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

Month: September 2015 (Page 1 of 6)

Demshitz Rafting Upper Gauley 2015

Demshitz Rafting Upper Gauley 2015

Demshitz loves rafting the Upper Gauley on the festival weekend.

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Palm Equipment – Camber Air

Super light weight, fast draining and a quality sole. Palm may well be on to a winner with the new Camber Air.

Palm Camber Air

Added to Palm’s premium watersports footwear range is the Camber Air. With the same Multitendos sole as the award winning Gradient.

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Pyranha C4S Seat Adjustment Guide

Pyranha C4S Seat Adjustment Guide

Mat from Pyranha HQ talks you through how best to set up your new Pyranha C4S seat in this easy guide to make sure you get the most out of your boat.

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Pyranha 2015-16 Colour Range

Pyranha 2015-16 Colour Range

In addition to last year’s popular Red/White/Grey and Yellow/Jaffa/White colour schemes, we’re happy to introduce the vibrant new Turquoise/Purple/White colour scheme to the line up! That’s right, a new mix with not one, but TWO new colours!

Which one will you choose?

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Wet Times Up North

Wet Times Up North

In the summer of 2015 the Glanz Brothers were both up in Norway, but on separate trips with different groups. This video is the summery of two very wet, cold but successful trips to the classic creeks and rivers of Norway.

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Orion Coolers

If you want the Daddy of coolers (cool box if in the UK) then Orion seemed to have all bases covered.

They are certainly well made and are bear proof!

Orion Coolbox

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Hiko Sport

Hiko Sport are a company based in the Czech Republic. They had a fairly large stand at Paddle Expo and seemed to be constantly busy.

Hiko Sport

They seem to produce just about everything you could possibly need to spend a day or two on the water.

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NRS 2016 – Part 1

NRS were well represented at Paddle Expo with a fairly sizeable stand. If you aren’t familiar with NRS stand by. They produce pretty much everything for paddle sports and now have a base in Europe. This will mean that we will be seeing a great deal more of their gear in the UK and across the rest of Europe.

Crush Watershoe:

We have had pair of the original Crush shoes here at Unsponsored HQ for quite some time and they are holding up well. For 2016 NRS has beefed up the cushioning within the insole, have toughened up the fabric around the toe/sides and have improved the traction offered by the rubber.

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Peak UK Events

Many years ago Peak UK ran a series of events across the UK. All were based at whitewater courses across the UK.

It was so long ago many of the photographs were on film and are black & white! For many paddlers this was their first taste of competition. Quite a few have continued on to be part of Team GB.

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Palm Straps – 2016

I am a big fan of the colour coded straps from Palm Equipment. Palm have upgraded the system for 2016 by incorporating a rubber cover onto the metal buckle.

Palm Straps 2016

The three colour codes still remain:

Red = 3.5m
Blue = 4.5m
Yellow = 5.5m

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Movie Monday September 28 2015

Monday again. We hope your weekend was productive and enjoyable. An abrupt change from weekend to the working week is quite dangerous. Therefore for you own safety and sanity you may wish to view the following carefully selected edits.

Box Canyon Beatering

Box Canyon Beatering from Fall Line Canoes on Vimeo.

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Key Smart – First Look

We have a couple of Key Smart key storage gizmos in for test here at Unsponsored HQ. They are really neat and work well. They’ve been used for the last few weeks and as they are storing my house keys they have been used in anger a couple of times each day.

Key Smart - First Look

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