Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
World-class athlete Steve Fisher has taken on some of the most ambitious projects imaginable, including an expedition through the Congo River’s Inga rapids, the world’s biggest rapids. He faced an entirely different challenge recently: accepting an invite to speak at the TEDx Athens event in Greece.
http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/adventure/stories/1331628307193/kayaker-steve-fisher-ted-talk
Check out the first in a series of films from Mike McKay.
What role does silence have in all this noise?
In order to fully experience the chaos of the waterfall the paddler must push away the noise in his head and surrounding him. Zen is experienced in the complete isolation and embrace of the river’s power.
It’s always great to see how paddlers are starting to use drones to shoot video. This one from Ryan McAvoy is well worth checking out.
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!
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.
Cold, but fun times in the Glen.
Cold snowmelt laps on the Fairy Glen on the last weekend of January 2015. Continue reading
James ‘Pringle’ Bebbington is now paddling the Guigui-Prod Helixer freestyle kayak. Check out his awesome edit.
The ‘Helixer’ is available in 3 sizes, with completely custom artwork and in my opinion is the best playboat ever made.
A great edit from Carson Lindsay. It looks like 2014 was a great one.
This little video is a showcase of some of my favorite moments of kayaking from 2014. The majority of the video was shot in Chile and Argentina, with a little bit of California spice at the end. A huge cheers to everyone who made this year possible and to everyone who contributed footage for the video! I can’t wait to see what this year has in store!! Continue reading
Leif creates some really nice edits and this one is no exception.
Rockem Sockem is the name of a rapid and a wave on the Slave river. The wave is good at low water (about 3400-3500 cms) which is usually in the fall. It’s a very dynamic and steep wave, offering some good air. The good pocket of the wave is accessed by surfing through the “penalty box” (or by hiking and dropping in from above). The penalty box is a vicious little pocket of a hole that dishes out some beatings (see this video vimeo.com/112213319 for solid penalty box time), but surfing the main wave makes it all worthwhile. Continue reading
Yorkshire’s greatest kayaker caught in action. This may well end up being the video edit of the year. Continue reading
The end of the year inevitably brings the highlight reel. Some a great, others not so. But this one from Dave Fusilli is a corker.
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