Colden Canoe
 |
The Colden Canoe Team
Charlie Wilson - Consultant
American Canoe Association and is a certified Instructor Trainer Educator.
He has contributed thousands of pages of writing on canoe techniques, canoe camping,
gear reviews and paddle trips in a variety of publications including Canoesport Journal,
American Canoeist, Canoe Magazine, Currents, Paddler, Paddling, Paddlesport, River
and Wooden Canoe magazines and several event and club newspapers. He wrote a
chapter for Cliff Jacobson's Basic Essentials of Solo Touring, co-authored FreeStyle
Canoeing, and Introduction to Canoeing and re-edited Appalachian Whitewater for
Menasha Ridge Press. Editor and principal author of the ACA FreeStyle Instruction
Manual, Charlie is working on three books on Modern Paddling Technique.
Charlie served as marketing director and sales manager for Bell Canoe Works, before
retiring to Lake Placid where he was bitten by the building bug again and co-founded
Placid Boatworks. There he developed Infusion Technology which yields 20% lighter
hulls, no voids and is much, much greener for the environment. He is currently
expanding this technology through working with other canoe companies and an auto
parts manufacturer. He retired from Placid Boatworks in early 2009. Shortly thereafter,
during one of their conversations, Paul Meyer asked Charlie about the future of the Fire
boats. It was then that Charlie realized that he had found an individual with the love of
the sport, a craftsman’s commitment to quality and a keen business mind, a perfect
match for the reintroduction of the single blade members of the Fire series.
Charlie Wilson - Consultant
- Charlie Wilson conceptualized the original
Fire series of boats back in 1993 in
collaboration with renowned designer
David Yost. Charlie’s involvement with
canoes began 10 years earlier and in the
mid 80’s he helped promote the budding
sport of FreeStyle canoeing. Throughout
the years he has been instrumental in the
promotion of canoe sport through his
writing, speaking and teaching.
American Canoe Association and is a certified Instructor Trainer Educator.
He has contributed thousands of pages of writing on canoe techniques, canoe camping,
gear reviews and paddle trips in a variety of publications including Canoesport Journal,
American Canoeist, Canoe Magazine, Currents, Paddler, Paddling, Paddlesport, River
and Wooden Canoe magazines and several event and club newspapers. He wrote a
chapter for Cliff Jacobson's Basic Essentials of Solo Touring, co-authored FreeStyle
Canoeing, and Introduction to Canoeing and re-edited Appalachian Whitewater for
Menasha Ridge Press. Editor and principal author of the ACA FreeStyle Instruction
Manual, Charlie is working on three books on Modern Paddling Technique.
Charlie served as marketing director and sales manager for Bell Canoe Works, before
retiring to Lake Placid where he was bitten by the building bug again and co-founded
Placid Boatworks. There he developed Infusion Technology which yields 20% lighter
hulls, no voids and is much, much greener for the environment. He is currently
expanding this technology through working with other canoe companies and an auto
parts manufacturer. He retired from Placid Boatworks in early 2009. Shortly thereafter,
during one of their conversations, Paul Meyer asked Charlie about the future of the Fire
boats. It was then that Charlie realized that he had found an individual with the love of
the sport, a craftsman’s commitment to quality and a keen business mind, a perfect
match for the reintroduction of the single blade members of the Fire series.
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
 | |  | |  | |  |
 | |  | |  | |  |
