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Building a Bob’s Special with Rob
A binder full of dreams People sometimes ask me wether it doesn’t get boring to build one canoe after another and I have to admit, it doesn’t sound very exciting. [...]
The North Woods paddle
The North Woods paddle The great thing about canoeing and refining your paddling technique is that it never ends. There is always something new to learn, improve or refine. It [...]
Choosing a canoe paddle
Choosing a canoe paddle On an average canoe trip you make at least 1000 strokes an hour. That adds up to around 8000 strokes per day and makes the paddle [...]
Canoeing in the Weerribben-Wieden
Canoeing in the Weerribben-Wieden For multi-day canoe trekkings in Europe you have to go to Sweden. At least that is the widely held opinion. Well, for those who don't want [...]
Building a wooden canoe with Herman
"In my wooden canoe I am one with nature" As an experienced paddler, Herman Pardon built an exclusive Abenaki river canoe at Freeranger Canoe. "For years I have searched for [...]
Interview with Canoe Builder Bart Deseyn
How a passion became a life style We've had the honor to be featured on the artisans blog Labois. Enjoy the read! Wood is a surprising material, from which we [...]
Canoeing with children
Canoeing with children If you enjoy the outdoors you probably had your first experiences with adventurous activities as a child. The love for outdoor sports is a great gift to [...]
Learning to canoe
Learning to canoe pays off There is no such thing as a tippy canoe .... only tippy paddlers. Nobody ever says that a bike is unstable while a canoe is [...]
Buying a canoe
Buying a canoe, what is the best choice? Earlier we wrote a post about the design of the canoe and what to look for when choosing a canoe. However, there [...]
Building a plywood canoe
Building a plywood canoe is child's play And so it came about that two little girls, Hanne & Leen, showed up at our shop one fine day and told us [...]
Environmentally friendly wooden oars
Traditional wooden oars for Austria In recent weeks we have been busy making two traditional wooden oars for an Austrian customer. They are made from wind-dried European ash wood. This, [...]
Canoeing on the Meuse
Canoeing on the Meuse Canoeing on the Meuse? Does not sound fascinating, and yet. In the northern French département de la Meuse, the river is not yet the channeled river [...]
Workshop Greenland kayak paddle
Making a Greenland kayak paddle with Hans and Michaël Hans and Michaël are two experienced sea kayakkers with a special interest in Greenland style paddling and rolling. To practice their [...]
10-day Wooden Canoe Building Course
Wooden Canoe Building Course Our new Wooden Canoe Building Course is compacted in an intensive 10-day working period. If you want to learn to build a canoe in a condensed [...]
Canoeing on the Semois
Two days of canoeing on the Semois The Semois region, in the southwest of Belgium near the French border, is a strangely underestimated region. During the low season you are [...]
Making a beavertail canoe paddle
Dennis made a beautiful beavertail canoe paddle during a workshop. We started at 10 o'clock with a board of ash and 5 hours of cutting, milling, shaving and sanding later [...]
Building a wooden canoe
An expedition canoe for Peter We've started building a wooden canoe for Peter. Peter has been canoeing and kayaking for forty years now. He started with his parents when he [...]
Making a Greenland Paddle
Workshop - Making a Greenland Paddle Making a Greenland paddle by yourself? It's possible during a workshop at Freeranger Canoe. Sea kayaker Tom joined us last week to carve his [...]