. Today’s topic: Color. I get asked about colors of canoes just about every day. I know it’s important to people, and I wish Blackfly could offer every color of the rainbow. But […]
Saturday 18, 2014 – Twenty-one rapids, eight whitewater canoes, three miles, and one very big monkey. Team Blackfly hits the Green Narrows in North Carolina. Green Narrows Canoeing from ALEKS on Vimeo.
After two years of hearing all the talk about it, I finally got to go to my first Gauley Fest. What better time to hit the Upper Gauley for the first time, right? And what better whitewater canoe to do it with than the Octane 85? A crew of 12 whitewater canoeists hit the Upper on Saturday […]