Aug. 6—From the cockpit of a whitewater kayak on the Flathead River just outside Columbia Falls, while leading a beginner kayak lesson, Dave Meyers shares his ethos. "The world would be a better place ...

Chris Ladner has been paddling kayaks for 36 years, and he says that learning this old boating activity is intuitive. “Fifteen seconds,” Ladner quipped when asked how long it takes a beginner to ...

HELENA — Keely Larson always figured she was holding her own when she went kayaking with her more experienced friends. But it took only the first few minutes of a recent beginners’ kayaking lesson at ...

Dave Meyers, left, with Montana Kayak Academy, gives a lesson to Daily Inter Lake reporter Adrian Knowler at the Teakettle Fishing Access in Columbia Falls on Wednesday, July 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily ...