
Packraft
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Search complete. 18 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Packraft".
Oct 7, 2026
Goatcast 5: Jan Bakker
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32:46Sierd van der BijHOST
You do, uh, kayaking.
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32:49Sierd van der BijHOST
You also started, uh, packraft, uh, Africa.
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32:53Sierd van der BijHOST
Packrafting, of course, quite a, quite a new thing that's getting a lot of people attracted.
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32:59Sierd van der BijHOST
How does that work in Uganda, packrafting?
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33:03Jan BakkerGUEST
Um, it's a good question because, uh, a lot of water bodies have animals that will probably, uh, bite you in half, so-
196: Packrafting the Landsborough River from the West Coast with Tom Waters
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1:33Abigail HannahHOST
But his favorite of all of them is Pipewater, which we're going to talk about today.
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1:36Abigail HannahHOST
He's been part of the packrafting scene since 2020 and served three years on the committee of the Packrafting Association of New Zealand.
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1:43Abigail HannahHOST
And today he's going to share a wild and wonderful West Coast adventure down the Landsborough River.
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1:48Abigail HannahHOST
So I'm really excited to hear about your journey and learn from your expertise.
8 MINS LATER
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10:19Abigail HannahHOST
I think that's a really cool story because just because you pause doing something in your life doesn't mean that you can't pick it up again later, which is really cool to hear.
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10:28Abigail HannahHOST
So yeah, talk to me about your healthy obsession.
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10:31Abigail HannahHOST
And today we're going to talk about packrafting.
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10:34Abigail HannahHOST
maybe define what a packraft is and how it kind of differs from a kayak for people who might not know.
Episode 554: Paddling the Brazilian coast; Adaptive paddling in the Adirondacks; The Alpacka Raft Mage for whitewater
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41:31Sean RowleyHOST
Trade-offs on the Mage all stem from its increased ability, and the most noticeable is that extra-secondary stability, or the tippy feeling.
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41:43Sean RowleyHOST
This makes the Packraft much less of a flatwater-friendly boat, and it wouldn't be close to my first choice in Alpine Lake Watercraft.
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41:51Sean RowleyHOST
Because that's one of the things, you can pack that into the Alpine Lakes and go for a nice paddle.
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41:57Sean RowleyHOST
But you don't want to take this one, apparently.
episode 94: Wil Rickards, Adams State University’s adventure program coordinator
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7:58Marty JonesHOST
And we're taking
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7:58Will RickardsGUEST
Packraft.
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7:59Will RickardsGUEST
And I don't know if you have spent any time around Packrafts.
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8:02Will RickardsGUEST
No.
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8:02Will RickardsGUEST
I know about them.