Sometimes things just don’t go the way you want them to. Five years worth of beaterings.
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When Astral first launched their line of watershoes a few years back the sole was constructed from Five Ten Stealth rubber. However Five Ten were bought out by Adidas and the availability of the Stealth rubber sole for third parties dried up.
Knowing that they were onto something really special with their line up of shoes Astral went out and made a compound that was far better in terms of both grip and wear than the Stealth rubber they had previously used.
Werner has led the paddlesports industry with legendary paddles for 50 years. They’ve repeatedly set a high bar and now raise that bar again with a race inspired whitewater paddle called the Odachi.
Recreational whitewater paddles have put comfort and easy of use among the top of their priority lists and that’s why we see Werner’s “Neutral Bent Shaft” align the shaft, hands and paddle blade in a nice neat line. They also extensively use pronounced dihedrals to make the paddle feel smooth and stable in the water. These features are key ingredients of what makes Werners easy and predictable to use.
Sam Ellis has created this superb edit of him out in Alaska earlier this year. Sam is truly an outstanding paddler and easily ranks up there with the best paddlers the world has to offer.
What makes him really outstanding is that he is a really nice guy. Keep charging Sam.
With solid snow melt throughout Colorado in the summer of 2015, Shane Groves, Andy Hobson, and Matt Anger take on the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Not wanting to camp and haul heavy boats through the long portages, they did it in one day with with plenty of water.
We’ve probably had one of the most contested Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championships to date.
The Adidas Sickline 2015 race took place on the world famous Wellerbrucke rapids on the river Oetz.
Monday again. Before you get too engrossed in work check out these carefully selected edits from around the globe.
Pyranha 9r Test Drive
9r test drive from Airborn Athletics on Vimeo.
I managed to have a closer look at the Broadland and Covert canoes a couple of weeks ago. Both designs look really well thought out and have been very well made.
Silverbirch canoes are made by the guys behind Tootega and are therefore designed and built right here in the UK. They currently have two canoe models in the range, The Broadland and the Covert 9.3 OC1.
The Broadland is constructed from either Duracore or Duralite three-layer polyethylene.
Now it may seem strange of me to do of a review of the Italian made Exo boat in English when it is not available in the UK, (yet?) but there are a few points going for the Exo XT Creek that may make it an interesting option for UK boaters.
I have always been a bigger boat paddler, H3, Burn, Mamba and Everest, and this boats fits right in there with those size wise.
The XT Creek is in a range of three boats the XT 260 and the XT 300, they all share or seem to share the same semi displacement hull, with the Creek having a more rounded deck front and back to shed water better when resurfacing.
Last week I got a preview of the new Inside Out video from Palm Equipment. The video takes a close look at the process of designing and then making paddling gear.
Have you ever wondered how your paddling gear is made, how it’s designed, or what a laser cutter looks like? This short film from Palm Equipment takes you inside the factory, to explain the how, the where and the why of design and manufacturing.
Another Peak UK event classic. A few familiar faces in this one. How many can you spot?
At under £13 the Palm Snake Sling is an affordable and I would suggest essential piece of safety gear. All good gear should have multiple uses and this is certainly true for the Snake Sling. I carry 1 x Snake Sling and 1 x Safety Tape whilst out on the water.
In the short video below Jake Holland takes us through how to carry a sling safely and how it could be used.
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