Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view

Month: August 2014 (Page 2 of 5)

Liquidlogic – Flying Squirrel

Liquidlogic’s new boat The Flying Squirrel is on its way.

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GoPro Hero3+ Kayak Norway

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Follow Ben Brown and friends as they explore the pristine whitewaters of Norway. Shot 100% on the GoPro Hero3+.

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Team Badfish Surfing the Legend….Big Sur

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The Big Sur wave on the Colorado River only comes in every 5 years or so when the snowpack is big enough to raise the flows on the Colorado in excess of 20,000cfs. Big Sur is a river wide party wave in a beautiful desert canyon that has everything from super shreddable pockets to mellow glassy rollers. When it came in during the early summer of 2014 Team Badfish rolled in and had some of the most fun sessions of the summer together. Continue reading

In The Flow – Review

Over the course of the summer I have had the opportunity to read and review In the Flow by Jonathan Males. Jonathan has coached both the British and Australian Olympic slalom teams in the past has has used his knowledge of coaching and recent research to create a book that aims “to help paddlers and coaches understand the theory behind success and provide practical skills to improve performance”.

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Now don’t be put off if you are not a slalom paddler. In the Flow is applicable to all areas of the sport and has actually been broken down in to a number of component parts with only a small percentage of the book being focussed on competition. Continue reading

Multidimensional Wet Chess

A really nice trailer that has been well shot. Love the use of the drone. The title of this post will make sense when you watch the Trailer 1 edit.

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Please help us finish this film. Visit the Indiegogo campaign at indiegogo.com/projects/rivering
If you liked the music, please support Enter the Haggis: enterthehaggis.com
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Adventure Medical Ultralight 0.5 First Aid Kit

For the last few years I have been using Adventure Medical as my main first aid kits. I stumbled upon them when I was trying to find an ultralight kit for mountain biking. Since then I have purchased several Adventure Medical First Aid Kits and they can be found in my rucksacks and now in my kayak as part of my “When it all goes wrong kit“.

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Liam Fournier – Chile 2014

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Follow me on a roller coaster of a trip through out Patagonia. I was fortunate enough to make it back there for a second trip this year and will be returning here in October for some Spring floods !!! Continue reading

The India Kayak Road Trip: Chasing the Monsoon – Episode 01

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Powered by Ford Endeavour, five paddlers from the UK and one from India will travel across the country, exploring new whitewater rivers to descend while following the monsoon rains from the southwest to the northeast. Continue reading

Stikine Season

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Every year in the fall as river levels dip to their lowest point, all eyes are on the Stikine river in norther BC.

The Stikine is seen as the pinnacle of whitewater, and in recent years more and more paddlers have made the pilgrimage to explore its hidden treasures. Continue reading

Pyranha 9R – On The Water

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Beth Morgan and Andy Butler put a prototype Pyranha 9R through its paces at the Canolfan Tryweryn in North Wales. We are so excited about this boat, its fast, FUN and forgiving! Keep checking pyranha.com/ for more info and specs. Continue reading

Kayakers Launch Off A 40 Foot Bridge

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Two kayakers are launched from the Quincentennial Bridge in Galway City. Continue reading

Dagger Phantom

The maximum length of boats for the short boat class in races such as the Green Narrows river race is now 9ft and earlier this month Pyranha unveiled the 9R at the summer OR show. In all likelihood this will be the length of the next crop of boats over the next few years (A totally Unsponsored prediction).

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