I recently had an email from a kayaker asking if I minded him linking to an article I posted on skeg use. I shot back an email immediately saying ‘no problem’ but my curiosity was raised as I recognised the name: Greg Stamer. It took a while for me to realise this was THE Greg [...]
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Website: Sea Kayaking TV
David Johnston just posted up an article on The Heliconia Press and their move from print media to purely web based video content on his excellent Paddling Instructor website. After reading his article I began exploring The Heliconia Press content and discovered they utilise You Tube channels to host a wide range of paddling based [...]
Website: Skirtfit.com
Came across this website via Twitter (thanks to Derrick Quix) which is attempting to catalogue kayak cockpit sizes to aid deck selection/purchase. Although it is provided by Immersion Research, it is not a designed as a sales tool, simply a collaborative effort to create a one stop spot for checking on cockpit details. If you [...]
News: River Thames Podcast
Simon Willis recently released a new podcast over on Sea Kayak Podcasts. This episode featured Harry Whelan, a Youth Worker and Kayak coach who is based at Cremorne Riverside in Chelsea, London and spends his time working with young people and adults paddling on the River Thames. Having listened to the podcast, I did some [...]
Website: paddlinglight.com
Paddling Light (formerly Nessmuking.com) is a website dedicated to lightweight travel via canoe or kayak and it’s primary author/publisher Bryan Hansel has provided a wealth of resources from articles, reviews and interesting news. One unusual aspect of Paddling Light is the library of free kayak plans which can be downloaded for would be boat builders. [...]
Website: paddlingplanet.com
As opposed to a blog or website created by one person, Paddling Planet is a blog aggregator. This means websites who choose to submit their content via their RSS feed and Paddling Planet aggregates this into one website. What the visitor gets is a chronological stream of posts/articles/content from some 100 or so Sea Kayaking [...]
Website: paddlinginstructor.com
Paddling Instructor is the brainchild of Paddle Canada Instructor Trainer David Johnston. This excellent website contains a blog, reviews of equipment, articles on all aspects of Sea Kayaking and a new and growing forum area. The coaching articles are particularly interesting dealing with a wide range of topics from basics such as ‘learning students names’ [...]
Website: Mark Tozer’s Blog
marktozer.blogspot.com is an interesting blog which in which BCU coach Mark Tozer chronicles some of the highlights of his coaching, paddling and other outdoor activities. Mark is a highly qualified BCU coach, holding the following awards. Level 5 Sea Kayak Coach Level 3 Inland Coach Level 3 Canoe Coach BCU Coach Educator and Assessor and [...]
Website: Kajak.nu
As the UK is currently experiencing another snowy spell, the following website and in particular, a recent post caught my eye with some magical photos of paddling in the snow. Kajak.nu is a Swedish website so navigating around it can be interesting although there is a set of translation links at the top left of [...]
Website: Sea Kayaking With Sea Kayak Photo
It is possible to find an almost limitless number of inspirational websites when it comes to photography. However, search for sites that combine stunning photography with sea kayaking and you find a very niche group of websites. In my humble opinion, creme of the crop is undoubtedly Sea Kayaking With Sea Kayak Photo, the home [...]
