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Event Highlight!
Introduction to Kayaking Class
(Type: Informational, Instructional, Skill Building)
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12 participants and 4 instructors
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Event Highlight!
Memorial Day Rendezvous
2009
(Type: Social)
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For the 4th annual Memorial Day Rendezvous there were a total of 16 members... (continued)
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Congratulations to the six brave souls who battled wind, waves, rain, cold weather and wood ticks to complete the Instructor Development Workshop (IDW) portion of their ACA Instructor Course.
Next step will be the Instructor Certification Evaluation (ICE) in September.
Congrats to:
Michelle Forseth
Jeff Forseth
Peter Larson
Peggy O'Neal
Mike O'Neill
Tony Schmitz
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Program Highlight
May Program
(Type: Informational)
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Home Built boats and Kayaks
Two of ISK's members, Tony Schmitz and Ron Steinwall, build traditional (Greenland-style) skin-on- frame kayaks and paddles.(Details)
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Event Highlight!
AS IF Drill
(Type: Informational, Instructional, Skill Building, Trip)
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The AS IF Drill was a resounding success: a hearty, early season, 14 mile paddle that left everyone (Continued) (Photos)
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Event Highlight!
St Croix Spring Flora
(Type: Trip)
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Submit your photos and trip highlight
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Program Highlight
April Program
(Type: Informational)
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What's the best boat for me?
There is no best boat, but there are design characteristics and considerations..... (Details)
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Ice Out Contest
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Congratulations Ron Steinwall, with your guess of (Continued)
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Event Highlight!
Cold Water Immersion & Hypothermia
(Type: Informational, Instructional, Skill Building, Trip)
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(Photos)
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TRIP HIGHLIGHT!
March Mississippi River
& Chili Feed
(Type: Trip, Social)
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Fifteen ISK members gathered at Ellison Park in Monticello on Saturday morning for the Mississippi River Paddle. Clint was our trip leader and host for the after paddle gathering, and Deb was the trip coordinator. (Continued) (Photos)
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Program Highlight!
March Program
(Type: Informational, Instructional)
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Tom Watson, "The Seven Steps"
are a series of measures to take when in a survival/ emergency situation.
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Event Highlight!
Hand Tool Sharpening Clinic
(Type: Informational, Instructional)
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Dan Morrison showed how to properly sharpen hand tools used for building a paddle or boat, using Japanese water stones.
Details
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Program Highlight!
February Program
(Type: Informational, Instructional)
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ISK culinary guides Deb Strike, Michelle Forseth and Dana Dickson inspired us to use more creative approaches to breakfast, lunch and dinner! Details
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Event Highlight!
Event Planning Party
(Type: Informational, Instructional, Skill Building, Social, Trip)
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Jan 10, 2009
Members gather to plan the upcoming year
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Trip Highlight! New Years Day 2009!
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Six ISK Paddlers and two non-paddler, made the annual New Year’s Day paddle for 2009, despite a challenge never seen for this event... (Continued)
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Program Highlight!
December Program
(Type: Informational, Instructional)
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Inland Sea Kayakers' very own premier pyromaniacs – Dana, Tony and Dennis discussed the various camp stoves suitable for kayak touring..Continued Photos
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Program Highlight!
November 2009
Paddling Lake Superior's Apostle Islands and Isle Royale
(Type: Informational)
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ISK paddler and trip leader Ron Steinwall presented eye witness accounts of paddling among the Apostle Islands and a circumnavigation of Isle Royale.
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Trip Highlight!
Annual Locks Trip 11/01/2008
(Type: Trip)
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19 kayakers met at Boom Island Park, over half new to the Locks, several new to kayaking. Dana, the trip leader, proved his worthiness by ....(Continued) Photos
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Program Highlight!
October 2009
"Electronic Story Telling in the Twenty First Century,"
(Type: Informational, Instructional)
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ISK member Jeff Christensen will showed us some of the tools used for sorting pics and videos, creating photo albums, and sharing with others through the internet.
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Event Highlight!
Fall Rendezvous
October 10-12, 2008
(Type: Social)
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We had a great turnout for the Lake Pepin Rendezvous at Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City. Several people arrived Friday evening. (Continued) Photos
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Trip Highlight!
Night Navigation 09/272008
(Type: Informational, Instructional, Skill Building, Trip)
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8 participants, 3 hours classrfoom and on water practice
(Details)
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Program Highlight!
September 2009
"Kayaks of Antiquity"
(Type: Informational)
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ISK member Tom Watson, provided an overview of the development of the kayak by the north Pacific paddlers, including a Greenland history to tie in the transition from the Pacific NW to the North Atlantic.
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Event Highlight!
Annual Picnic, August 2008
(Type: Social)
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