The Dubcast With Dubside

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Seven years without television. Paddling at night. The music of Kimmernaq.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: What we liked in the latest issue of the QAJAQ USA newsletter, The Masik. A foreign documentary crew tramples over local customs. LINKS: Welcome to The Masik

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Reminiscing about the Traditional Arctic Kayak symposium. The dilemma competitive athletes face at the top of their game. Maligiaq Padilla, Inuk Sigstad, Karen Nelson The music of the Olsen Kids. LINKS: The Traditional Arctic Kayak Symposium Trinidad Head The Last Baidarka of Prince William Sound Modern Greenland Kayaking

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside reports on the 2022 Delmarva Paddler’s Retreat. Archival recording of Brian Schulz’s presentation at the Traditional Arctic Kayak Symposium. LINKS: The Delmarva Paddler’s Retreat Kayak Log Race with Cape Falcon Kayak

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: How a Greenlandic village achieves equity after a hunt. The music of Siiva Fleischer. LINKS: Deep Trouble Moulton Avery’s Cold Water Safety.org Zikaza - Miki Goes To Nuussuaq Zikaza - Ikinngut lyrics

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Pitfalls in navigation and the use of a compass. What 1960 Olympic pole vaulting gold medalist Don Bragg has to do with sea kayaking. The music of Tulleriit. LINKS: Tulleriit

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside reports on Michigan Qajaq Training Camp 2022. A medley of Greenlandic songs. LINKS: Qajaq Training Camp 2022 Iisaavaraq Petrussen - Tarnima Teqeqqui Ornillugit (My Inner Voyage) Juaaka - Naasumik paju "Lis Mari" by Juaaka Katsi Kleist in Zedna - Diverse kunstnere Nina - Eqqissineq Nanook, “Ingerlaliinnaleqaagut”, from the Qaqqat Alanngui Soundtra...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Former President of Qajaq USA Christopher Crowhurst shares his thoughts on the differences between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, and discusses the challenges Qajaq USA faces in balancing the accessibility of Greenland style kayaking with its mission to preserve the Greenlandic kayaking tradition. He also talks about how he and his father Nick C...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: The "opposite arm roll" for capsize recovery using only one arm. A toolkit for avoiding embarrassing cultural misunderstandings while traveling in Greenland. LINKS: “One Paddler’s Achilles”, an incident report originally printed in Sea Kayaker Magazine  April 3, 2005.

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: The imminent demise of SSTIKS? The Greenland National Kayaking Championships on YouTube! How to avoid getting injured while sea kayaking and rolling. LINKS: Joe Greenley’s Redfish Custom Kayak & Canoe Company The Greenland National Kayaking Championships 2022: “GM Qajaq 2022 Ilulissat” Paninnguaq Jensen,  Maaniippunga  

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Greenland paddle maker Don Beale discusses how to choose a Greenland paddle, the advantages wooden paddles have over carbon fiber paddles, and how to go about carving your own paddle.  A founding member of the South Sound Traditional Inuit Kayak Symposium (SSTIKS), Don talks about what makes SSTIKS unique among the Greenland Style kayaking events in the United Sta...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Thoughts on kayak programs for children; Dubside reveals the secret to becoming an expert kayak roller; the music of Tupaarnaq. LINKS: Tupaarnaq

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: The challenges of judging the Greenland National Kayaking Championships. Greenland vocalist and kayaking gold medalist Katsi Kleist. LINKS: GOFUND ME: Send Tiniteqilaaq kids to the Kayak Championship Zedna - Diverse kunstnere

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Reflections after one year of the Dubcast . Oru Folding Kayaks now come in black! The challenges of being head judge at the Greenland Games. The music of Chilly Friday. LINKS: Oru Folding Kayaks Coast XT: Black Edition Chilly Friday at Atlantic Music

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Who can build the best skin-on-frame kayak in 2 hours? The music of Qeqquaq. LINKS: Kajakkspesialisten Norway: Anders Thygesen, professional kayakbuilder and paddler Qeqquaq - Tamarma Qinngunnga

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Sea Kayak designer/builder, and founder of Cape Falcon Kayak Brian Schulz talks about the psychology of kayak rolling, how a low volume sea kayak can be the worst thing for learning how to roll, how a paddling progressing you have worked towards for years can be erased in seconds by a traumatic experience, his project to bring school kids from the tiny Greenland v...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Sea Kayak designer/builder and founder of Cape Falcon Kayak, Brian Schulz , talks about the making of the viral video, “Building the West Greenland kayak, Step by Step”, how he got started building skin-on-frame kayaks and into Greenland Style kayaking after meeting the world’s preeminent kayak historian, Harvey Golden, taking apart the myth that Greenland kayaks...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Teaching Greenlander Karen Marie Jensen how to roll.  "Lis Mari" by Juaaka LINKS: The MASIK, The QAJAQ USA electronic newsletter (Spring/Summer 2022) "Lis Mari" by Juaaka

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: George Gronseth , founder and lead instructor of the Kayak Academy was the first American to participate in the Kayak Training Camp in Greenland. Through the knowledge gained during this experience he helped introduce Greenland kayaking techniques to the United States. In this interview he talks about what the sport of sea kayaking was like in its early years in t...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Why can’t I buy a Greenland qajaq from Greenland?  Adventures on AIR GREENLAND. The music of Nanook, “Ingerlaliinnaleqaagut.” LINKS: Qattaarneq.com Nanook, “Ingerlaliinnaleqaagut”, from the Qaqqat Alanngui Soundtrack 

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: What is a “Greenland-style” kayak; a brief introduction to the Aleut kayaking tradition; Corey Freedman, founder of the Skin Boat School; the music of Issumat. LINKS: Kayak hunting in Illorsuit, Greenland 1959 (Ken Taylor’s blog) Ken Taylor’s Kayak: The Origins of Modern Greenland-Style Kayaks, by Duncan Winning (originally published in Sea Kayaker Magazine) Anas...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: The Golden Age of Sea Kayaking, introducing Jens Peter Kielsen, the head of Qajaq Qaqortoq; the story of the narwhal tusk polar bear head necklace; the music of Saqqaarsik. LINKS: West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium Greenland Rolling Demo 2005 West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium Greenland Rolling Demo 2007 Sterling Donalson introduces Dubside's Ice Kap “Sea Kayaking on...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Navigating Philadelphia's public transportation system with a kayak, and the music of Kishima. LINKS: Adbusters EXPED Expedition Equipment Kishima: Timmiaaqqatut

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: National Geographic Photographer Kiliii Yuyan on discovering his Nanai/Hezhe (Siberian native) ancestry, learning traditional sewing techniques for skin-on-frame kayaks from Alaskan Inuit elders, becoming part of the whaling community in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, and the challenges of navigating among indigenous communities as a photographer. LINKS: Kiliii Yuyan Photogra...

Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Rolling and racing in the tidal currents of Deception Pass, and the music of Inuk, "Angusassaq." LINKS: Welcome to the  MASIK "This is Warren" (The Legendary Warren Williamson) “Paddlers to brave cold in Deception Pass Dash” Deception Pass Dash (video by Andrew Elizaga and Katya Palladina)  Inuk: “Angusassaq” Inuk at atlanticmusic.gl HELP SUPPO...