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

Month: January 2015 (Page 2 of 3)

Lowepro Dashpoint AVC 1 – Review

I’ve been using a Lowepro Dashpoint AVC 1 for the last few months after getting hold of one of the first cases to land in the UK.

Unsponsored Lowepro Dashpoint AVC

The Dashpoint range is offered in a number of different sizes that will accommodate GoPros as well as other action cameras, with enough room for associated cables etc.

Continue reading

Giottos Vitruvian Tripod – Review

For a number of years I have managed perfectly without the need of a tripod for my camera work. I say managed as I never really had seen a need for a tripod when my arms work just fine. However after trying a number of tripods and settling on the Giottos Vitruvian I can now appreciate that a tripod has a home within my kayaking camera kit.

Giottos Vitruvian Review

I wanted a system that was light, could handle getting wet and would be a sound investment. After much reading I settled on the Giottos Vitruvian carbon tripod with the MH5400 head and MH652 quick release plate.

Continue reading

Andy Duff Memorial Race

Josh Neilson has produced this superb edit of the Andy Duff Memorial Race. I love it.

Screen Shot 2015-01-11 at 12.44.27

The ‘Andy Duff Memorial Race’ is an annual kayak, swim and raft race on the Kaituna River. This is a series of highlight shots from the drone over the river during the 5 races. Continue reading

Scotland – Spean and Garry

There has been a serious amount of rain over the last few days here in the UK, with many rivers being listed as huge on one of the river level sites. Bastien’s edit shows us what the water levels have been like further up north from Unsponsored HQ.

Screen Shot 2015-01-11 at 12.38.01

On a wild snowy and windy winter day, we went paddling the Upper Spean river on 6 and plus pipes then a massive River Garry. I can’t thank enough my poggies. It was a good day. Continue reading

New Logo For North East Kayaks & Paddles

The guys have released a new logo/sticker. It looks great. You can get them directly from North East Kayaks & Paddles.

10931572_1018083484875058_4224017211212041532_o

Astral Socks

Astral have recently launch some socks to compliment their range of on/off water footwear. Pretty simple but the specs look good.

t500x500_c2d62242283adf11721e61c8604734ae Continue reading

Unsponsored In 2015

I have big plans for Unsponsored in 2015. It will mean another move to a much faster server with even greater storage facilities. With thousands of view each and every day and growing month on month it’s time to move again but this has its costs.

stout2

I’ve been researching crowdsource funding over the last few months and rejected most of them as they are unsuitable for where I want Unsponsored to go. I love T shirts and know lots of you guys do to. So I have placed an Unsponsored design here online as a campaign to raise some much needed funds for the server move. Continue reading

Reader’s Rides 2015 – Jon Wyles

Name: Jon Wyles
Location: Scotland
Kayaking ability: Questionable

Profile

4th year Geography student at St Andrews. Grade 3/4 uni boater with 3 years experience.

Boats:

I’ve never owned my own boat, almost entirely due to lack of funds and also due to the fact that the University has quite a large inventory of boats. I first frequented an old Liquid Logic Huck, which saw me through the first few trips I’d been on. This unfortunately was involved in a swim on a high Knaike while in use by another member of the club who shall remain unnamed (James McMahon), and was not seen again.

First Trip

Above: Me on my first river trip (Grandtully), on one of the Huck’s last voyages. Photo: Jonny Hawkins

Continue reading

Part Two: Journey To The Stikine And The Sacred Headwaters

Part Two: Journey To The Stikine And The Sacred Headwaters from the Mountain Mid Collective.

Enjoy!

Journey To The Stikine And The Sacred Headwaters

Part two of the Journey to the Stikine and the Sacred Headwaters tells the story of the team’s decision to run the notorious Site Zed rapid. Site Zed has only been run a handful of times since the first descent by Ben Marr in 2012. The rapid begins at the same place that BC Hydro planned to build one of two mega-dams on the Stikine that would have flood the entire canyon above. After their portagless descent of the Stikine, the crew returns to learn more about the fight to save the Stikine and Sacred Headwaters from a massive mine that poses extreme environmental risks to the surrounding environment and rivers.

Continue reading

Newark Fast and Furious

A great edit from Dale Mears. Dale uses the Contour ROAM3 and Joby action camera series to get his footage. Great to see the use of the more unusual shooting angles.

Screen Shot 2015-01-05 at 21.38.09 Continue reading

Getting Wet In North Wales

Friend of Unsponsored Mr Martyn Butler has been out and about in North Wales. Check out this great edit from Martyn.

Screen Shot 2015-01-04 at 19.13.36

Some of my favourite bits from a day in Wales spent plugging a couple of the classics.

Continue reading

Yak Teams Up With Blue And White

Yak are delighted to announce that from 1st January 2015 Blue and White GmbH, the leading European distributor for paddle sports equipment, will be distributing the Yak brand in the German speaking area of Europe. This follows the presentation of the highly acclaimed new range of products from Yak at Paddle Expo 2014, which caused great excitement amongst the paddlers at the show.
On display were the new vibrant Whitewater, Touring and Recreational ranges, giving a taste of what to expect for the 2015 season, including a variety of buoyancy aids, cags and accessories.

Blue and White Yak

The popular Whitewater kit is already available across the UK and Europe, to be followed in Spring 2015 by the release of the Touring and Recreational ranges. Blue and White will be one of the first to stock the kit in Europe. Continue reading

« Older posts Newer posts »

© 2024 Unsponsored

Theme by Anders NorénUp ↑