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For Canadian paddler Mikkel St-Jean Duncan, the Elk River in British Columbia holds a special significance. Not only is it one of his favorite rivers to kayak, but it’s also where he got to know, and later married, the love of his life. Join Mikkel and his bride, Lianne, for a story of life, love and paddling on some of Canada’s finest whitewater.
One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of the your SD or Micro SD card. Now this doesn’t matter if your camera is a GoPro, Contour, Garmin, Sony or whatever because without a good memory card you may struggle to capture the video footage you want.
The Speed Class Rating is the official unit of speed measurement for all SD cards, including both full and micro sized versions. Speed Class is a minimum speed based on a worst case scenario test and represents the minimum transfer rate of data that the card is capable of.
Sam Ellis – a Brit pushing the boundaries of paddling within the UK and abroad. Here is Sam’s WWGP entry.
I can’t actually remember how many times I have read or flicked through the first edition of Kayak by William Nealy (Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique
It is my firm belief that this has to be one of the best kayaking related books around. Nealy has managed to capture something really special, a combination of wit, humour and instruction rolled into a single book. I guess what I’m really trying to say is that its fun to read whilst at the same time being informative.
I know that during my early days of paddling (some 20+ years ago) that this book made a massive difference to how I ran whitewater.
Kayak – the New Frontier: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique
Kayak has recently been updated. A few tweaks here and there. Still the same great book, same great humour.
If you have never seen or read Kayak, I would strongly recommend picking up a copy.
Other great Nealy titles include:
After spending a little over a week in Chile its time to head back to work for a bit. I give you the fruits of chile and my sore back. Big thanks to LJ at Escape for an amazing week of rallying around. This video features the Rio Gol Gol, Palguin, Puesco, Maichin and Blanco.
Chilescapades from Paul Butler on Vimeo.
Lifestylin’ from Sam Ricketts on Vimeo.
Lifestylin’ is a short film that portrays the life we live on the water, where work and play mould into one amazing lifestyle. The places we get to see always blow us away and inspire us. This episode focuses on the paradise of Okere Falls, Central North Island, New Zealand. Shot on the Kaituna River, Huka Falls, Tuakopai Creek and the Waipapa Stream. Enjoy!
Intro shot in NZ, Canada and Colombia.
Hitting my 5th year of paddling, I decided that it was high time I got a dry suit. With a free choice of the market, I was after something that fitted well, was tough and looked good! After looking at specifications and reviews of IR, Typhoon, DamX, Peak and Lomo drysuits, I decided to invest in a Ladies Palm Element.
Getting pinned is never good.
Here is some footage on the East Lyn.
Joe Kirk runs the Falls of Pattack in the Highlands of Scotland.
Falls of Pattack from Joe Kirk on Vimeo.
Demshitz boofs into Fayetteville WV from David Fusilli on Vimeo.
Mill creek and Manns creek are two Fayetteville staple runs. Both super fun, clean and quality. Mill is a steep whitewater carnival ride, but remember it’s still class 4-5 so bring your balls. Manns creek is a boofing paradise. Its seems to be five miles of a boulder garden almost non-stop. Both of these amazing runs are with 30 minutes of town. Add a dries surf session in there and I don’t know how it could get much better…. as far as whitewater goes anyway!
Since buying a couple of merino tops a few months back I am completely sold on the stuff. For years I had been using Helly Hanson Lifa or Sub Zero Factor 1 thermals. All of which developed that characteristic kayaking odor.
My current kayak thermal of choice is the Howies merino surf thermal. The merino is thin, the arms are nice and long and also include thumb loops. These are superb when your putting on your drycag or dry suit as they help prevent the sleeves rolling up. The neck is a turle neck so you get a bit of protection from latex dry cag seals. I managed to pick up two of these thermals before they stopped producing them, one of which was found new on ebay. They do come up now and again. The NBL or NBL Light are probably the closest match and are in the current range (I own a couple of these as well).
Waterfalling: New Lines, Good Times, and Scary Eddy! from OGP Productions on Vimeo.
Check out my 5th run on my favorite waterfall ever!!! Tried a new line and ran/seal launched the dam above it for the first time and caught an interesting eddy! Right, to eddy, to left!!!!! Took a hit to the face, and ended up with some stitches above my eye, but all good besides that! Reminder that sometimes big and clean can be hard and mean! Stoked for a season in the South East again this year, and more fired up on kayaking than ever!!!!!
-Hunt
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