Fancy winning a 6 issue subscription to the Digital Edition of Ocean Paddler Magazine? Well, I have one up for grabs. Details can be found at www.solentseakayaking.co.uk/competition/. If you’d like to try out a the new Digital Edition, Ocean Paddler Magazine have a sample available. (You’ll need Flash Player 8 or later installed). Update: The [...]
Archive | August, 2010
News: Ocean Paddler Magazine Issue 22
Ocean Paddler magazine Issue 22 has just been published. Another great issue with a range of articles from some excellent contributers including Jeff Allen, Doug Wilcox, Simon Willis, Aled Williams and Helen Foster. The new digital version also includes embedded video and audio from Simon Willis. Highlights include: Round the Mull of Kintyre, with a [...]
I Owe It All To…..
Derrick Mayoleth had an interesting post a while back on his blog Kayak Quixotica entitled ‘Paddling From the Beginning -Why Paddle‘ in which he invited people to comment explaining how they got into paddling. It’s interesting reading through the comments and seeing the myriad of different routes people took to become involved in paddling. I [...]
Woodmill Canoe Shop
Woodmill Canoe Shop is based at Woodmill Outdoor Centre, on the outskirts of Southampton. They stock a range of canoes and kayaks as well as the usual kit, clothing and accessories and over the last 12 months have undergone phase one of a huge redesign and outfitting process. The shop has been enlarged to make [...]
News: Paul Caffyn’s Dreamtime Voyage Republished
Paul Caffyn is a New Zealand based Sea Kayaker, famous for undertaking some epic circumnavigations. Perhaps his best known trip was the first circumnavigation of Australia in 1982. Over a 360-day period, the New Zealander logged 9,420 miles including some huge paddling days of 50+ miles within a 24 hour period. On occasion he even [...]
News: 3 Peaks Challenge
Pete Astles (the man behind Peak UK) has recently completed his own take on the 3 Peaks challenge. Inspired by the annual sailing/fell race Pete set himself the challenge of using a Sea Kayak and a Mountain Bike the 900kms between Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. Completing the trip in just under 3 weeks [...]
Hurricane Riders Trailer
Trailer for an up-coming documentary on the British Columbia based ‘Hurricane Riders‘. Whilst it might not be everyones cup of tea, there is no denying the amazing technical skill of these paddlers in some very big water. I look forward to seeing the final documentary!
Technique: Using A Skeg
There is a superb line in Gordon Brown’s excellent ‘Sea Kayak’ book (reviewed here) which reads: Like most boys when they start to drive, the skeg control is often used as an on-off switch in the same way as the accelerator pedal The implication being that uninitiated paddlers will use the skeg either fully retracted [...]
Review: Peak UK Adventure Zip Buoyancy Aid
I’ve been lucky enough to try out a large assortment of the ‘top’ Sea Kayaking buoyancy aids currently on the market. I’ve yet to review a badly designed one but have yet to find my ideal buoyancy aid, instead finding various features on each that I would like to combine to create the my perfect [...]
Review: Lomo Cockpit Cover & Straps
Quick review here of a couple of essentials items for transporting and storing your Sea Kayak. I’ve already reviewed a couple of Lomo items (Kayak Gloves & Aqua Boots) and the over-riding impression you are left with is superb quality for astonishingly low prices. These two smaller items are no different. Lomo Cockpit Cover The [...]
