Whether you like a slow, easy paddle on a calm, flat lake or a more vigorous and challenging romp through Class III rapids, your equipment makes all the difference when it comes to spending the day on ...

In a small workshop nestled in the basement of a Hamtramck rowhouse, Forrest Hudes wraps a long strip of leather around the handle of what they call “the world’s first hollow-core” wood pickleball ...

He began making wooden canoe paddles about 20 years ago. "Here's one 20 years old that's a club. I thought it was state-of-the-art then," says Tarr, grasping one of his early models from a lineup of ...