Don Beale will be leading a paddle-building workshop at SSTIKS 2002. Learn the secrets of making his beautiful ultralight Greenland-style paddles, and make a paddle of your own in the workshop. There will be some tools there, but bring your own block plane and/or spokeshave if you can.

For you skin-on-frame nuts (self included) there will be plenty of cool skin kayaks. Other kayaks (stippers, S&G, glass, and tupperware) are welcome too. Joe said he will probably have the King there.

There will also be all sorts of Greenland-technique demos and workshops for those interested in actual on the water experience, but this is just a side note, because everyone here is just interested in building, right? If you haven't seen one of these guys do their rolling demos, then you need to come just for that! If you've seen it before, then come to learn how to do it yourself. We plan to have lots of hands-on training.

You don't have to be a Greenland paddler to come, but you will learn what all the fuss is about.

The pic below is of master paddle builder Don, sizing up a paddle at R2K1.

Hope to see you all there, and bring your Greenland sticks if you have them.

Mike Hanks
SSTIKS 2002 Event Coordinator