VAPPA - Virginia Professional Paddlesports Association

Want to know more about buying the right boat, improving paddling skills, river gauges across the state, fishing, Leave No Trace, paddling clubs and much more? Our Other Helpful Links provide the recreating public access to a variety of useful contacts.

How To Paddle http://www.propaddle.com/paddling.htm
What To Paddle http://www.propaddle.com/pub-what2padl.htm
Beginners Guide http://www.acanet.org/pdf/beginnersguide-spread.pdf
Paddling Basics http://www.acanet.org/gs-paddle-basics.htm
Buying A Canoe or Kayak http://www.acanet.org/pdf/buyingacanoe-kayak.pdf
More Safety Tips http://www.acanet.org/construction.htm
Additional What To Bring http://www.propaddle.com/whattobring.htm

Organizations
American Canoe Association http://www.acanet.org/
Leave No Trace http://www.lnt.org/main.html
American Whitewater Association http://www.americanwhitewater.org/
Professional Paddlesports Association http://www.propaddle.com/
Old Town Canoe http://www.otccanoe.com/
North American Water Trails http://www.bayaccess.org/nawt.html

Paddling Clubs
Canoe Cruisers Association http://ccadc.org/cca/
Blue Ridge Voyagers http://www.blueridgevoyageurs.org/
Coastal Cruisers Association http://www.coastals.org/


Travel
Virginia Is For Lovers http://www.virginia.org/home.asp?Try=Yes
Virginia State Parks http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/
Virginia Birding & Wildlife Trail http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/vbwt/

Fishing
Float Fishermen of VA http://www.floatfishermen.org/ffvnoframes.html
River Smallies http://www.riversmallies.com/
VA. Dept. Game & Inland Fisheries http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/index.asp
State Park Fishing Opportunities http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/fishing.htm

Other
Statewide Gauges http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/pub/data/text/SRUS41/KLWX.txt
Virginia Weather http://www.weather.com
Sunrise & Sunset http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
Tides in Virginia http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/virginiasites.html