Contributing editor Megan Michelson is an award-winning journalist who covers travel and the outdoors for a wide range of publications, including Outside, The New York Times, and the San Francisco ...

HELENA — Keely Larson always figured she was holding her own when she went kayaking with her more experienced friends. But it took only the first few minutes of a recent beginners’ kayaking lesson at ...

Kayaking has been described as anywhere from serene to extreme. Whether calming or adventurous in nature, your experience becomes even bigger when paddling in ocean water. Cathy Piffath, a certified ...

Chris Ladner has been paddling kayaks for 36 years, and he says that learning this old boating activity is intuitive. “Fifteen seconds,” Ladner quipped when asked how long it takes a beginner to ...