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Month: May 2013 (Page 4 of 9)

Wavesports New Carbon Playboat

Looks quite nice!

Wavesport Carbon Playboat

Wavesport Carbon Playboat

Uisge Beatha – ‘Lively Water’

Uisge Beatha – ‘Lively Water’ from Ed Smith on Vimeo.

River Swale

River Swale from Dave Wortley on Vimeo.

Dagger GT

The Dagger GT is a classic river kayak. It is both stable and forgiving but at the same time can be pushed a little and will happily surf (and spin) all day long. The GT has great forward speed which allows the paddler to punch through waves/stoppers and across chewy eddy lines.

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Mczilla – Tricky – Loop

Mczilla – Tricky – Loop from Freestyle.inc on Vimeo.

A great show of skills from Bren Orton.

The A5 Project – A Little Tickler

The A5 Project – A little tickler from Tom Laws on Vimeo.

Palm FX PFD Promo

Palm FX Promo from Freestyle.inc on Vimeo.

Pyranha Loki – First Paddle

The Pyranha takes a massive departure away from the cookie cutter playboat shape that we have all seen developing over the last few years with the new Loki. Designs such as the Jed, Project X, and Jitsu have all to some extent developed in one particular direction – to allow paddlers to pull off some of the more modern aerial moves.

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The Loki on the other hand has been designed to allow paddlers to return to a time when cartwheels, stern squirts, stern stalls, flat spins and blunts were the moves of the day. In essence Pyranha have set out to capture the feel and performance of old school playboats.

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The “M” Files – Part I : Plattling

Big Dog Force

Big Dog are a UK based firm that is pretty much the new kid on the block. However the people behind Big Dog have decades of experience within the kayak industry.

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Current GoPro Hero Setup

I receive a couple of emails each day asking about the GoPro setup that I currently have running, so here is an update.

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I use both a GoPro Hero 3 Silver and Black editions, but I actually prefer the silver! Both have there firmware updated every time there is a new release. Continue reading

GoPro Instructions – Hero HD and HD2

This is a really nice iOS app from Mount Star that allows you to view a summary of the GoPro Hero HD and HD2 handbooks on your iPod Touch or iPhone.

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