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Month: November 2014 (Page 2 of 4)

Demshitz – New Holtwood Kayak Park

18 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

Superb drone work from Demshitz and an awesome feature.

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About three weeks ago myself and Jared Seiler were invited to test the flow and features at the Holtwood kayak Park. We surfed the features at a variety of flows from 700cfs to about 1600cfs. A happy flow here at Holtwood is between 800-1100cfs. The top feature is a very fast wave. You have to be ready top fly on this feature, setting up can be a little tricky. The next feature is a fast wave hole and the last one is a perfect little V wave. Great shoulders on both sides, perfect for a good front surf or even an air blunt. Enjoy! Continue reading

5 Minutes In The Penalty Box

18 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

Some quality beatdowns in this great edit from Leif Anderson.

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In order to surf the Rockem Sockem wave on the Slave River, you have to surf through the penalty box. Here is some beautiful footage of the most epic penalties of this season. Continue reading

Pyranha Burn III (Small) – Review

17 November 2014 / / 4 Comments

As a smaller female paddler I was asked to review the new small Pyranha Burn 3. I am 5’0”, weigh around 60kg and not particularly flexible. I currently paddle a Zet Veloc, with a brief time paddling the Dagger Mamba 7.5 before and during a trip to Nepal. I confess I have never tried the previous small Burns because they never appeared to be small enough.

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Reader’s Rides 2014 – Dave Brown

17 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

Name: Dave Brown (aka Redneck Dave, Full Face Dave, Small Head)

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Location: Barrow or North Wales

Boat: Currently an XL Burn Mk3 in the sickest colours you’ve ever seen – Rasta

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I really like the way the rails allow you to carve hard without stalling and tripping you up unlike the old burn, making it easy to fine tune lines and snap into eddies. It has quite a flat hull which allows it to surf easily, staying high on features and keeping you in control as you move laterally across the flow which is really cool. It has the Connect 2014 outfitting it comes with which allows the seat to be varied in both height and pitch. I have this set in the highest position, with the largest block installed under the front of the seat to really lock me in which works well, even though I’m the bottom end of the weight range. Seeing as I have the attention span of a gnat, I’m considering swapping out for a 9R to get some speed in my life.

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GoPro The Handler – First Look

16 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

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The Handler is GoPro’s move into the hand held grip market for waterborne users. It is designed to perform a very similar role to the GoPole Grenade grip with the added bonus that the GoPro The Handler is designed to float (even when using a Bacpac).

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The Backloop McNasty

16 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

Bren Orton just makes this kind of stuff look so easy.

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Lammerklamm Experience

16 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

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Video is part of student project for FH Salzburg. Continue reading

GoPole Evo – First Look

14 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

Having owned at least one GoPro camera for what seems like and age. But despite this I have never owned a device used for taking “selfies”. Well that is until now. I have recently bought a GoPole Evo and have used a fair bit over the last few months.

I picked up a GoPole 66cm Evo pole a few weeks back and have been putting it through its paces.

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Winter Paddling Essentials

14 November 2014 / / 1 Comment

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1. A good dry top/trouser combo or dry suit. Keeping dry inside makes keeping warm that much easier. Even some of the two piece systems (dry top and dry trousers) available are getting close to being as good as a dry suit. Price is some much better as is the flexibility of the system.

2. Solid footwear. Wet river banks and slippery rocks are not a great combination if you have dodgy footwear. A good pair of river shoes or boots are worth there weight in gold. Currently using Five Ten Water Tennies or the new Astral Rassler.

3. Good socks. Conventional socks only really work if you have a dry suit with built in dry socks. However various manufacturers make thin 3 and 4mm thick neoprene socks that can help keep your feet warm even when wet.

4. Base layers. I love merino kit – it’s warm when wet and doesn’t smell! But any good, thin base layer will do the job. Colder = more layers. Polartec fleece also works really wet in cold/wet conditions.

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South Wales – Whitewater

13 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

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Some footage from a couple of days boating in South Wales. Continue reading

Canoe And Kayak Store

13 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

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Who are Canoe and Kayak Store? Tell us a little about the company and its history.

Canoe and Kayak Store is an independently owned, specialist trio of paddle-sport stores based in Gloucestershire, Cardiff and most recently, West Midlands.

Our roots trace back to the year 2000 when Richard (having paddled since he was a child) was offered the chance to buy a canoe business. Loving the industry but not liking the company he decided to set up his own – opening a shop in Gloucestershire and leading to where we are today! Continue reading

Eagle Creek

11 November 2014 / / 0 Comments

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Sending the Eagle Creek stouts to kick off the winter paddling season. Optimal conditions and crew made for another sick day of whitewaters in the Columbia River Gorge. Continue reading

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