This book is written for those of you who are considering starting canoeing, have started to kayak and for those who have paddled for some time but struggle and need some pointers to improve and champion this challenge. This book includes all you need to know to enjoy using your kayak at your summer cabin. It gives you as a beginner ground rules instructions on getting started with your canoeing. For those of you who have started to kayak, it gives you some technical lessons to improve your paddle stroke. Olympic champion and sports director in Norway's canoe and kayak federation Eirik Verås Larsen greatly appreciate the chapter covering paddle strokes, he says: This was great to read and just what I needed. The contents in this book covering 'the paddle stroke' are the best documented in Norway to this date.