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Casio Gulfmaster Ocean Concept G-Shock – Review

30 August 2015 / / 1 Comment

The Casio Gulfmaster Ocean Concept G-Shock (there’s a title) has been at Unsponsored HQ for the last few months. Since its arrival it has never left my wrist. The version seen here is the GWN1000B-1B which has a distinct blue bezel that appears much brighter in the Casio stock photos than it does in real life. The Gulfmaster is also available in a number of different colours although not all colours are available in all countries.

Casio G-Shock Gulfmaster - Review

The Casio Gulfmaster Ocean Concept G-Shock is part of the Master of G Series from Casio, and is build as the ultimate maritime G-Shock.

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NRS Crux Drysuit – Review

29 August 2015 / / 4 Comments

The Crux drysuit by Idaho based NRS is a front entry drysuit meaning that using the zip is far easier to do by yourself compared to a zip positioned on the rear of a suit.

NRS Crux Dry Suit Review
NRS Crux Drysuit – Review

This review looks at the new Mens NRS Crux. Thankfully for the female paddling population NRS also have a womens version with a drop seat for comfort breaks.

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Safety Advisory – Palm FXr And Extrem PFDs

28 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

Some of Palm Equipment’s whitewater PFDs have shipped with an incorrect sized chest harness attached.

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This potentially affects:

FXr PFDs
Extrem men’s PFDs purchased from 2014 onwards.

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Soul Waterman – Dos Amigos

25 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

The Dos Amigos is the latest design from Corran Addison through his new company Soul Waterman.

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The Dos Amigos is a Duo whitewater kayak and joins the Eskimo Topo Duo and Jackson Kayak Dynamic Duo in a very special place in the kayak market. We are certainly looking forward to seeing this one in the flesh.

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Ace Of Spades – Review

25 August 2015 / / 12 Comments

We are fortunate at Unsponsored to try some of the best kayaking and canoeing equipment available, but sometimes the weather can be too dry. Thankfully the Gods of rain smiled on the UK once again this summer, so testing and reviews have continued at a pace. The following review looks at the Ace of Spades kayak from Spade Kayaks. The boat has been tested over the last few months across the UK on various pieces of water from stone filled ditches, low volume/high volume burns in Scotland, some of the best whitewater in the glorious county of Yorkshire, whitewater parks and even out at sea.

Spade kayaks is a new kayak company formed in Europe by whitewater legends Hans Mayer, Oli Grau, Matze Brutzman, Jens Klatt, and Jan Haluszka.

The Ace of Spades is a blown molded displacement hull kayak. It has the features that you would expect to see in any whitewater boat – adjustable outfitting, full plate footrest, multiple grab handles, drain bung etc… but many have been executed in a creative/different way.

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The Ace is designed as a river runner/creeker and is available in just the one size.

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Zet Toro – Released

20 August 2015 / / 1 Comment

Zet have finally released the new Zet Toro.

Zet Toro - Released

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Jackson Kayak – Karma Traverse

19 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

Jackson Kayak - Karma Traverse

James McBeath walks us through the new whitewater/touring kayak known as the Traverse. The Traverse incorporates a great deal of the features seen within the Jackson whitewater range.

Jackson Kayak - Karma Traverse

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Soul Waterman – Kayaks

19 August 2015 / / 1 Comment

Corran Addison’s new venture Soul is well underway with a number of new boat designs in the making. The first two are the Rookie and Supersick.

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Garmin Virb X And Virb XE

14 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

Earlier this year Garmin announced the release of the new range of Virb cameras for 2015 – The Virb X and top of the line Virb XE. The form factor is much smaller than the previous Virb editions and is more in keeping with the GoPro design.

Both cameras are now available to purchase.

Garmin Virb X And Virb XE

The following edit is filmed using the Virb XE.

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Silverbirch Canoes – Covert OC1

14 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

Silverbirch Canoes, right here in the UK are getting ready to put the new Broadland and Covert canoes out into retail stores.

Silverbirch Canoes - Covert OC1

The edit below shows the OC1 Covert in action on the Tryweryn. It looks like a great hull and its also great to see some bright colours being used rather than the usual red or drab green.

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Sherpa System For Your Kayak

11 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

This is a easy, simple, cheap and super-light system to carry your kayak on your shoulder for a long trip. I have tested on a 5 hour trekking and it works! The system is stable an easy to put on shoulders.

Sherpa System For Your Kayak

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Spray Skirt Rescue

10 August 2015 / / 4 Comments

Spray skirts/decks have a pretty tough life but do an incredibly important job. I’d been on the look out for a spray skirt to rescue from an inevitable trip to the bin and found one close to home.

Unsponsored’s little brother River (Militia) has a Palm Kevlar RT rand deck that has seen better days. I had offered to repair it for this post without seeing the total extent of the damage.

In fairness the skirt should have been consigned to the bin years ago or at least set on fire and given a grand send off. However the skirt was in such a bad state that it made the perfect subject for this post as most types of repair were required to bring it back to life.

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To put the repair into context most joints on the skirt were compromised and in other areas the skirt had separated from the rand. In two key places the kevlar/neoprene had worn out/through and large holes had appeared. Even the top part of the tunnel had separated from the skirt and was also torn in a couple of places. All in all it was in a sorry state.

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