Last Easter Unsponsored’s little brother River was allowed to travel abroad paddling. This was a massive deal for River as this was the first time he had been allowed outside of the UK since that incident early in 2014, but we don’t talk about that.
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Sunday the 25th Jan 2015 – Scottish Kayaks & Paddles was broken into. Several pieces of kit have been stolen including some gear by Palm Equipment.
Please keep an eye out for cheap Palm Atoms, Surges and some other jackets as our Scottish Kayaks & Paddles shop got broken into last night and these are the items that we know are missing so far, if you do by chance hear of any please contact the police or ourselves.
James ‘Pringle’ Bebbington is now paddling the Guigui-Prod Helixer freestyle kayak. Check out his awesome edit.
The ‘Helixer’ is available in 3 sizes, with completely custom artwork and in my opinion is the best playboat ever made.
Mega Swimmer rocking the Dee in the Long boat.
Just a fun training session on the River in the Long Boat waiting for it to rain. Continue reading
A great edit from Carson Lindsay. It looks like 2014 was a great one.
This little video is a showcase of some of my favorite moments of kayaking from 2014. The majority of the video was shot in Chile and Argentina, with a little bit of California spice at the end. A huge cheers to everyone who made this year possible and to everyone who contributed footage for the video! I can’t wait to see what this year has in store!! Continue reading
Leif creates some really nice edits and this one is no exception.
Rockem Sockem is the name of a rapid and a wave on the Slave river. The wave is good at low water (about 3400-3500 cms) which is usually in the fall. It’s a very dynamic and steep wave, offering some good air. The good pocket of the wave is accessed by surfing through the “penalty box” (or by hiking and dropping in from above). The penalty box is a vicious little pocket of a hole that dishes out some beatings (see this video vimeo.com/112213319 for solid penalty box time), but surfing the main wave makes it all worthwhile. Continue reading
Waka kayaks are here in the UK.
Martyn Butler from Robin Hood watersports has taken some detailed images of the Waka Tuna and smaller Waka Tutea.
Tuna:
Length: 2590mm
Width: 675mm
Weight: 21kg
Paddler weight: 60-120kg
Volume: 300 litres
The Tuna best suits paddlers in the range of 70kgs – 110kgs.
Rush Sturges and Ben Marr lose control while kayaking down a drainage ditch in Lions Bay, British Columbia. Join the crew for a high paced 800+ meter descent reaching a top speed of 72 km/hr (45mph).
This is a video showing the adventures of a group of kayakers exploring the rivers of Central and Western Kenya.
Unfortunately the short rains (October too December) where not the best and we where not able to do as much as we hoped but we still had some great times. Continue reading
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.
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.
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.
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.
Josh Neilson has produced this superb edit of the Andy Duff Memorial Race. I love it.
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
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