Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
I must have taken the best part of 1000 photos at the Paddle Expo this year. It was a great weekend and it was fantastic to be welcomed to stands by manufacturers and distributers from across the globe. All were keen to talk about products and have photos taken. We made some new contacts, met some old friends and made some new ones.
Jack Gunter was at last weekends Hurley classic event.
The following images are from the second day of the event, Sunday the 22nd November 2015.
Mama Russia 2 is the second in the series from SBP. Great editing showing some crazy whitewater action.
Some time ago we posted detail of a Contour outfitting modification that Pat Keller had carried out on a Dagger RPM. It looked pretty sweet. However Philip Middleton has gone one step further and not only has he fitted the seat and thigh braces but has also retrofitted the step out pillar and footrests. So this RPM Max now has a complete set of Contour outfitting installed.
Jack Gunter was at last weekends Hurley classic event. After seeing some of Jack’s superb images I thought it would be great to showcase just a few of them here on Unsponsored. Jack has kindly agreed for them to be posted, enjoy!
The following images are from the first day of the event, Saturday the 21st November 2015.
From 20 days worth of kayaking in Norway the No Travel without Kayak team have created a series of edits. In this the third in the series we seen some superb whitewater action and awesome video editing. Check it out.
With the help of Simon Morse we have some great shots of the new Dagger Nomad 8.2 in action here in the UK. So far we have only seen the large and medium versions of the Dagger #Newmad.
These images were taken by Andrew Bonney and show Dagger paddler and Queen Of The Green Adriene Levknecht on the East Lyn in Devon, UK.
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Some of the finest whitewater edits around, carefully selected by Team Unsponsored ready for Monday morning. Welcome to Movie Monday 23 November 2015.
Check out the full coverage of The Hurley Classic 2015.
It all started back in 1989 and that makes this event one of the oldest in Freestyle. Evolving from a meeting between mates in the Hurley Village car park to one of the most significant freestyle events in the world.
Nina Csonkova has only been paddling since the age of 18. In the short 12 years since Nina has proven to be one of the best paddlers in the world. A true natural trains and paddles hard thus achieving world wide freestyle success. It is truly a great honour that Nina has agreed to take part in the Unsponsored Q&A series.
Tell us a little a bit about you accomplishments in the canoeing/kayaking world.
I got two times silver medals and one bronze medal from the Kayak Freestyle European Championships. I was first and third in overall world cup rankings and I have won Euro Cups several times in a row.
Nowhere To Land is a short clip from the guys at Wookscat showing the most intimidating of the drops on the Pigeon Dries in Western NC. It is well worth the watch. Enjoy!
Being able to effectively use both rope and tape is an essential skill for any paddler. The best way to gain these skills quickly is to get signed up on a course with an approved provider. The guys at Boreal River Rescue have shared some really useful information that is well worth checking out. This one relates to knots used on both rope and tape used in rescue situations including the figure 8 family as well as alpine butterfly and water knot.
They key to all things like this is to get practice so when/if they have to be used in anger they can be set up quickly and correctly.
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