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How strong is your spring?

Developing a strong core is very important to being a good paddler. I am a big proponent of core training. Many people narrowly define the core to mean the abs, but your core if basically your entire midsection with exception of your extremities. Developing a strong and solid core makes a huge difference with your …

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Paddling the Blue podcast

Paddling The Blue Podcast
Paddling The Blue Podcast

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!

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#166 – Kayaks to Classrooms: Building an Expeditionary Studies Career with the Paddling Professor Steve Maynard
byJohn Chase

Steve Maynard joins today’s episode of the Paddling the Blue podcast to talk about about his journey from sea kayaking instructor to professor of Expeditionary Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh. We discuss how the program works, capstone expeditions, mentoring, and the credentials and experience that shaped his teaching and coaching.

The episode also explores some of the paddling dogma in our sport along with some of Steve’s favorite paddling venues from Wales to down‑east Maine.

Resources:

  • Personal website
  • Questioning dogma
  • Instagram
  • Steve Maynard CV-SUNY Plattsburgh
  • SUNY Adventure Sports & Expeditionary Studies
#166 – Kayaks to Classrooms: Building an Expeditionary Studies Career with the Paddling Professor Steve Maynard
#166 – Kayaks to Classrooms: Building an Expeditionary Studies Career with the Paddling Professor Steve Maynard
June 1, 2026
John Chase
#165 – Crossing Nicaragua: 16 Days of Human-Powered Adventure with Caleb McIntyre
May 18, 2026
John Chase
#164 – Six Ways Around Ireland: Multi‑Craft Ireland Circumnavigations with Rob Henshall
May 4, 2026
John Chase
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Useful links

  • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
  • Bay of Fundy Sea Kayak Symposium
  • Boundary Waters Canoe Area
  • Camp Rutabaga
  • Isle Royale National Park
  • Northeast Wisconsin Paddlers
  • Paddling the Blue podcast
  • Prairie State Canoeists
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
  • West Michigan Sea Kayak Symposium

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