Paddling The Blue Podcast
By John Chase
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by John Chase
Category: Wilderness
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 28
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 172
Description
John Chase interviews inspiring paddlers from the US and across the globe doing great things from the seat of a kayak. If you want to learn about sea kayaking destinations, trips, and personalities from the world of paddle sports, we have you covered!
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
#172 - Three Peaks, One Paddle: Emma Reasbeck’s Coastal Challenge with a Purpose by Kayak and Foot
|
Aug 24, 2026 |
|
#171 - 36 years of record breaking kayaking around Ireland with Mick O'Meara encore
|
Aug 10, 2026 |
|
#170 - Rapids to round Ireland with Wild Atlantic Warrior Jon Hynes encore
|
Jul 27, 2026 |
|
#169 - Developing paddling skills and confidence and listening to yourself with Elaine Shooter Alexander
|
Jul 13, 2026 |
|
#168 - Kayaking 315 Miles Down Florida’s St. Johns River with Daniel Robison
|
Jun 29, 2026 |
|
#167 - Katie Carr - Moderate becoming good later kayaking the shipping forecast with Toby Encore
|
Jun 15, 2026 |
|
#166 - Kayaks to Classrooms: Building an Expeditionary Studies Career with the Paddling Professor Steve Maynard
|
Jun 01, 2026 |
|
#165 - Crossing Nicaragua: 16 Days of Human-Powered Adventure with Caleb McIntyre
|
May 18, 2026 |
|
#164 - Six Ways Around Ireland: Multi‑Craft Ireland Circumnavigations with Rob Henshall
|
May 04, 2026 |
|
#163 - 25 Years of Keeping Paddlers Warm and Happy with Chris Reed
|
Apr 13, 2026 |
|
#162 - Four Years, One Canoe, One Happy Dog: The North American Odyssey of Jennifer Gosselin & Pierre Pepin
|
Apr 06, 2026 |
|
#161 - Live from Canoecopia 2026
|
Mar 23, 2026 |
|
#160 - Quiet Adventures 2026 Live: Adaptive Kayaks, Orienteering Worlds, River Stewardship, and more from Lansing, MI
|
Mar 09, 2026 |
|
#159 - Noatun’s Route: One Man’s Kayak Circumnavigation of Europe with Urban Heupgen
|
Feb 23, 2026 |
|
#158 - Kayaking Madagascar: Chasing the Mangoky Source to Sea with Oscar Scafidi
|
Feb 09, 2026 |
|
#157 - How a class project packrafting in Nepal led to a kayak career with Alex Lalonde
|
Jan 26, 2026 |
|
#156 - Paddlesports Coaching and Kayaking the Bahamas with Nigel featuring Eila Wilkinson
|
Jan 12, 2026 |
|
#155 - Paddling Florida's Great Calusa Blueway: Mangroves, Mounds & Manatees with Mike Hammond
|
Dec 29, 2025 |
|
#154 - Multi-modal solo kayaking and cycling on the US west coast and the Inside Passage with Katrin Tomanek
|
Dec 15, 2025 |
|
#153 - Kayaking Dominica's Waitukubuli Sea Trail with Wes Moses
|
Dec 01, 2025 |
|
#152 - Kayaks, Kiviak & Ketosis: A 3,200 km Greenland Experiment with Paddling Chef Mike Keen
|
Nov 17, 2025 |
|
#151 - Breaking Waves & Records: Billy Butler's Kayak Endurance Push
|
Nov 03, 2025 |
|
#150 - Kayaking the Inside Passage single use plastic free and Yukon source to sea with Lucy Graham
|
Oct 20, 2025 |
|
#149 - Sea Kayaking Oman 3165 with Mark Evans
|
Oct 06, 2025 |
|
#148 - 1,500 Miles Solo: Linking the Northern Forest Canoe Trail and Maine Island Trail with John Connelly
|
Sep 22, 2025 |
|
#147 - 1,000 Mile Vision Quest celebrating cultural connections on Canada’s West Coast with Ed Hill
|
Sep 08, 2025 |
|
#146 - Solo sea kayak slow roll through Johnstone Strait and Desolation Sound with Stuart Munson
|
Aug 25, 2025 |
|
#145 - London to Marrakech and New York Spare Seat with Richard Harpham
|
Aug 11, 2025 |
|
#144 - Creating Artwork on the Isle of Man with Stephen Marsh
|
Jul 28, 2025 |
|
#143 - Amazon Source to Sea Adventure with Darcy Gaechter - Encore Episode
|
Jul 14, 2025 |
|
#142 - Justine Curgenven's Aleutian Kayaking Adventure - Encore Episode
|
Jun 30, 2025 |
|
#141 - Best friends go midlife kayak adventuring with Andy Mullins and Geoff Cater
|
Jun 16, 2025 |
|
#140 - 32-Day Kayak Expedition Navigating Patagonia with Mathew Schweizer
|
Jun 02, 2025 |
|
#139 - From Marathons to the Mississippi: Paul Mellor's Epic Adventures
|
May 19, 2025 |
|
#138 - Finding flow through exploration in the Outer Hebrides and more with Tom Thorpe
|
May 05, 2025 |
|
#137 - Exploring the Waters of Cornwall by Sea Kayak with James Roberts
|
Apr 21, 2025 |
|
#136 - Patrik Skovajsa - Adventures with the Danube Kayaker
|
Apr 07, 2025 |
|
#135 - Canoecopia 2025 Madison, WI - The annual paddlers family reunion
|
Mar 24, 2025 |
|
#134 - Exploring the 2025 Quiet Adventures Symposium - Lansing, MI USA
|
Mar 10, 2025 |
|
#133 - Environmental Conservation and the Rich Paddling Heritage of Ireland's Causeway Coast with Robin Ruddock
|
Feb 24, 2025 |
|
#132 - Living a Courageous Life as a Kayaking Nomad with Wendy Killoran
|
Feb 10, 2025 |
|
Innovating and Adding Value to Everyday Kayak Gear, and fun names too - with Steve Whetman
|
Jan 27, 2025 |
|
#130 - Building Extreme Expedition Kayaks with Rob Feloy
|
Jan 13, 2025 |
|
#129 - Solo Kayak to Hawaii, and now the Atlantic, with Cyril Derreumaux (Replay)
|
Dec 30, 2024 |
|
Best friends, bold crossings, and bombs around Britain with Barry Shaw
|
Dec 16, 2024 |
|
#127 - The Yukon River Quest Uncovered
|
Dec 02, 2024 |
|
#126 - 189 days around the UK and Ireland by Kayak with Felipe Behrens
|
Nov 18, 2024 |
|
#125 - Exploring Ireland's East Coast, RNLI, and the challenge of going solo with Caoimhe Connor
|
Nov 04, 2024 |
|
#124 - Martin Rickard - Greenland Calling: Respecting and Paddling Through History and Ice
|
Oct 21, 2024 |
|
#123 - Finding your Coastal Spirit paddling Mediterranean & UK Waters with Roger Chandler
|
Oct 07, 2024 |
|
A Journey Down the Ganges (Ganga) River with Rency Thomas: 2,750 Kilometers of Adventure on India's most sacred river
|
Sep 23, 2024 |
|
#121 - Coaching Insights and Tierra del Fuego with the Kayak Waveologist Greg Paquin
|
Sep 09, 2024 |
|
#120 - Riding the Waves: Finding flow surf kayaking the Great Lakes with Keith Wikle
|
Aug 26, 2024 |
|
#119 - Jim Tibensky - Racing kayak slalom, chasing birds, and a lifelong love for volunteering
|
Aug 12, 2024 |
|
#118 - Donal Dowd - Experiencing Irish Islands, Lighthouses, and Wallabies
|
Jul 29, 2024 |
|
Jon Dawkins - Searching for Kayak Bill and exploring the Outer Coast of British Columbia
|
Jul 15, 2024 |
|
Cristi Manea AKA Lownlee Kayak - Building and learning from an online kayak community
|
Jul 01, 2024 |
|
#115 - Eileen Murphy - Leading the way through slalom, marathon racing, and sea kayaking
|
Jun 17, 2024 |
|
#114 - Conny Bell - A Truly Superior Circumnavigation
|
Jun 03, 2024 |
|
#113 - Jim Kennedy - Bioluminescence, seaweed and Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
|
May 20, 2024 |
|
#112 - Amber Champion - Leaping squid, kindness, and a passion for kayaking
|
May 06, 2024 |
|
#111 - Alison French-Fun with flapjacks, a carnival, and Sea Kayak Plockton
|
Apr 22, 2024 |
|
#110 - Canoecopia 2024 - Madison, WI
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
|
#109 - Quiet Adventures Symposium - Lansing, MI
|
Mar 25, 2024 |
|
#108 - Ken Whiting - Whitewater Kayak World Champion to Media Star
|
Mar 11, 2024 |
|
#107 - Mark Spitzer - 7 months on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
|
Feb 26, 2024 |
|
#106 - Tom Daly - The first Ireland solo that almost got him kicked out of canoeing
|
Feb 12, 2024 |
|
#105 - Nicky and Kevin Mansell - Kayaking Jersey and the Channel Islands
|
Jan 29, 2024 |
|
David Walsh - Oileain - Kayaking all the Irish islands
|
Jan 15, 2024 |
|
#103 - Natalie Maderova and Michal Madera - UK, Ireland, and that time Freya broke a boat in Alaska
|
Jan 01, 2024 |
|
#102 - Des Keaney - Rounding the Cape and beating retinal degeneration
|
Dec 18, 2023 |
|
#101 - Nick Ray - Life Afloat in Scotland 365
|
Dec 04, 2023 |
|
#100 - West Hansen - Arctic Cowboys Kayak the Northwest Passage
|
Nov 20, 2023 |
|
#99 - Katie Carr - Moderate Becoming Good Later Kayaking the Shipping Forecast with Toby
|
Nov 06, 2023 |
|
#98 - Esther Wheeler - Around the next bend with an accidental racer
|
Oct 23, 2023 |
|
#97 - Mike Conroy - Mikey Kayaks Cornwall and Ireland
|
Oct 09, 2023 |
|
#96 -Jack Hampton - Paddling the Margins
|
Sep 25, 2023 |
|
#95 - Rupert Kirkwood - Kayaking eye to eye with whales in England
|
Sep 11, 2023 |
|
#94 - David Johnston - Paddle Canada Georgian Bay and Lake Superior
|
Aug 28, 2023 |
|
#93 - Brian Wilson - Blazing Paddles and Dances with Waves
|
Aug 14, 2023 |
|
#92 - Denis Dwyer - Louisiana to Alaska’s Prince William Sound and the Inside Passage
|
Jul 31, 2023 |
|
#91 - Renata Chlumska-Circumnavigating the USA by kayak and bike
|
Jul 17, 2023 |
|
#90 -John Huth - The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
|
Jul 03, 2023 |
|
#89 - Catriona Woods - Learning and Growing Through Coaching
|
Jun 19, 2023 |
|
#88 - Jon Hynes - Wild Atlantic Warrior
|
Jun 05, 2023 |
|
#87 - Nigel Dennis - Breaking the rules to make a Classic
|
May 22, 2023 |
|
#86 - Alistair Wilson - A Life of Adventure Behind a Lendal Paddle
|
May 08, 2023 |
|
#85 - Richard Barnes - 67 days solo across the Tasman Sea on Weet-Bix and Coke
|
Apr 24, 2023 |
|
#84 - Canoecopia 2023 - Madison, WI
|
Apr 10, 2023 |
|
#83 - Quiet Adventures Symposium 2023 - Lansing, MI
|
Mar 27, 2023 |
|
#82 - Dale Greybeard Sanders Dan Faust and Matthew Briggs - Setting a World Record on the Mississippi River
|
Mar 13, 2023 |
|
#81 - Dan Carr - Erupting Seals along the Maine Island Trail
|
Feb 27, 2023 |
|
#80 - Sean Pierce - For the Love of Islands
|
Feb 13, 2023 |
|
#79 - Remembering Jake Stachovak
|
Jan 30, 2023 |
|
#78 - Joe Solomon - Kayaking 4 a Cause on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
|
Jan 16, 2023 |
|
#77 - Stand Up For Great Lakes
|
Jan 02, 2023 |
|
#76 - Jonathan Hearn and Kati Sylvester - Seeking Wonderment in Maine
|
Dec 19, 2022 |
|
#75 - Douglas Wilcox - Stories, Sails, and Scary Knees in Scotland
|
Dec 05, 2022 |
|
#74 - Steve Ramsay - Yukon River Quest
|
Nov 21, 2022 |
|
#73 - Madison Eklund-1,600 miles solo by kayak to Hudson Bay
|
Nov 07, 2022 |
|
#72 - Olly Hicks - Greenland to Scotland by Kayak
|
Oct 24, 2022 |
|
#71 - Cyril Derreumaux - Solo Kayak to Hawaii
|
Oct 10, 2022 |
|
#70 - Joe Leach - Finding Motivation Circumnavigating the UK
|
Sep 26, 2022 |
|
#69 - Kevin O’Sullivan - Around Ireland the Long Way
|
Sep 12, 2022 |
|
#68-Patrick Winterton-Tracing St. Brenden’s Route
|
Aug 29, 2022 |
|
#67-Doug Cooper-Scottish Sea Kayaking
|
Aug 15, 2022 |
|
#66-Ginni Callahan-Sea Kayaking Baja Mexico
|
Aug 01, 2022 |
|
#65 - Louise Adie - 14 years guiding in Antarctica
|
Jul 18, 2022 |
|
#64-Kelly Marie Henry-Finding Flow in Life
|
Jul 04, 2022 |
|
#63-Russell Henry-7 Months Kayaking Across the Caribbean
|
Jun 20, 2022 |
|
#62-Murty Campbell-Adventures in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides
|
Jun 06, 2022 |
|
#61 - Laura Zulliger - Fearless Formosa Kayaking Taiwan
|
May 23, 2022 |
|
#60 - Greg Stamer - Greenland Paddling and Newfoundland with Kayak Vagabond
|
May 09, 2022 |
|
#59 - Calvin Croll - Winter around Vancouver Island
|
Apr 25, 2022 |
|
#58 - Nigel Foster - Kayaking On Polar Tides
|
Apr 11, 2022 |
|
#57 - Gudni Pall Viktorsson - Experiencing Iceland
|
Mar 28, 2022 |
|
#56-Canoecopia 2022
|
Mar 14, 2022 |
|
#55 - Graham Mackereth - A Lifetime of Firsts with Pyranha and P&H
|
Feb 28, 2022 |
|
#54 - Brian Henry -Creating a kayak legacy with the Big Kahuna
|
Feb 14, 2022 |
|
#53 - Stuart Trueman - All The Way Around Australia
|
Jan 31, 2022 |
|
#52 - Joachim Larssen - Shibby Traveler does Norway both ways
|
Jan 17, 2022 |
|
#51-Kyleen Austin-Finding yourself in Alaska
|
Jan 03, 2022 |
|
#50 - John Chase and Randy Bauer - Alaska‘s Prince William Sound
|
Dec 20, 2021 |
|
#49 - Erik Jorgensen - Father and Daughter in the Wilderness for 45 Days
|
Dec 06, 2021 |
|
#48 - Moulton Avery - Cold Water Safety
|
Nov 22, 2021 |
|
#47 - Mike Stout - Five Times Across Lake Michigan Solo
|
Nov 08, 2021 |
|
#46 - Scott Baxter and Matt Kahabka - Citizen Science on Utah‘s Great Salt Lake
|
Oct 25, 2021 |
|
#45 - Susan Conrad - Kayaking the Sea of Dreams on the Inside Passage
|
Oct 11, 2021 |
|
#44-Shaan Gresser-32 hours solo across the Bass Strait
|
Sep 27, 2021 |
|
#43-Dale WIlliams-Tackling big tides in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
|
Sep 13, 2021 |
|
#42 - Jon Turk - Exploring with the Shaman, Hunter, and Tundra
|
Aug 30, 2021 |
|
#41 - Simon Osborne - Meeting the Paddling Monk in South Korea
|
Aug 16, 2021 |
|
#40 - Bonnie Perry - Passion beyond the paddle
|
Aug 02, 2021 |
|
#39 - Jaime Sharp-Ice, Bears, and Beauty in Svalbard
|
Jul 19, 2021 |
|
#38 - Veiga Gretarsdottir - Against the Current Around Iceland
|
Jul 05, 2021 |
|
#37 - Mark Sundin - Paddling Sydney and the remote North Reef Light
|
Jun 21, 2021 |
|
#36 - James Manke - Grand Canyon in a Sea Kayak with a Greenland Paddle
|
Jun 07, 2021 |
|
#35 - Mick O’Meara - Power and Passion Around Ireland in 23 Days
|
May 24, 2021 |
|
#34 - Fi and James Corfe - Into the Sea in New Zealand and Patagonia
|
May 10, 2021 |
|
#33 - John Willacy - The Strategy of Speed
|
Apr 26, 2021 |
|
#32 - David Horkan - Crossing the Irish Sea at Night
|
Apr 12, 2021 |
|
#31 - Cuba to Key West with Andy Cochrane, Luke Walker, and Wyatt Roscoe
|
Mar 29, 2021 |
|
#30 - Chev Dixon - Getting Kids on the Water with Hudson River Riders
|
Mar 15, 2021 |
|
#29 - Kayak Cobber - Smiles for Moldova
|
Mar 01, 2021 |
|
#28 - Olly Sanders - Kayaking and Climbing in East Greenland
|
Feb 15, 2021 |
|
#27 - Nick Schade - Designing and building wood boats
|
Feb 01, 2021 |
|
#26 - Erin Bastian - Exploring the Greek Islands and Corsica
|
Jan 18, 2021 |
|
#25 - Stig Larsson - For the love of the sport
|
Jan 04, 2021 |
|
#24-Jeff Allen-Karma Waters-Circumnavigating Japan
|
Dec 21, 2020 |
|
#23 - Four the Water - Life after college on Lake Superior
|
Dec 07, 2020 |
|
#22-Will Copestake - Machair to Munro - A Year Around Scotland
|
Nov 23, 2020 |
|
#21 - Darcy Gaechter - Amazon Source to Sea
|
Nov 09, 2020 |
|
#20 - Beau Miles - Africa by Kayak
|
Oct 26, 2020 |
|
#19 - Joey Schott - Building a business around custom kayaks
|
Oct 12, 2020 |
|
#18 - Justine Curgenven - Paddling the Aleutian Island Chain
|
Sep 28, 2020 |
|
#17 - Dimitri Vandepoele - Crossing the North Sea Solo
|
Sep 14, 2020 |
|
#16 - Jurg ”Yuri” Endres - Mongolia’s Lake Khuvsgul
|
Aug 31, 2020 |
|
#15 - Graham Charles - Adventure Philosophy and the Antarctic Peninsula
|
Aug 17, 2020 |
|
#14 - Mike Ranta - Crossing Canada Solo, with a friend
|
Aug 03, 2020 |
|
#13 - Zack Kruzins - A rogue 500 km trip through Patagonia on the Rio Santa Cruz from source to sea
|
Jul 20, 2020 |
|
#12 - Chris Hipgrave - Filling your three buckets with Performance Paddling
|
Jul 06, 2020 |
|
#11-Richard Varga-Endurance Mission Paddling Upstream from Norway to Hungary
|
Jun 22, 2020 |
|
#10 - Steve Baskis and Ken Braband - Paddling the Grand Canyon with Team Outtasight
|
Jun 08, 2020 |
|
#9 - Larry Gioia - Paddling is Universal
|
May 25, 2020 |
|
#8-Jonathan Ringdahl - Preserving Rock of Ages Lighthouse
|
May 11, 2020 |
|
#7 - Christopher Lockyer - Paddling Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy
|
Apr 27, 2020 |
|
#6-Henry Davies-Michpicoten Island and the Pukaskwa Coast
|
Apr 13, 2020 |
|
#5 - Andrea Knepper - Dre’s West Coast Adventure part 2
|
Mar 30, 2020 |
|
#4 - Andrea Knepper - Dre’s West Coast Adventure part 1
|
Mar 16, 2020 |
|
#3 - Traci Lynn Martin - Circumnavigating the Great Lakes in 1 year
|
Mar 09, 2020 |
|
#2-Jake Stachovak - the 5,740 mile Great Loop Portage to Portage Paddling Project
|
Feb 24, 2020 |
|
Paddling the Blue #1-Welcome to the podcast
|
Feb 22, 2020 |