Ep. 086 - Canoeing Deep Dive with Steve Piragis
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2015
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Steve Piragis returns to the show today and shares detailed information about how best to enjoy wilderness canoeing. Whether you love canoeing, are curious about canoeing or just like to hear about wilderness adventure, this is the show for you! What kind of canoe is best for your needs? What kind of clothing gear is needed for early and late season paddling? What is Boundary Waters Wilderness really like? How best does one try out the sport? Steve answers these questions and more in this two part show all about paddling.
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| 0:00.0 | That's the ultimate. |
| 0:01.2 | You're self-propelled, your self-contained, you're paddling, you're using a motor transportation that's been around for thousands of years. |
| 0:08.0 | It was the way that this continent was explored, and you're still doing it that way. This is the adventure sports podcast. |
| 0:34.6 | Brought to you by 180 Tack. |
| 0:37.1 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:42.7 | Episode 86, Steve Pragas, canoeing deep dive. |
| 0:53.7 | Hello and welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. This is your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:58.3 | Today I have a returning guest to do a deep dive into canoeing. Now, a deep dive is what we do from time to time where instead of just introducing you to the sport, we try to dive deeper into the details of the gear and the |
| 1:12.0 | how-to, tips and tricks, things that will help you to enjoy the sport all the more. So whether |
| 1:18.0 | you're an avid canoe or we'd just like to know more about it, this will be the show for you. |
| 1:22.5 | Steve Pragus is our guest today. Steve moved to Ili, Minnesota, way back 40 years ago, and he moved there as a |
| 1:32.0 | limnologist working for the EPA and fell in love with the place, and Steve and his wife decided |
| 1:38.6 | to call it their home. |
| 1:39.8 | And since then, Steve opened Paragas Northwoods, and that is a canoeing outfitter in Ely, and Steve is your canoeing expert. |
| 1:49.7 | Steve, welcome to the program. |
| 1:51.4 | Good morning, yeah, thank you. |
| 1:52.9 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:54.4 | You bet. |
| 1:54.9 | It's fun to have you back on again. |
| 1:56.2 | I really enjoyed the first show you did, and for listeners believe it or not it was episode number two |
| 2:01.6 | so you have to go way back to find that one but if you go to adventure sportspodcast.com |
| 2:08.1 | then that episode is still alive and well you can also find it of course on stitcher and iTunes so |
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