Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
Over the last two summers Todd and Brendan Wells, along with local Matt Peters have explored the depths of Ingram Creek. Ingram is one of Alaska’s finest classics, hidden beneath the peaks of Turnagain Pass on the Kenai Peninsula. When the rain falls or snow melts, this small creek turns into a playground full of great ten to fifteen foot boofs, slides, and a majestic thirty five foot waterfall. Here is the best of Ingram from 2013-2014.
Recently I acquired one of Go Pro’s new additions to their line-up, the Go Pro Hero. Breaking the trend of recent years of developing top of the range action cameras, Go Pro rather quietly announced that they were bringing this little camera as a new budget option for those of us who don’t want to pay up for the new Hero 4. And at £99, I’m really impressed with it!
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.
Awesome trip to the Stikine river in September 2014, with footage from Nick Bennet and Ash Bullivant.
I have now been using a Peak UK Custom drysuit for about 6 months on rivers and for playboating and I have been very pleased with it. Not only is the drysuit really good quality but the ability to have your own customised design incorporated really well into it makes for a winning combination.
One of the key features about this drysuit is that it is made out of their X3 material not the X4 that some of Peak’s other kit is made out of. Now this comes with a selection of pros and cons that will depend really on what the individual paddler would want from their suit. Trying on the Peak whitewater one piece in the shop, the X4 material felt quite heavy to wear although I don’t imagine this would greatly affect movement on the water too much. The custom suit with the X3 however feels much lighter.
Most recently I moved my ass up and over to the Pacific Northwest. This place is sick as I have known for several years, but to call it home is next level! This video shows some of my days from the 1st month living here.
A great little edit from Andy Cumino (Sheffield University Canoe Club).
NSR winners Sheffield University Canoe Club proudly present the National Student Rodeo 2015.
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.
At last weekend’s National Student Rodeo I took a few minutes of video during the Old School competition.
The raw footage can be seen here.
Quick video of my birthday lap down the Little White Salmon. Good lines and good times!!
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Little White Weekend – We were not only blessed with beautiful flows, but beautiful weather as well on this glorious weekend! Felt more like early summer compared to late winter. Please enjoy some of our favorite lines that took place over the course of the weekend and remember, everyday is church. Continue reading
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