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- Equipment - Local Stores - Marquette - Organizations - - Outfitters - Parks - Water Trails - Misc - Equipment - Gear that the SKS staff use, abuse and like a lot.
Sea Kayaking UK - www.SeaKayakingUK.com - Immersion Research - www.ImmersionResearch.com - What can you say Seals Sprayskirts - www.SealsSkirts.com - Sprayskirts that don't leak - seems like a simple concept but not for many companies. The Seals Pro Shocker has the features you want with the tougness to last. Local Stores - The area stores that we have found to be responsible, honorable and good community members. Responsible because safety is a big part of selling and lessons for beginners are often included in the price of a boat. Honorable because they deal honestly and work hard for your satisfaction. Good community members because they support local paddling through donations of time and/or equipment. Down Wind Sports - www.DownWindSports.com - Located in Marquette, these guys have been very active in promoting the sport, offering beginning instruction and helping out the paddling community. In addition to paddlesports, they offer a complete line of outdoor gear. Big Bay Outfitters - www.BigBayOutfitters.com - Located in Big Bay, Bill and Kristie offer canoes, kayaks, paddling gear and other outdoor with introductory instruction available. Quiet Sport Outfitters - www.QuietSportsUP.com - Jon Mykanen operates this Republic based outfit. His excitement for the sport is highly contagious. In addition to selling kayaks, he offers instructional classes and tours on local rivers.
Marquette Chamber of Commerce - www.marquette.org - Lodging, dining and things to do in Marquette. City of Marquette - www.mqtcty.org - Official website for the city of Marquette. Nordic Bay Lodge - www.nordicbay.com - A silent sport friendly business with a water accessible location. Organizations - Organizations that promote paddling, instruction, certification of instructors, etc. American Canoe Association (ACA) - www.acanet.org - Non-profit association covering all paddlesport in the US promoting instruction, education, competition, protection & preservation of waterways and more. Find class listings offered by ACA instructors. British Canoe Union (BCU) - www.bcuna.com - The British Canoe Union in the US. Find BCU instructors and classes offered. Outfitters/Instruction - These are companies we know personally and who operate with highly trained and/or certified instructors/guides. Adventures in Perspectives - www.livingadventure.com - Gail Green and Grant Herman form this company. They are high quality people who offer tours and instruction in the Apostle Islands and winter trips in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Bear Paw Outdoor Adventures - www.bearpawoutdoors.com - Instruction and outfitting for whitewater classes on the Wolf River, some of the best regional whitewater. Jamee and Shirlee run one of the friendliest, fun and most accommodating places around. Keweenaw Adventure Company - www.keweenawadventure.com - Sam Raymond operates this sea kayaking and mountain biking company in Copper Harbor, MI. Surf and Turf anyone? Naturally Superior Adventures - www.naturallysuperior.com - David Wells founded and operates this Wawa, Canada based company. Its home base at the mouth of the Michopicoten River is one of the most scenic spots on Lake Superior. They offer instruction as well as canoe and sea kayaking tours in the nearby Lake Superior Provincial Park and Pukaskwa National Park. Quiet Sport Outfitters - See Local Stores. Uncommon Adventures - www.uncommonadv.com - Run by Michael Gray, Uncommon Adventures lives up to its name while providing high quality instruction and guided trips.
Parks - some of the premier places to paddle on Lake Superior. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore - www.nps.gov/piro - Close by to Marquette, PRNL offers some amazing scenery. Sea caves and sea arches are scattered about but the main draw is the painted rocks. Water seeping through the ground then runs over the sandstone cliffs leaving behind colorful panels. Grand Island National Recreation Area - www.fs.fed.us/r9/hiawatha/ginra.html - Close by to Marquette as well, Grand Island is the largest island on Superior’s south shore. Incredible sand beaches, 200’ high cliffs, bays and sea caves greet the paddler. Isle Royale National Park - www.nps.gov/isro - The largest island on Lake Superior, this remote park offers a rugged shoreline and island trails where seeing a Moose is virtually guaranteed and a Wolf is a special treat. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore - www.nps.gov/apis - One of the top parks for paddling in the country. Best known for its sea caves, AINL is an archipelago of islands that includes sandstone cliffs and incredible sand beaches. Lake Superior Provincial Park - www.ontarioparks.com/english/lakes.html - Located in Ontario, LSPP offers the paddler a chance to paddle a rugged and in places isolated coast. Pukaskwa National Park - www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/index_e.asp - Considered to be the best place to paddle Lake Superior by many paddlers, PNP offers the most isolated and rugged stretch of coastline to be found on Superior. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park - www.ontarioparks.com/english/slee.html - Next to Thunder Bay, SGPP has historic and the highest land forms to be found on Superior. Water Trails - a place to go paddling that provides public access, information on paddling and sometimes camping along the Lake Superior shoreline. Hiawatha Water Trail - www.HiawathaWaterTrail.org - Running from Big Bay to Grand Marias Michigan, the 120 mile long water trail offers paddlers a chance to visit Pictured Rocks, Grand Island and several friendly small towns. Keweenaw Water Trail - www.keweenaw.org/watertrail.htm - The rugged Keweenaw peninsula, formed of ancient rock, sits surrounded by Lake Superior. This water trail offers paddlers a chance to paddle the peninsula’s entire coastline and visit towns such as Copper Harbor. Apostle Islands Water Trail - www.inlandsea.org/watertrail.php - Located within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Lake Superior Water Trail (MN) - www.lswta.org - The first official water trail on the lake, this water trail goes along much of the rugged and scenic Minnesota shoreline and protects paddlers access to a shoreline that is under strong development pressures. Great Lakes Heritage Coast - www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/glhc - The Canadian side of the lake (& more). On Lake Superior, this includes the entire Ontario shoreline. Miscellaneous - various links of interest. Black Dog Kayaks - www.BlackDogKayaks.com - Local Marquette resident Joel Fleischer is part of this outfit that offers skin on frame kayak kits. We are looking forward to seeing their products as everybody loves a black dog. Sam Crowley, certified massage therapist - www.SamCrowley.biz - what Sam does when he is not paddling, sports and therapeutic massage.
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Lendal Paddles - 
We love the Romany Explorer. Handles well enough to play in surf, carries gear for up to 3+ weeks, tracks well without a skeg and has a predictable secondary stability. Best of all it is solidly built and durable. Nancy loves her so much that she rarely gets out of hers, even on dryland!
when a paddling company is innovating its products past what everyone else is doing. Their X Jacket drytop is truly the best drytop out there. Sam is testing his drytop out in some Lake Superior surf.
Marquette Country Convention and Visitors Bureau -