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What's more fun than paddling and traveling with a Klepper? Sharing your experiences with friends of course! These links will lead you to adventures, information and sometimes just plain fun on-line with other folding enthusiasts... folding friends worldwide.

Urban Living with a Folding Kayak

Canadians are flocking to the city and condominium and apartment living is soaring. Don't give up on your active lifestyle! The Urban Living Links page is designed for you.
http://www.klepper.ca/urbanlivingklepper.html

Outfitters Using Klepper Folding Kayaks

Craving adventure? These Canadian outfitters use Klepper Folding Kayaks on some of their trips to the South and/or to the North!

Arctic Kingdom Polar Expeditions Inc. operating out of Toronto, Ontario
http://www.arctickingdom.com/

Whitney & Smith Legendary Expeditions operating out of Calgary, Alberta
http://www.legendaryex.com/expeditions/list/baffin-landofnarwhal.html

Historical or Adventure Links

• Modern Folding Kayak Adventurer - Read an excerpt
• An Arctic Quest - A solo journey into the arctic with a Klepper Foldable Kayak
• Above the Arctic Circle (in PDF format) - Australians take a trip with their Klepper folding boats on the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers, pages 34 to 40 in the Upstream Paddle 2008 magazine. Check out the 'bear-proof' hunting cache photo... not an urban hideaway!

Klepper Faltbootwerft AG, since 1907

The Klepper Manufacturer's Website offers extensive Q&As about Klepper Folding Kayaks. If you visit the Rosenheim area, the Klepper Museum holds an amazing collection of very early models and a "Hall of Fame" room where many firsts and expeditions are on display.
http://www.klepper.com

Klepper Folding Kayak's new Carbon Frame in video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6n1umeooM

Folding Kayak Info and Experts Folding Kayaks.org website includes a history of the folding kayak, links to dealers, makers and news. A User Forum with all the folding kayak manufacturers listed allows users to discuss purchases, sailing, repairs and how-to folding kayak techniques. http://www.foldingkayaks.org Complete Folding Kayaker, 2003, the folding kayak bible by Ralph Diaz. You can order on-line at www.chapters.ca. He used to publish a Newsletter, but ceased publication in 2004. http://www.chapters.ca Paddlewise Forum and resource site for paddlers includes an excellent collection of folding kayak exchanges with participation from Ralph Diaz. http://www.paddlewise.net/topics/foldingkayak/ A short article at Kevin Kelly Cool Tools sums up the folding kayak world and offers a few links to explore. This website is in German, but the Folding Kayak with a Bicycle page is worth a visit! Great illustrations and pictures, even how the folding bike can be stowed in the bow or stern area of the folding kayak! The menu system is at the top, you can view all those older folding models, even without understanding the language, you can get a lot out of this site.

Personal KLEPPER Owners' Webpages, Videos & Articles

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Share your passion for Klepper paddling and sailing on the new Klepper Folding Kayaks in Canada page on Facebook. Share your Klepper paddling, sailing and fishing photos, videos and insights by clicking the 'Like' button at the top right. Paddling a Klepper folding kayak in Canada - short summer packed with adventure... or year round anywhere in the world.

Have a look at a video entitled 'Klepper Metamorphosis' about a home-made outrigger system for a 28-year old Klepper. See it on land and catching the wind on the water! BC resident Robert Louis Chouinard paddles mostly around the Sooke Basin and Harbour and in the Juan the Fuca Strait, along the BC coast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFrDqox4fb4

Home-made video of a trip around Arsida islet in klepper folding kayaks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p96Jl3QtiSo

Video from a Florida Klepper owner who carries his boat on his BMW and assembles his Aerius I 450 Classic on a Florida shore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhZQ1e3xS4I

Video of Sailing Kleppers on the Neuenburgersee, Switzerland, in August 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymda60k2pkU

Tim Padfield's junk rig set-up on his Klepper single is informative and funny. Enjoying life in a Klepper!
http://www.padfield.org/tim/kyk/sail/junksail_01.htm

Paul Theroux' short article "Kleppermaniak" is sure to make you smile! His Klepper adventures are well documented in his books, check out your favourite on-line bookstore or foldingkayaks.org.
http://outside.away.com/outside/news/200110/200110olist_8.adp

Michael Edelman, the man behind the foldingkayaks.org website, has a way with words and this brief article on how he came to know folding kayaks "Vagabonds and Vinyl: Folding & Inflatable Boats...and Bikes!" is well worth a visit.
http://outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=541

John Santic's Paddling Page with his adventures in an Aerius I 450.
http://johnsantic.com/paddling/index.html

Black Fish Wilderness owners, who hail from beautiful BC, made a trip to the "Glades" in Florida with their Klepper Classic II. Pictures and stories to match, a refreshing page to visit.

More Kayak Links and Great Canadian Reading

Wavelength Magazine - Canadian paddling magazine based in BC, on-line magazine and resources or magazine subscriptions for great cottage reading or winter paddling getaway ideas! Also visit the events listing.
http://www.wavelengthmagazine.com

Port Dover Power and Sail Squadron
http://www.PortDoverCPS.org

BC Marine Trails Network - establising a human powered water trail system along the coast of British Columbia
http://bcmarinetrails.org

Boating and Fishing Directory - One of the web's largest boating and fishing link directories. Whether your sport is canoing, kayaking, bass fishing or fly fishing, you'll find plenty of sites here. Looking for a lodge, guide or charter? Look no further.

Canada's Kayak Touring Magazine - Canadian paddling magazine, on-line and subscriptions available.
http://www.adventurekayakmag.com

Paddle Canada
http://www.paddlingcanada.com

Great Lakes Sea Kayak Association
http://glska.freehostia.com/

The Mother of All Maritime Links
www.boat-links.com

Paddling Ontario
http://www.paddlingontario.com

Paddling Pages
http://mayfly.mannlib.cornell.edu/paddle/index.htm

University of Sea Kayaking
http://www.useakayak.org

Wikipedia on Folding Kayaks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klepper_kayaks

 

Safety

Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons - Training in Recreational Boating, including aids to navigation and sailing
http://www.cps-ecp.ca