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Video by Andrew Szeto / Photos by Trevor Connell After months of planning and preparation, the Makers Rendezvous finally took place on September 1...

If you pride yourself on being handy, Jimmy DiResta is the ultimate role model. From woodworking to welding to smithing he can make pretty much a...

Guest post by Svein Løvaas As I mentioned in my last post, I live in Norway and organized a course in cooperation with The Coast Culture Center h...

Hill Bank Field Station, Starting Point of the New River Quest Race We’ve written before about Bear Mountain’s connection to Belize. It’s a beauti...

This is Andrew's second outing on the Bear Mountain blog - for info on the original build, click here. Story of the fall We were in fast-moving wa...

A customer recently sent us this shot of a split that occurred in one of his stem laminations during steambending. Since the split had not pas...

We've seen a lot of canoes, but never one quite like this. Andrew Szeto has been a friend of Bear Mountain for awhile now, ever since he came to ...

As far as we're concerned, anytime a canoe is used as a classroom project is a cause for celebration. Our Kayakcraft Companion Video was filmed ...

My name is Svein Løvaas. I am currently situated in Bergen, Norway and I like to build boats! I have built nine or ten canoes, kayaks and small b...

Stirrings If there was a single moment that triggered and opened up the appeal of canoeing (and construction of same) for me, it was watching ...

The Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge may be familiar to canoeists who like a challenge - it's a four-day race down the Belize River, from San Ig...

  We often get asked how long a canoe build will take from start to finish. It’s a fair question – knowing how long you’ll have to dedicate your ...