Paddling tips, tricks, news and gear reviews from an Unsponsored point of view
Fancy a slicey river running play machine? Here is quick updated run down of the specifications of a number of the slicey kayaks out their (early 2020). If we have missed any please let us know.
Liquidlogic Party Braap
Length 271.8cm
Width 62.2cm
Weight 20kg
Volume 253.6l
Paddler Weight 45 – 100kg
Continue readingMeet a few of our kick-ass Team Dagger female paddlers and take a closer look at the unique ways in which they inspire and empower other women, on and off the water.
Bren and Adrian headed out to Tibet earlier this year. Check out their first video instalment.
Mid-July we left towards Southern Asia and joined an international group of kayakers to go and explore the whitewater in Tibet. Being known as the roof of the world and containing the tallest mountains in the world left us to wonder what rivers must lie deep in the heart of the Himalayas.
There has been a lot of expeditioning going on in countries like Nepal or India, but there are still a lot of places, rivers, and countries which haven’t necessarily been on the list of kayaking expeditions. There have been a few trips to Tibet done by kayakers, the most famous one probably being Scott Lindgrens and Steve Fishers trip to the Tsang Po, but the eastern part still largely remains untouched, just waiting to be explored. So we followed the call and sent it to Tibet.
Continue readingP&H have been designing and building world class sea kayaks for the last 40 years.
This edit from Erin Bastian show just what it takes to build a sea kayak.
I can almost smell that resin.
50TH Anniversary Splash Out – Kayak Manufacturer Gaybo Limited Celebrates Its Half-Centenary And Takes Ownership of kayak brand Wave Sport.
British kayak manufacturer Gaybo Limited (Uckfield, East Sussex, UK), marks a mile stone 50th anniversary with the announcement of the successful purchase of kayak brand Wave Sport from Confluence Outdoors (Greenville, SC, USA).
Dagger is 30 years old and to celebrate Dagger Kayaks have a limited release of the RPM and RPM Max with Countour Ergo Outfitting. They are also releasing a limited number of kayaks in a colour scheme they are calling Red Dawn.
A change of car has forced me to seek out a new set of roofbars. I wanted the best set of roof bars for my car without going silly on the cost. This time I have went for the Thule Wing bars (aka Aeroblades in the USA). I love cars that can have a set of roof bars bolted to them, either to fittings hidden within the roof or roof rails.
The new Unsponsored HQ paddle wagon/family transporter is a very sensible two litre 184bhp Skoda Octavia VRS estate. It has replaced the BMW 320d Touring shown in these images.
So am I still using these bars with the new car?
Prijon have recently released some images of the new Prijon 2B Duo/Tandem kayak. As with all Prijon kayaks the 2B is blow moulded and starts life as a tube.
A few years ago I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Pyranha Kayaks factory (click here).
Bren Orton (Team Pyranha) has just put this edit together of his recent tour of the factory. Check it out.
Kayaks Biggest ever free Prize Draw with £2500 worth of gear up for grabs.
We have some coverage from PaddleExpo 2017 over the next few days. This post will be updated with images and detail throughout the week.
30 years of the Dagger. This limited edition RPM model comes supplied with ratchet backrest goodness.
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