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Student Kayak Guide – Surviving Your First Club Trip

Surviving your first Uni Club trip is all about preparation.

Firstly do you have the right kit and/or access to the right kit? If not get the very basics sorted. It’s going to be a miserable trip if you get really cold. Make sure you have a dry set of kit to get changed into at the end of the trip, something nice and warm is always a great idea and include a hat. A large beach towel is good bit of kit to get hold of. You’ll need to put this kit into something and also be able to carry your wet kit home with you. Ikea bags and plastic “bags for life” are superb for this job.

Double check you have everything with you before you leave the house/halls. There is only one thing worse then getting to the mini bus and realising that you have forgotten something critical and that is getting off the bus at the start of the paddle and realising that you have forgotten something critical.

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Hydro Schemes Without Planning Permission

The Welsh Governement want to allow some hydro schemes to be built without any planning permission! Find out more on the Save our Rivers blog.

Hydro Schemes Without Planning Permission

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Home Made Stitch Removal And Kayaking

Home Made Stitch Removal And Kayaking = don’t try this at home folks.

Home Made Stitch Removal And Kayaking

Bren is on the mend with a little help from his friends.

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5 Reasons A Tour Is The Best Way To Get On Nepal’s White Water

Nepal boasts some of the best white water for expedition paddling in the world but for many people, travelling to Nepal is a daunting thought. As a third world country it can be hard to navigate. It’s all good knowing where you want to go, but getting there can sometimes pose a problem. So what’s the solution? A white water adventure tour!

5 Reasons A Tour Is The Best Way To Get On Nepal’s White Water

Unlike your traditional ‘follow the red flag tours’, tours like these are specifically designed for paddlers. Keen to do some white water river expeditions that take you away from tourists and into the wilds! If you’re still not sure, here are five reasons a white water tour is the best way to get on Nepal’s white water rivers!

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Social Media Saturday 1 September 2018

Welcome to Social Media Saturday 1 September 2018 at Unsponsored.

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Social Media Saturday 25 August 2018

Welcome to Social Media Saturday 25 August 2018 at Unsponsored.

ROCKSTAR 4.0 🔥🔥 @jackson.kayak

A post shared by Hayden voorhees (@haydenvoorheeskayak) on

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Escape Watersports Bank Holiday Code

Escape Watersports are knocking 5% off orders made this bank holiday with the code EXTRA5.

Shoulder Injury Survey – Results

Back in 2016 we shared John Nestler’s request for information relating to shoulder injuries suffered by paddlers and whether or not the paddles used (bent or straight shaft) made a significant difference. Two years on and John has kindly shared the data.

Shoulder Injuries Study - Bent Vs Straight Shaft

Back in 2016 I released a survey on my website looking at a number of different factors surrounding shoulder injuries in whitewater kayakers. The original intent was to simply see if injury rates differed among boaters using straight shaft or bentshaft paddles, but the scope quickly grew beyond that. Thanks to all of you that did the survey back then – over 2,700 people responded!

I’ve been sitting on this data for two years now and just don’t have the time to do a thorough statistical analysis, so I’m putting it out here into the community.

It’s interesting to read the comments made by respondents to get their analysis of what caused the injury, and steps they’ve taken to prevent those injuries from reoccurring.

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100ft Waterfall = Broken Face

Bren Orton has broken his face! This is how it happened.

100ft Waterfall = Broken Face

Check it out. Scary scenes.

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Social Media Saturday 18 August 2018

Welcome to Social Media Saturday 18 August 2018 here at Unsponsored HQ.

Enjoy!

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Social Media Saturday – 11 August 2018

Welcome to Social Media Saturday – 11 August 2018

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