Brilliant Ray - you’re growing a fantastic bow paddler there! What a fantastic example she is to young ladies in the paddling world. Lina and yourself must be very proud. Well done!!

Yes ray I remember watching you on a Ray mears program canoeing in the rockies Canada ever since I see that I wanted to get a canoe. Finally I’ve got one this year. and I’ve just found your vids on KZfaq to start learning some moves great to see ya mate

Lovely film Ray. Very impressed with Maya's paddling! The clarity of the message is excellent and your twin screening with synchronised in-boat and on-bank demos is a brilliant enhancement! Good to see Maya escaped in the end 😉👍

Nice vid Ray. Lovely to see Maya looking so proficient, she’s really coming on.

so glad i know how to do the draw properly now! lol This early November I had fallen in with my buddy, making an attempt at the draw stroke. not so fun here in Canada! lol

thanks Ray, Im about to take my family canoeing again tomorrow, and this is just what they need to know. A bit above the basics they currently do, but not so advanced that they dont understand it. Let Maya know my daughter was very encouraged to see her demonstrating.

Fantastic video - I've watched it several times & love to put it to use

Thank you Ray for another master class! With all your introduction of these single blade stroke techniques in your book and KZfaq channel, I also find them perfectly suitable to manoeuvre my sea kayak using a Greenland storm paddle. I started to use one side of the paddle to canoe my sea kayak this way and reinforce all the canoe muscle memories. Recently been to a narrow river creek with families on their inflatable. I can use these canoe turning strokes nicely to navigate the bushes and tree trunks:)

Picking up a canoe on Saturday (former kayaker) and will be trying out these strokes as soon as I can.

great vid, was impressive to the cut to you and your kid in the white water!

Very perfect explanation! Thanks a lot!

Great skills from Maya!

Another informative video, they are great for improving and adding to paddling stokes - thank you

well done Maya, perfect.

Great series of videos Ray. 👍👍

Always great info! Single blade for life. Thanks again sir!

Super video Ray. Clear and informative as ever. Really well explained - on the land, hand positions, body positions and movements etc then a water demo. Also the what not to dos are equally as important. Not rushed through the skills either. Plenty of time to digest the info. Also great you have excellent paddlers in The crew to demo for you too! Thanks for the vids! Off out to the Brec Mon to play! 🤠🛶

Nice job Ray, I hope you are paying those two models plenty they do a cracking job 😀👍👍

Great video, straight away see where I’ve been going wrong solo and have shown it to my bow paddler (9yo son)

Another great vid Ray, really useful. Thanks and atb

Congratulations to winners of competition for b-roles :-) Missing the dog. He definitelly know the draw stroke too :-)

Fantastic - just what I need. So when Maya is back up coaching please can I come to her for some advice on bow paddling? Her cross deck looked particularly effortless - but that might be the flexibility of youth!