It is with a fair amount of hesitancy I’m open to accepting donations to support this new venture. After purchasing … More

Paddling some pre-winter training miles

I hope everyone in the USA had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I managed to go on a 7-mile hike Thanksgiving … More

West Side Boat Shop is back in business | West Side Boat Shop Kayaks | Performance Racing Fitness Kayaks

An update of everything that has been happening over the past 4 months with West Side Boat Shop, Dave The … More

The pieces have all finally fallen into place to officially launch the rebirth of West Side Boat Shop Kayaks this … More

I’ll let the video do the talking, but I had a great day on a new river.

I dropped my boat on Friday and wandered around the starting line for Chattajack, a 31-mile race down the Tennessee … More

Joey Schott over at Turning Point Boatworks just got done prepping the mold for the West Side Boat Shop Delta … More

The super-secret, by invitation-only group of paddlers hit the Moormans River just outside of Charlottesville over the weekend. We put … More

I only learned of this race last week but in lieu of driving back up to the New York area … More

And for some additional information and history about this boat watch my second interview with Doug Bushnell, starting at 8:58 … More

Once I figured out the footrest was way too close for me I was able to sort out the stability … More

I’ve been a little slow on projects that are not directly related to West Side Boat Shop, but I took … More