Maddy Marquardt, Author at Paddling Magazine

IPhone Feature Sends False Alarm For Canoeist On Fire In Minnesota

Maddy Marquardt — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:51:16 +0000

On August 27, 2025 a search and rescue effort began on Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) after a 911 text went out stating that a person was on fire. First responders did not find any fires, any people on fire or anyone needing rescue. It was later proven a false […]

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The Bomb-Proof Roll Controversy (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:30:20 +0000

It’s a familiar pattern: paddler shares a rescue video on the internet. Others leap to the comment section to share their thoughts. Controversy ensues. When Dimirtri Vandepoele posted a video of a rough water sea kayak rescue while paddling Pointe du Ra, an exposed headland in Brittany, he did so with the phrase “rescue training […]

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12 Kayakers Rescued In The San Juan Islands

Maddy Marquardt — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:00:26 +0000

On Thursday, August 14, 2025 the US Coast Guard (USCG) issued an urgent marine broadcast after being notified via VHF channel 16 that 12 kayakers were in distress between Patos Island and Sucia Island in the northern portion of Washington’s San Juan Islands. The group included six minors and the rescue involved three agencies. Kayakers […]

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Kayakers Rescue Couple In Flipped Car On The Payette (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:21 +0000

On the most deadly road in Idaho, a group of whitewater kayakers were in the right place at the right time on Sunday, August 3, 2025 when a couple crashed, their car overturning and landing upside down in the Payette River. Sonya Valenzuela and her partner Will had been travelling the scenic Highway 55 between […]

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Kayakers’ Camp Washed Out By Tsunami In Alaska

Maddy Marquardt — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:19 +0000

On day 78 of kayaking the Inside Passage, a trio of sea kayak guides and instructors woke at 5:45 in the morning to a rush of water that missed their tent by inches. “I think when a lot of people think of a tsunami they think of a rogue wave,” explained Billy White, sea kayak […]

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Watch A Dramatic Kayak Rescue Caught On Body Cam Footage (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:59 +0000

Body cam footage from a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officer shows a dramatic rescue of a kayaker clinging to his overturned and waterlogged kayak near Marathon in the Florida Keys. The kayaker, Micheal Krevat, was spotted struggling in the water near the Spanish Harbor Bridge. Officer Shawn Turner quickly reached the scene […]

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New Champion Crowned And World Record Set In Men’s Kayak Squirt Final (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:41:52 +0000

The 2025 International Canoe Federation Canoe Freestyle World Championships concluded in Plattling, Germany in June 2025, and Sam Wilson of the United Kingdom took home the gold in the Men’s Kayak Squirt Championship. The win followed a close race with Alex Edwards, also from the United Kingdom, and Wilson needed a perfect ride to secure […]

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Paddleboarders Encounter Great White Shark Off Cape Cod (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:00:26 +0000

While paddleboarding near Cape Cod, a confirmed great white shark emerged just feet away from paddleboarding pair Margaret Bowles and Madeleine Cronin. Bowles had asked Cronin to take a photo of her when an eight-inch grey fin appeared in the frame, turning a peaceful day on the water into a thriller. Cronin shared that the […]

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Indigenous Youth Kayakers Complete Historic First Descent Of Klamath River (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:00:03 +0000

On July 11, 2025, a team of Indigenous teenagers from the tribes of the Klamath Basin completed a historic first descent of the undammed Klamath River. The 310-mile route winds through southern Oregon and northern California. The descent celebrated the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, now free-flowing for the first time […]

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Canoeist Rescued After Treading Water For 12 Hours (Video)

Maddy Marquardt — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00:38 +0000

A Florida woman was rescued in Charlotte County after her canoe capsized around nine in the evening and she was left to tread water overnight. The canoeist was found the next morning by a good Samaritan charter captain, Russel Tryder, in the Peace River in the middle of Charlotte Harbor around ten in the morning. […]

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