Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
Giant Slalom 2014! Sunday morning a group of partially hung-over advanced kayakers met up to run the second annual Giant Slalom race at the Slave River Paddlefest. This year we had three “gates”: touch river left, touch river right, touch an island, then touch the finish. Racers could touch anywhere on the bank, allowing a large variety of lines. Good times were had by all! Continue reading
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Rivers: Skogsaa – Homerun – Homerun plus – Austbygdai – Byrdai – Jordalselvi – Bransetelvi – Myrkdalselvi
Kayakers: Ben Jung, Markus Hörth, Markus Bott, Simon Gegg, Dominik Willmann, Dominik Vogt
Cut: Dominik Vogt Continue reading
Unsponsored HQ received a number of deliveries including the new line of Unsponsored T Shirts hand printed here in the UK by Dewerstone.
Just in for review is a big pile of Sweet Protection mountain biking kit including the new Bushwacker helmet.
Sweet uses the same computer technology used in its premium whitewater and snowsports helmets to produce the new Bushwacker. Superb protection cover and digitally modelled air flow has resulted in a very fine and uniquely designed helmet.
This is somewhat of a different product from Sweet. Sweet are well known for their great kayak and snow sports kit but the Jailbreak jacket offers something a little different. The Jailbreak is essentially a light weight mountain jacket suitable for a range of activities.
It’s not a jacket for on water use. I have so far used the Jailbreak while I have been mountain biking, climbing and hill walking. Think of the Jailbreak as an Arcteryx Beta LT and you would be along the right lines.
A great edit from Megaswimmer.
Long Boat Fun on the Afon Tryweryn 2014 in my Jackson Karma Unlimited. So much FUN!!!!!!! Continue reading
Alcohol stoves are great little bits of kit. I own a couple of Whitebox stoves that I purchased online and love them. The following set of instructions were taken from a post that was made on one of my other sites. It’s a great DIY guide on making an alcohol stove using an air freshener can. The whole process involves using a pressurised container and tools that could serious hurt or kill you. Attempt at your now risk neither this site, myself or the original author accept no responsibility if you were to hurt yourself (or worse) making/using a stove based on the one shown below.
WARNING … ensure pressurised can is COMPLETELY EMPTY and COMPLETELY DEPRESSURISED before starting !!!!
I have been using a Sweet Protection Shadrach dry top for the last couple of years when it gets a little warm for a full dry suit. It has served me well has stood up to the test of time. For 2014 Sweet protection have released the new Supernova dry top and thanks to the guys at Sweet I have been able to give one of the new Supernova dry tops in Gunmetal blue a good test for review here.
Now I must start off with the fact that Sweet kit is pretty expensive. The Goretex Pro shell Supernova retails at a huge £399. Now that this is out in the open and out of the way lets consider what you are getting for your hard earned cash.
After a couple of years with designs piling up I have decided to have another limited run of T Shirts produced. However this time things are a little different. Rather than going for the standard Fruit of The Loom or Gildan heavy cotton T’s I wanted something special in terms of a product and its producer.
I had stumbled upon Dewerstone a couple of months ago and was impressed by the way the company had grown, their ethos and the way in which they funded the production of the new Life shorts via Kickstarter. I was so impressed that I even backed the programme.
After a brief exchange of emails it was clear that Dewerstone are the ideal company to print and supply the new run of Unsponsored kit.
Rapid Blocs are quite simply movable and adjustable obstacles that when placed in flowing water can create a whitewater environment. Rapid Blocs were designed by paddler Andy Laird and can be found in whitewater courses across the globe.
The Pyranha Team Van have hit Austria. Check out what they have been getting up to.
Team Van Tour Austria 2014 from Pyranha on Vimeo.
Super satisfying day out on the Williams in Terrace, cut a gnarly log out of one of our favourite rapids…. then we all sent a high water lap to appreciate our handy work! Continue reading
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