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Zet Toro – First Look

7 September 2015 / / 0 Comments

Despite being delayed by some car troubles, I finally made it south to spend a bit of time with my family before I head out to Nepal for three months.

It’s been beautifully sunny weather since I’ve been south, great for the soul, not so great for kayaking! However, all was not lost today as I drove up to Cardiff to the brilliant CIWW course, a fantastic resource next to the Cardiff mariner, offering indoor wave surfing, a climbing wall and of course the whitewater course. Unfortunately I missed the whitewater festival that was on the day before, but had a great days session in the stunning sunshine today none the less.

In the spring Zet kayaks UK and Canoe and Kayak Store were kind enough to hook me up with a Raptor, a boat which I cannot recommend highly enough. I popped in to say hi to the guys in the branch at CIWW today and was rewarded with a special treat!

Zet Toro - First Look

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Movie Monday – September 7 2015

7 September 2015 / / 0 Comments

We have a nice line up for this week Movie Monday. As always it is a carefully selected set of kayaking videos to help distract you from the the start of the working week.

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Unsponsored Q&A Series – Aniol Serrasolses

6 September 2015 / / 6 Comments

Aniol Searrasolses is one of the worlds top whitewater kayakers. He has very quickly gained the admiration and respect of his peers. From my point of view Aniol is a kayakers kayaker and I am very pleased that Aniol has agreed to take part in the Unsponsored Q&A series.

How did you first get into kayaking? Who introduced you to the sport?

I got in to it because of my older brother Gerd. One day he saw a bunch of kayakers paddling in our local river and asked them to try it out. He was 14 maybe, we used to swim and play water polo back then but once we tried kayaking it was hard to keep motivated on the swimming and we would skip all the matches in order to go kayak. One day he invited me to try and I loved it.

Aniol Serrasolses
When did you realise that kayaking could be more than just a hobby?

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New Kayak But What Is It?

5 September 2015 / / 4 Comments

Just back from a 5 hour round trip to pick up a pre-production final prototype. It was a great drive, crystal blue skies and mountain views. Anyway here is the kayak, but what is it?

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Kayaking California – Episode 1 Upper Cherry

5 September 2015 / / 0 Comments

Kayaking California - Episode 1 Upper Cherry

Jonas Grünewald and Nils Dippon went kayaking in California and hit the Upper Cherry. Big hikes in, big granite and tough whitewater. The ultimate stout whitewater destination.

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VE Explorer Aircore Pro Carbon Paddle – First Look

5 September 2015 / / 2 Comments

Over the last few months we’ve had a fair bit of near gear at Unsponsored HQ lined up for testing. One of the hottest pieces of gear this summer has been the VE Explorer Aircore Pro Carbon Bladed paddles.

VE Explorer Aircore Pro Carbon Paddle

I had two sets of these paddles to test with different blade areas. These can be seen in the lower part of the image with a whitewater set at the top for comparison.

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Mania And How We Got There

4 September 2015 / / 0 Comments

The British Universities Kayaking Expedition is a biennial event that sees a small had picked team of some of the UK’s finest white water paddlers organise and undertake an extended trip to a location of their choosing. Often very remote and undiscovered, there aim is to generally find new stretches of world class white water.

Previous expeditions have explored: Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia & Siberia, Vietnam, Venezuela and Ethiopia. In June 2015 a team of paddlers from British universities set off to explore the rivers of Madagascar. This is the first edit from that trip.

Mania and How We Got There

Blog post for the journey to Madagascar.

Blog post for River 1: The Mania.

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Phil Mitchell – Setbacks

3 September 2015 / / 0 Comments

Earlier this year Phil Mitchell suffered a serious back injury after running a waterfall here in the UK. This short video ( Phil Mitchell – Set Backs ) shows the moment the injury occurred and the resulting road to recovery.

Phil Mitchell - Setbacks

It also shows the importance of paddling with the right people who know what to do and when. Trust and friendship!

Simply inspirational.

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Down Valley Bottom Feeders 2015

2 September 2015 / / 0 Comments

Down Valley Bottom Feeders 2015

This year the Down Valley Bottom Feeders stepped up their game, ran some stouts, and overall had a blast!

Tunes are paddlers own!

#livelikelogan

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Dagger AX – More Welding Magic

2 September 2015 / / 1 Comment

Dagger AX

Have you ever thought about taking the rear deck from one Dagger Axiom and using it to replace the front deck of another Dagger Axiom?

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Unsponsored Q&A Series – David Turnbull

1 September 2015 / / 2 Comments

Over the last few years we have ran many Q&As with some of worlds top paddlers and manufacturers. This Q&A is a little bit different. David Turnbull isn’t a kayaker or canoeist. However David has been drawn towards whitewater like so many us and now spends a great deal of his time capturing the skill and beauty of whitewater kayaking and canoeing via the camera lens.

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David’s photography has certainly inspire me to try a bit harder and I am very grateful that David has agreed to take part in the Unsponsored Q&A Series.

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Self Supported Inflatable Kayak Expedition

31 August 2015 / / 0 Comments

John Nestler has recently released a film about a self-supported IK (inflatable kayak) expedition down the Tatshenshini & Alsek Rivers, which flow through the Yukon, BC, and Alaska.

Self Supported Inflatable Kayak Expedition

John has kindly submitted his edit for all readers of Unsponsored to see. Enjoy!

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