Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
Ben Fitzhugh paddles the new Pyranha Kayaks Ripper.
Check out my first time in the brand new Pyranha Kayaks Ripper! This boat is awesome! Super fast and soooo much fun to play around in!!
I was lucky enough to get the chance to try it out at SCA Freestyle last night! THIS BOAT IS SICK!!
Gul is a UK based company with over 50 years experience in the watersports industry. We have received a couple of bits of gear from Gul for review at Unsponsored. First up is the paddling specific Napa Drysuit.
The T-rex is the new creek boat from Italian boat manufacturer Exo kayaks. My first impression of the was that it is pretty big and has a lot of rocker. Definitely a little larger volume wise than the last two boats I owned (Toro and a Tuna). It is also a little rounder than a lot of modern designs, not fully a displacement hull but without any extremely sharp edges.
Numbers wise it is 270cm long and 345 litres so a little shorter than a 9r or Toro with a little more volume than both. Weight wise it is surprisingly light for such a big boat coming in at pretty much bang on 21kgs. Myself I am 188cm and around 75kgs. Defiantly towards the lower end of the weight limit but didn’t feel swamped at all.
Here we have a GoPro Hero6 Black – First Look. The GoPro Hero6 Black has been released to the public and we have one at Unsponsored HQ for review.
Does it look familiar?
Thanks to Evan Rowbottom we’ve got some shots of Wavesports yet to be named WW kayak on whitewater.
The most useless walk around PaddleExpo ever – Bren Orton and Adrian Mattern getting stuck in at Paddle Expo 2017!
I currently have both the Hero5 and Hero 6 here at Unsponsored HQ
Steve Whetman from Whetman Equipment won the Coolest Gear prize at this years Paddle Expo for his ever expanding range of paddling accessories.
We’ve got the scoop on Predator’s new full face helmet. This helmet as yet has no name.
UK Canoe specialists Silverbirch have been developing some exciting new products for 2018.
This includes a new composite material.
Wavesport revealed this interesting looking prototype at Paddle Expo 2017 this week. As yet the new kayak doesn’t have a name, but expect it to be hitting the water next year.
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