The Dubcast With Dubside

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Calling all Copenhagen listeners! Dubside is heading your way this summer on this journey to the 2024 Greenland National Kayaking Championships! If you're in Copenhagen and can lend him a couch or spare room, reach out! Let's make his adventure even more memorable! Your hospitality is greatly appreciated! "Gibson Les Paul Custom,"  a short stor...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Negotiating one's way through bureaucracy, according to Dubside. The coolest song by the coolest band in Greenland: Timmissat Taartut  (Dark Birds) by Nanook.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Known for his expertise in navigating the challenging waters of Deception Pass and Skoocumchuck rapids, traditional paddler and kayak builder/designer Warren Williamson found his passion for sea kayaking in the Pacific Northwest and embarked on a remarkable journey of building kayaks, from the traditional skin-on-frame Greenland qajaqs and Aleut baidarkas , to  in...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Delmarva Paddler's Retreat Kokatat National Center for Cold Water Safety The music of Rikka

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside interviews the Kayak Hipster at the Michigan Training Camp, August 2023.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Warren Williamson Here's to Delaware historian Lee Jennings. Paddling in Mannington Meadow, New Jersey. "Nutsuisutut Pivoq " by Kalak

Send us Fan Mail Join Andrew and Dubside as they catch up from opposite corners of the continent, swapping stories of sea kayaking adventures from the Apostle Islands to Desolation Sound. Then settle in for the real feast: a deep dive into Dubside’s legendary morning routine. With humor, detail, and a touch of philosophy, Dubside shares the full recipe—and mindset—behind the breakfast he’s perfect...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside and Jack Gilman reminisce about the early years at the Delmarva Paddler's Retreat, October 2022. LINKS: The Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: How to find the right kayak. Scratching your brand new kayak for the first time. How to meet local paddlers. What kind of paddler are YOU? "Naluat" by Tiu. LINKS: “QU Qajaq 2023 Ilulissat”

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside sits down with the extraordinary and multi-talented Greenland style kayaker and artist Alison Sigethy . Alison shares her enthralling tales of competing in the Greenland National Kayaking Championships, carving a path through the Canadian wilderness on an epic 12-week sea kayaking expedition, performing Greenland rolls to music in "kayak dressage,&quo...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Debunking myths and stereotypes about Inuit people. Are there really “50 words for snow” in the arctic? The music of Uummat (“Heart”).

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside interviews Brian Blankenship , the creator of SK 102, the popular Chesapeake Paddler’s Association (CPA) annual instructional event held at Lake Anna, Virginia. Brian talks about how surf ski, rudder, and wing paddle designs were driven by the need for faster, more efficient kayaks and techniques for Olympic level athletes.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Designing a scoreboard for the Greenland National Kayaking Championships Arsarnerit (The Northern Lights) by Rockstones. LINKS: The MASIK (Spring/Summer 2023) The Dubcast Index (Updated) Rockstones - Qilammi ungasissumi  

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Interview with Sipke DeBoar at the Michigan Training Camp about harpoons.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: John Lockwood closes Pygmy Boats; Sara Wagner and the Escape Kayak Center in Gothenberg, Sweden; the first Nigel Dennis Romany made; riding in a hot air balloon, running into Freya Hoffmeister; Petrus Kajaks; the guy with no hands and legs; “Magnum Says” by Thornstone. LINKS: “So Long, Pygmy Kayaks” Freya is Going to Greenland Escape Outdoors, Gothenberg, Sweden  ...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: For the past 25 years, David Compton and Teresa Pendleton of the Chesapeake Paddlers Association have been hosting On-Water Sea Kayaking Instruction (SK102) – the premier introductory sea kayaking event in the area on the waters of Lake Anna, Virginia, which is warmed by the discharge of a nuclear power plant. LINKS: The Chesapeake Paddlers Association

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Victoria, B.C. paddler Mike Jackson is the one of the founders South Island Sea Kayak Association (also known as SISKA) and a retired educator who has traveled all over the world including Greenland and to Antarctica where he served as a professional naturalist on the National Geographic Explorer. LINKS: Tide Rip Grizzly Adventures The South Island Sea Kayaking As...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Review of the IPIK carbon fiber Greenland paddle from Gearlab Outdoors. A locomotive at the bottom of Lake Stevens. Interview with New York paddler Javier Castaño. “Qaallorimmi Illinersiorata” by Sume LINKS: The IPIK carbon fiber Greenland paddle by Gearlab Outdoors VIDEO: “Kayaking and rolling in New York Javier Castano “ “Qaallorimmi Illinersiorata” by Sume

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Music Medley review of past songs: "Utaqqivunga" - Mariina "Ikiorniarpunga" - Stinne Jakobsen "Green Song" - Qarsoq "Ullut Tamassa" - Tuparnaaq "Nipimik Tusaavunga" - Per and Birthe "Ikinngut"- Zikaza "Upernannguara"- Qulleq "Isumaqarama" - Rina "Ataneqarpugut" - Paninnguaq &...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: An insider’s view of the East Coast Canoe and Kayak Festival, and Dubside's folding kayak class that failed. “Nipimik Tusaavunga” by Per and Birthe LINKS: The Dubcast with Dubside  on YouTube Unsponsored:  “The Problem With Bomb Proof Rolls” by Moulton Avery Per & Birthe - Kisimiinngilatit

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Greenland style kayaker and internationally recognized authority on cold water safety Moulton Avery has been on a decades-long mission to educate paddlers on the dangers of cold water immersion. In this interview he talks about how kayakers die in cold water through the mechanisms of cold shock, swimming failure, and hypothermia. His warnings of the risks of paddl...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Recorded live at the Minnesota Traditional Paddler’s Gathering, Sept 9, 2022: Dubside helps Maligiaq lead a sea kayaking trip in Greenland.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Co-founder and chief engineer of Gearlab Outdoors, Chung-Shih Sun , has been at the forefront of high-end carbon fiber Greenland paddle design for many years. He talks about his insights on the evolution of his paddles, including Gearlab's latest design, the IPIK, as well as his experiences participating in the 2017 Greenland National Kayaking Championships a...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Can an artificially intelligent chatbot teach you how to roll a kayak? Team cheers from the Greenland National Kayaking Championships. LINKS: Try ChatGPT

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Author, kayak historian and traditional kayak builder Harvey Golden has extensively documented the existing museum specimens of arctic kayaks in two massive books: KAYAKS OF GREENLAND and KAYAKS OF ALASKA.  He has been heavily involved in Qajaq USA and was one of the first foreigners to compete in the Greenland National Kayaking Championships in 2000. His legendar...