Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
The Liquidriot Duo kayak seen in a previous post was photographed a few days ago. In the three days following the original post over 12k people have viewed it, which is quite simply incredible.
The Duo was hand crafted by Newcastle Uni paddlers – Jacob Collings, Matt Rose, Catherine Sanderson, and Angus Mackay. The guys behind the kayak have kindly sent some images of their creation being put together.
Sadly the kayaking world has lost another great kayaker – Louise Jull.
Louise followed the site and took part in our 2013 Q&A series (see below), our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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Sunday the 25th Jan 2015 – Scottish Kayaks & Paddles was broken into. Several pieces of kit have been stolen including some gear by Palm Equipment.
Please keep an eye out for cheap Palm Atoms, Surges and some other jackets as our Scottish Kayaks & Paddles shop got broken into last night and these are the items that we know are missing so far, if you do by chance hear of any please contact the police or ourselves.
A great edit from Carson Lindsay. It looks like 2014 was a great one.
This little video is a showcase of some of my favorite moments of kayaking from 2014. The majority of the video was shot in Chile and Argentina, with a little bit of California spice at the end. A huge cheers to everyone who made this year possible and to everyone who contributed footage for the video! I can’t wait to see what this year has in store!! Continue reading
The guys have released a new logo/sticker. It looks great. You can get them directly from North East Kayaks & Paddles.
Yak are delighted to announce that from 1st January 2015 Blue and White GmbH, the leading European distributor for paddle sports equipment, will be distributing the Yak brand in the German speaking area of Europe. This follows the presentation of the highly acclaimed new range of products from Yak at Paddle Expo 2014, which caused great excitement amongst the paddlers at the show.
On display were the new vibrant Whitewater, Touring and Recreational ranges, giving a taste of what to expect for the 2015 season, including a variety of buoyancy aids, cags and accessories.
The popular Whitewater kit is already available across the UK and Europe, to be followed in Spring 2015 by the release of the Touring and Recreational ranges. Blue and White will be one of the first to stock the kit in Europe. Continue reading
Start as you mean to go on.
My first paddling day of 2015, a quick blast down the Ogwen (no footage) followed by a few blasts down the Aberglaslyn Gorge in North Wales. Continue reading
Yak is excited to announce a new partnership with CH Marine, leading suppliers of Marine Safety Equipment in Ireland. CH Marine will be stocking the current Yak ranges covering Whitewater, Touring and Recreation Kit.
Ross Wilkinson, Managing Director for Crewsaver quotes “It is great that we are partnering with CH Marine to help move the Yak brand into Ireland and beyond. The Yak products fit well into their existing portfolio and we are really excited to be working on this with them”. Continue reading
I am a huge GoPro user, I have owned most types and always have a couple with my kayaking kit. Being able to bring tech into my paddling offers me the perfect combination of the kind of things I am into. I also spend a great deal of time watching home grown kayak movies on Vimeo and Youtube, many of which appear here on the site so I have a pretty good feel of what is possible and the impact that POV cameras have had on the sport.
Society is probably more media driven than it ever has been before and even the small section of society who kayak have been part of and are impacted upon by the rise of social media. Being able to view user driven and user published media where the end viewer has ultimately also become the media maker/publisher has many merits and has helped bring the sport to more people than it ever has done in the past. Continue reading
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