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Month: December 2014 (Page 2 of 3)

Pyranha 9r Crushing It On The Green River

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A great edit from Clay Lucas showing us what the Pyranha 9r can do. Continue reading

A Big Day Out – Yorkshire

A bit of snow melt managed to raise water levels nicely during the course of last weekend.

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A quick edit with some footage thrown together from a day on Whitsundale beck, the upper Swale and Aysgarth falls.

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Charles Arseneault Recap 2013-2014

Big water and big moves. A great edit showing Charles Arseneault in action.

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Better sooner than Later ! Here are some of my best shots since 2 years ! Many Runs and many Drops that we have in Quebec ! Enjoy the Show ! Continue reading

Pyranha Thighbrace Install

Adrian Durrant takes us through a Pyranha Thighbrace Install upgrade.

Lots of people lately have been purchasing Pyranha club spec boats and asking about upgrading the boat with thigh braces, this is a really simple job to do and will take about 10 minutes to complete.

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By adding thigh braces will give you much better control of the boat especially in moving water whilst edging the boat, it also allows you to upgrade to a ratchet backrest with the thigh braces pre drilled to take a ratchet.

Here’s a quick step by step guide to fitting Connect thigh braces into a club spec Z-One.

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Cooper’s Comeback

Wow, what a come back. Some great boating from Cooper Sallade.

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Green Race is the most prestigious kayak event in the sport of whitewater paddling. Cooper Sallade is a Green Race veteran who trains year round in order to compete in this event; however, 2014 presented some additional challenges that almost prevented him from paddling all together. Continue reading

Yak Launches New Partnership – CH Marine Ireland

Yak is excited to announce a new partnership with CH Marine, leading suppliers of Marine Safety Equipment in Ireland. CH Marine will be stocking the current Yak ranges covering Whitewater, Touring and Recreation Kit.

Ross Wilkinson, Managing Director for Crewsaver quotes “It is great that we are partnering with CH Marine to help move the Yak brand into Ireland and beyond. The Yak products fit well into their existing portfolio and we are really excited to be working on this with them”. Continue reading

URSA Low Light 80fps Tests

Shooting fast action in floodlit conditions takes some serious kit and dedication. Simon Wyndham from Five Element Productions used a Blackmagic URSA to shoot some great footage at Cardiff International Whitewater Centre.

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Girl King Of New York

A nice little edit from Erin Savage.

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Kenny wanted more ladies to compete in the King of New York race series. For better or worse, we showed up. Continue reading

Yak Riwaka Dry Top – First Look

The Yak Riwaka in a very loud GREEN has arrived at Unsponsored HQ. Now this is the third bit of gear from Yak that has landed here the HQ in as many weeks and once again Yak have made a really good impression (I need to find out who is designing this stuff!) – here’s why.

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POV Cameras Possible Danger?

I am a huge GoPro user, I have owned most types and always have a couple with my kayaking kit. Being able to bring tech into my paddling offers me the perfect combination of the kind of things I am into. I also spend a great deal of time watching home grown kayak movies on Vimeo and Youtube, many of which appear here on the site so I have a pretty good feel of what is possible and the impact that POV cameras have had on the sport.

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Society is probably more media driven than it ever has been before and even the small section of society who kayak have been part of and are impacted upon by the rise of social media. Being able to view user driven and user published media where the end viewer has ultimately also become the media maker/publisher has many merits and has helped bring the sport to more people than it ever has done in the past. Continue reading

2014 SAS Hurley Classic

James Bebbington produces some great edits. A real talent on the water and behind the lens. It’s also great to see one of my Unsponsored stickers in action.

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Highlights from the 2014 SAS Hurley Classic event – hurleyclassic.co.uk/

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1900

Don’t know how I managed to miss it but the post below was the 1900 post on the site since 2011. Not bad at all.

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