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Biblical Rain Last Weekend – Summer This Weekend

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Dagger Nomad

Is there a replacement coming soon?

Helmet Outfitting

Getting the outfitting of any piece of kit is pretty critical. We take lots of care and attention padding out our boats but often neglect the kayaking helmets we wear. How many times have you’ve been on a river or at your local play wave and have seen paddlers whos:

Hats move during a capsize
Foreheads are exposed
etc, etc…

I have seen many examples and have often wondered how these paddlers would fare if there head were to be struck by rocks whilst they were capsized. It’s going to hurt at the least.

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Zet Veloc

Take a Zet Raptor and make it a little bit smaller and then give it a little tweak and you have the Zet Veloc!

From Zet:

The new VELOC is inspired by the ground breaking design of the Raptor, but it comes with several important changes. The Veloc is perfectly suited for mid-sized and small whitewater paddlers, who are looking for a boat that can take them to their limits.

Zet Veloc

This kayak is balanced and easy to control on difficult whitewater. The high volume distribution in the bow, combined with the advanced rocker design make the boat fast and stable when paddling through holes and waves. As a result of the Veloc’s volume distribution the boat is highly responsive and resurfaces rapidly. Combined with the stable flat hull, this makes the Veloc a force to be reckoned with on both steep/technical and high volume rivers.

The outfitting has been redesigned making it more adjustable, robust, and comfortable than ever before.

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Creek Boat Reviews

This is the 800th post on Unsponsored and to celebrate another milestone I thought I would gather all my recent creek boat reviews in one place.

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Liquid Logic Stomper
Wavesport Recon
Pyranha Shiva
Dagger Mamba
Jackson Karma
Pyranha Burn

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.

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