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Chouinard is also an avid surfer, skier, kayaker, gardener and falconer and is particularly fond of tenkara flyfishing. Explore great outdoor books on climbing, surfing, and fly fishing, the history of patagonia and yvon chouinard s let my people go surfing at patagonia. His second company, patagonia, is known for its environmental focus. Simple fly fishing by yvon chouinard midcurrent midcurrent. He cofounded, with craig mathews, 1 percent for the planet, a group of businesses giving back to the environment. Yvon chouinard, fly fisherman magazine junejuly 2012 in what can be seen as a huge milestone for tenkara in the us, tenkara has finally been featured in fly fisherman magazine junejuly 2012, in an article written by no less than the legendary outdoorsman yvon chouinard, founder and owner of patagonia.
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