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

Month: March 2018 (Page 1 of 4)

Social Media Saturday – 31 March 2018

It’s Social Media Saturday – 31 March 2018 at Unsponsored.

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Kayaking Down Sahalie Falls

Kayaking down Sahalie falls – Dane Jackson and Bren Orton hit the 80ft fall. That is a big fall.

Kayaking down Sahalie falls

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Outfitting The Jackson MixMaster Kayak

Outfitting The Jackson MixMaster Kayak – learn how to outfit this slicey kayak, the Jackson kayak MixMaster.

Outfitting The Jackson MixMaster Kayak

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Silverbirch Agent 88 – Preproduction

The new Silverbirch Agent 88 is about to go into full production. Here are a few shots of the Agent 88 from the guys at Silverbirch.

Silverbirch Agent 88 - First Look

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GoPro Hero 2018

GoPro have just launched the new GoPro Hero. It takes on the same form factor as the Hero 5 and Hero 6 and if you didn’t take a closer look at the labelling you probably wouldn’t even notice it was a different camera.

GoPro Hero 2018

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Movie Monday 26 March 2018

Welcome to Movie Monday 26 March 2018 at Unsponsored. We’ve got a pretty good list of new and not so new edits for you to check out.

Movie Monday 26 March 2018

Enjoy!

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Unsponsored Q&A – Escape Watersports

Who are Escape Watersports?

Escape Watersports was the result of many years working and playing within the watersports industry. We employ real people, who are able to call upon their experiences and provide the best advice possible.

Unsponsored Q&A - Escape Watersports

Founded in 2011, our mission right from the off was to offer online customers the same high quality service that they had come to expect when visiting a traditional watersports shop in person.

Fast forward to 2018, we are supplying watersports enthusiasts all over Europe with their favourite clothing and equipment.

Our warehouses and showroom are located just a couple of miles from Porthcawl, on the South Wales coastline. We’re lucky to have the beach on our doorstep, as well as some of the UK’s best white water runs just round the corner. We work hard, but we play hard too!

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Silverbirch Agent 88

It takes a great deal of time, effort and commitment to bring a new design to life.

Silverbirch Agent 88

The guys at Silverbirch are putting the final touches to the mould that will be used for the production Agent 88 canoe.

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First Descent Of Dangar Falls

Lachie Carracher and the first descent of Dangar Falls in a kayak.

First Descent Of Dangar Falls

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Social Media Saturday – 24 March 2018

Welcome to Social Media Saturday 24 March 2018.

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Thule Wing Bar – Review Update

A change of car has forced me to seek out a new set of roofbars. I wanted the best set of roof bars for my car without going silly on the cost. This time I have went for the Thule Wing bars (aka Aeroblades in the USA). I love cars that can have a set of roof bars bolted to them, either to fittings hidden within the roof or roof rails.

The new Unsponsored HQ paddle wagon/family transporter is a very sensible two litre 184bhp Skoda Octavia VRS estate. It has replaced the BMW 320d Touring shown in these images.

Thule Wing Bars

So am I still using these bars with the new car?

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Watershed Futa Kayak Dry Bag – Review

I have been wanting to get hold of a new dry bag to carry gear in the back of my kayak for a forthcoming trip this summer. I have used loads of bags in the past but have always had to double bag gear as the roll top systems deployed on must bags will fail at some point . Usually in my case this has been due to user error!

Watershed Futa Kayak Dry Bag - Review

So I needed a bag that would be easy to store, would seal well and fit the back of my kayak really well.

First up is the Watershed Futa Stowfloat, kayak dry bag. This is a drybag/airbag combo designed to store gear and provide flotation in the back of a kayak.

Now all of the Watershed gear that I have ordered in is black. That is a personal preference. The Watershed Futa Stowfloat is available in Black, Blue, Coyote (Brown) and Orange.

You are looking at around £100 (Sterling) for this single bag. So what do you get?

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